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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="10-746" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2029 PER CHAPTER 769 AND 770 OF 2024" title_number="10" title_name="Income Tax" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Income Tax Credits">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “qualified expenses” means expenses incurred to butcher and process an antlerless deer for human consumption.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to the limitations of this section, an individual who hunts and harvests an antlerless deer may claim a credit against the State income tax for up to $75 of the qualified expenses incurred by the individual if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the hunting and harvesting of the deer complies with State hunting laws and regulations; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the individual donates the processed deer meat to a venison donation program administered by an organization that is exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>For any taxable year, the total amount of credits that an individual may claim under this section may not exceed $600, unless the individual harvested each deer for which the credits are claimed in accordance with a deer management permit.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The unused amount of the credit for any taxable year may not be carried over to any other taxable year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An individual who claims the credit under this section shall have the immunity from liability described under § 5–634 of the Courts Article for donated food.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>On or before January 31 each year, each venison donation program that accepts a donation under this section shall report to the Comptroller the following information for the immediately preceding taxable year:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the name and home address of each donor who intended to claim the income tax credit under this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the number of deer donated by each donor who intended to claim the income tax credit under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
