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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 24.05.06.02" title_num="24" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="06" heading="Calculation of Amount of Credit.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>For a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2012, but before January 1, 2017, a business entity may claim credits against the State income tax for:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Allowed security clearance administrative expenses, not to exceed $200,000;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Expenses incurred for rental payments owed during the first year of a rental agreement for spaces leased in the State for a small business that performs security-based contracting, not to exceed $200,000; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Subject to §B of this regulation, approved construction and equipment costs incurred to construct or renovate a single SCIF in an amount equal to the lesser of 50 percent of the costs or $200,000.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The total amount of construction and equipment costs incurred to construct or renovate multiple SCIFs for which a business entity is eligible to claim as a credit against the State income tax is $500,000.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>