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<chapter num="15" heading="Electronic Filing Requirements for Business Tax Credits" title_num="03" subtitle_num="04">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Definition.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In this chapter, the following term has the meaning indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Term Defined. “Business tax credit” means:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Aerospace, Electronics, or Defense Contract Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Apprentice Employee Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Businesses That Create New Jobs Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>Clean Energy Incentive Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>Community Investment Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>Commuter Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(8)">
        <text>Cybersecurity Incentive Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(9)">
        <text>Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(10)">
        <text>Employer-Provided Long-Term Care Insurance Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(11)">
        <text>Employment Opportunity Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(12)">
        <text>Endow Maryland Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(13)">
        <text>Endowments for Historically Black Colleges and Universities Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(14)">
        <text>Enterprise Zone Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(15)">
        <text>Film Production Activity Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(16)">
        <text>Green Building Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(17)">
        <text>Health Enterprise Zone Hiring Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(18)">
        <text>Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(19)">
        <text>Job Creation Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(20)">
        <text>Maryland Disability Employment Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(21)">
        <text>Maryland Employer Security Clearance Costs Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(22)">
        <text>Maryland-Mined Coal Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(23)">
        <text>One Maryland Economic Development Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(24)">
        <text>Oyster Shell Recycling Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(25)">
        <text>Qualified Vehicle Tax Credit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(26)">
        <text>Research and Development Tax Credit; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(27)">
        <text>Wineries and Vineyards Tax Credit.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Electronic Filing Requirements.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Any taxpayer claiming a business tax credit, an excess carryover of a business tax credit, or a recapture of a business tax credit shall claim the credit on an electronically filed original or amended Maryland income tax return.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Any taxpayer claiming any business tax credit requiring certification, any excess carryover of a business tax credit requiring certification, or any recapture of a business tax credit requiring certification shall electronically file the required certification and any required attachments for the credit as a binary attachment with the electronically filed original or amended Maryland income tax return.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Exceptions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>An organization exempt from taxation under §501(c)(3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code claiming a credit against the payment to the Comptroller of taxes that the organization is required to withhold from the wages of employees is exempt from the electronic filing requirements under this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>A taxpayer claiming a business tax credit against fiduciary income tax is exempt from the electronic filing requirements under this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>An individual claiming the Sustainable Communities Tax Credit is exempt from the electronic filing requirements under this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Tax-General Article, §§2-103 and 10-804, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: January 20, 2014 (41:1 Md. R. 12)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01B amended effective May 2, 2022 (49:9 Md. R. 529)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>