8. a. The Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury shall allow an employer a credit against the corporation business tax imposed pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1945, c.162 (C. 54:10A-5) in the amount certified by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development as the taxpayer’s tax credit amount pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2019, c.32 (C. 34:11-56a40). To claim the tax credit amount for a privilege period, the taxpayer shall submit to the director the certificate of credit issued for that privilege period by the commissioner pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2019, c.32 (C. 34:11-56a40).

b. An employer shall apply the credit awarded against the employer’s liability under section 5 of P.L.1945, c.162 (C. 54:10A-5) for the privilege period during which the director allows the employer a tax credit pursuant to this section. An employer shall not carry forward an unused credit.

c. The director shall prescribe the order of priority of the application of the credit allowed under this section and any other credits allowed by law against the tax imposed under section 5 of P.L.1945, c.162 (C. 54:10A-5). The amount of the credit applied under this section against the tax imposed pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1945, c.162 (C. 54:10A-5) for a privilege period, together with any other credits allowed by law, shall not reduce the tax liability to an amount less than the statutory minimum provided in subsection (e) of section 5 of P.L.1945, c.162 (C. 54:10A-5).

L.2019, c.32, s.8.