[This section is repealed upon certification that remaining investments of private sector limited partners have been liquidated. See Editor’s Note at the beginning of this Chapter.]

Subject to § 41-44-50, the amount of the credit that a taxpayer may receive under this chapter for a particular taxable year is equal to the lesser of:

(1) the taxpayer’s state tax liability for that taxable year;

(2) the amount determined in Step Three of the following steps:

Step One: Add the consideration paid for all qualified investments of the taxpayer during the taxable year of the taxpayer.

Step Two: Multiply the amount determined in Step One by three-tenths.

Step Three: Add the product determined in Step Two to the credit carryover, if any, to which the taxpayer is entitled for the taxable year under § 41-44-40; or

(3) one-half of all the qualified investments of the taxpayer multiplied by three-tenths.

A corporation which files or is required to file a consolidated return is entitled to the income tax credit allowed by this section on a consolidated basis. The tax credit may be determined on a consolidated basis regardless of whether or not the corporation entitled to the credit contributed to the tax liability of the consolidated group.

The merger, consolidation, or reorganization of a corporation where tax attributes survive does not create new eligibility in a succeeding corporation but unused credits may be transferred and continued by the succeeding corporation. In addition, a corporation may assign its rights to its unused credit to another corporation if it transfers all, or substantially all, of the assets of the corporation or all, or substantially all, of the assets of a trade or business or operating division of a corporation to another corporation.