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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="10-709" title_number="10" title_name="Income Tax" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Income Tax Credits">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Applicable poverty income level” means the amount specified in the poverty income standard that corresponds to the number of exemptions which the individual is allowed and claims under § 10–211(b)(1) of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Eligible low income taxpayer” means an individual, or an individual and the individual’s spouse if they file a joint income tax return:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>whose federal adjusted gross income as modified under §§ 10–204 through 10–206 of this title does not exceed the applicable poverty income level;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>whose earned income as defined under § 32(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code does not exceed the applicable poverty income level;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>who is not claimed as an exemption on another individual’s tax return under § 10–211 of this title; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>for whom the credit allowed under § 10–704(a)(1) of this subtitle is less than the State income tax.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Poverty income standard” means the most recent poverty income guideline published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, available as of July 1 of the taxable year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An eligible low income taxpayer may claim a credit against the State income tax for a taxable year in the amount determined under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An eligible low income taxpayer may claim a credit against the county income tax for a taxable year in the amount determined under subsection (d) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, the credit allowed against the State income tax under subsection (b)(1) of this section equals the lesser of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the State income tax determined after subtracting the credit allowed under § 10–704(b)(1) of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an amount equal to 5% of the eligible low income taxpayer’s earned income, as defined under § 32(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, the credit allowed against the county income tax under subsection (b)(2) of this section equals the lesser of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the county income tax determined after subtracting the credit allowed under § 10–704(d) of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an amount equal to the county income tax rate multiplied times the eligible low income taxpayer’s earned income, as defined under § 32(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Of the amount determined under subsection (c) or subsection (d) of this section, an individual who is a nonresident or is a resident of the State for only a part of the year is allowed only a fraction:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the numerator of which is the individual’s Maryland adjusted gross income; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the denominator of which is the individual’s federal adjusted gross income.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
