1. (a) The amount of tax credits granted under this chapter may not exceed ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in any calendar year.
2. (b) The department shall record the time of filing of each return claiming a credit under section 6 of this chapter and shall approve the claims if they otherwise qualify for a tax credit under this chapter, in the chronological order in which the claims are filed in the calendar year. The claim of a credit resulting from a pass through entity shall be considered to be filed when the pass through entity files a return for the taxable year.
3. (c) For purposes of calculating the amount of tax credits granted under this chapter in a calendar year, in the case of a taxpayer for whom some amount of the credit claimed must be carried over under section 8 of this chapter, the taxpayer is considered to have filed a claim for the full amount allowable to the taxpayer.
4. (d) The department may not approve a claim for a tax credit after the date on which the total credits approved under this section equal the maximum amount allowable in a particular calendar year.

As added by P.L.203-2023, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.157-2026, SEC.104.