Section 6L Application and refund of certain credits under Sec. 6; substantiation of claims; regulations - Massachusetts Statutes

[Text of section applicable to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2007. See 2007, 63, Sec. 16.]

Section 6L. (a) This section shall apply to credits earned under subsections (l) or (o) of section 6.

(b) At the written election of a taxpayer entitled to a credit under subsections (l) or (o) of section 6, the commissioner shall apply the credit against the liability of the taxpayer as determined on its return, at first reduced by any other available credits, and shall then refund to the taxpayer 90 per cent of the balance of the credits.

(c) The commissioner may require substantiation of a taxpayer’s claim for refund under subsection (b) before payment of the refund. No interest shall accrue on the refund under section 40 of chapter 62C before the commissioner’s receipt of the substantiation he requested.

(d) The commissioner may adopt regulations or other guidelines as he deems necessary to implement this section. The commissioner shall submit any proposed regulations to the joint committee on revenue and the house and senate committees on ways and means before their adoption by the department. The regulations shall be accompanied by a summary which clearly instructs the taxpayer of his rights under this section.