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<chapter num="09" heading="Credit for Employer-Provided Long-Term-Care Insurance" title_num="03" subtitle_num="04">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Definitions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Terms Defined.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>“Long-term-care insurance” has the meaning stated in Insurance Article, §18-101(f), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>“Employer” has the meaning stated in §3401(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>“Employee” means an individual who is employed in this State.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Credit Allowed.">
    <text>Subject to the limitations in Regulation .03 of this chapter, an employer may claim a credit equal to 5 percent of the costs incurred by the employer during the taxable year to provide long-term-care insurance as part of an employee benefit package.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Limitations.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The credit in Regulation .02 of this chapter may not exceed the lesser of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>$5,000; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>$100 multiplied by the number of employees covered by long-term-care insurance provided under the employee benefit package.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The credit in §A of this regulation and in Regulation .02 of this chapter is not allowed to any employer who claims a credit for the same expenses against the public service company franchise tax.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Exempt Organizations.">
    <text>If an employer is an organization that is exempt from taxation under §501(c)(3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code, then the credit under this chapter may be taken against the State income tax due on unrelated business taxable income as provided under Tax-General Article, §§10-304 and 10-812, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" heading="Carryover of Excess Credit.">
    <text>If the credit allowed under this chapter in any taxable year exceeds the total of tax otherwise payable by the employer for that taxable year, the employer may apply the excess as a credit for succeeding taxable years until the earlier of:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The full amount of the excess is used; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The expiration of the fifth taxable year after the taxable year in which the costs to provide long-term-care insurance as part of an employee benefit package were incurred.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Tax-General Article, §2-103, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: January 24, 2000 (27:1 Md. R. 74)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01B amended effective April 19, 2010 (37:8 Md. R. 614)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03B amended effective October 9, 2006 (33:20 Md. R. 1613)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>