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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 41 FILED ON: 1/10/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1935
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bruce E. Tarr
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the creation of a super research and development tax credit.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Bruce E. TarrFirst Essex and Middlesex 1 of 2
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 41 FILED ON: 1/10/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1935
By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1935) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation
to create a super research and development tax credit. Revenue.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1770 OF 2019-2020.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to the creation of a super research and development tax credit.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. SECTION__. Section 38 of Chapter 63 as appearing in the 2020 official
2edition is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new section:-
3 Super Research and Development Tax Credit
4 Section 1. A business corporation or taxpayer that qualifies for the research expense tax
5credit allowed under section 38M of this Chapter and 830 CMR 63.38M.1 is allowed an
6additional credit against the tax due under this section equal to the excess, if any, of qualified
7research expenses for the taxable year over the super credit base amount. For purposes of this
8section, "super credit base amount" means the average amount spent on qualified research
9expenses by the taxpayer in the 5 taxable years immediately preceding the effective date of this
10section, increased by 50%. For purposes of this section, "qualified research expenses" has the 2 of 2
11same meaning as under 830 CMR 63.38M.1 but applies only to expenditures for research
12conducted in this State.
13 Section 2. The credit allowed under this section is limited to 50% of the taxpayer's tax
14due after the allowance of any other credits taken pursuant to this chapter.
15 Section 3. A business corporation or taxpayer entitled to a credit under this section for
16any taxable year may carry over and apply to the tax due for any one or more of the next
17succeeding 5 taxable years the portion, as reduced from year to year, of any unused credit, but in
18no event may the credit applied in any single year exceed 50% of the taxpayer's tax due after the
19allowance of any other credits taken pursuant to this chapter.
20 Section 4. The credit provided by this section may not be used to reduce the business
21corporation or taxpayer's tax liability under this section to less than the amount of the taxpayer's
22tax due in the preceding taxable year after the allowance of any credits taken pursuant to this
23chapter.
24 Section 5. In the case of corporations filing a combined return, a credit generated by an
25individual member corporation under the provisions of this section must first be applied against
26the tax due attributable to that company under this Part. A member corporation with an excess
27research and development credit may apply its excess credit against the tax due of another group
28member to the extent that that other member corporation can use additional credits under the
29limitations of subsection 4. Unused, unexpired credits generated by a member corporation may
30be carried over from year to year by the individual corporation that generated the credit, subject
31to the limitation in subsection 3.