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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="10-757" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2028 PER CHAPTERS 306 AND 307 OF 2023" title_number="10" title_name="Income Tax" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Income Tax Credits">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “automated external defibrillator” means a medical heart monitor and defibrillator device that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is cleared for market by the federal Food and Drug Administration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>recognizes the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>determines, without intervention by an operator, whether defibrillation should be performed;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>after a determination that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>operates in a manner that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>requires operator intervention to deliver an electrical impulse; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>automatically continues with delivery of an electrical impulse.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to the limitations of this section, an individual or a business entity that owns a restaurant in the State may claim a credit against the State income tax in an amount equal to the first $500 of the purchase price of an automated external defibrillator purchased for use at the restaurant during the taxable year.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The credit allowed under this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is applicable for only one automated external defibrillator purchased for use at a restaurant location in the State with annual gross income of at least $400,000; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may be claimed only once by an individual or business entity for each restaurant location.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>For any taxable year, the credit allowed under this section may not exceed the lesser of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$1,500; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the State income tax imposed for the taxable year, calculated before the application of the credits allowed under this section and under §§ 10–701 and 10–701.1 of this subtitle but after the application of any other credit allowed under this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The unused amount of the credit may not be carried over to any other taxable year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
