Section 2084 - Limitation on credits and qualified withholding paymentsNotwithstanding § 2083 of this title,
(1) The total amount of New Economy Jobs Program credit allowable under this subchapter for any qualified employer or qualified retained employer during any calendar year shall not exceed 65% percent of its qualified withholding payments;(2) If the Secretary finds that a qualified employer's or a qualified retained employe's qualified withholding payments unreasonably exceed the amount of tax required to be withheld, accounted for, and paid by a taxpayer to the Secretary pursuant to subchapter VII of Chapter 11 of this title the Secretary may limit such qualified withholding payments to an amount which is reasonable. The Secretary or the Secretary's delegate shall mail written notice of such determination to the taxpayer. The taxpayer may, within 30 days of the date of mailing such notice, institute a written protest of such finding to the Secretary in the manner provided under § 523 of this title for protests of assessments. The Secretary's determination of the protest shall be final;(3) No qualified employees, vital employees or retained employees counted for purposes of claiming New Economy Jobs Program credits under this subchapter may be included in the calculation of employment for purposes of claiming tax credits provided by subchapters II, III, VII and X of this chapter or as provided by § 1105(h) of Title 5;(4) No qualified employee or vital employee in any certified year who was employed in Delaware in the base year by a member of an affiliated group which conducted or conducts business in this State during the base year or any year thereafter shall be counted as newly hired or employed qualified employees or vital employees or qualified employees in new eligible jobs for purposes of calculating the New Economy Jobs Program credits under this subchapter; and(5) No more than 10% of the total number of qualified employees or vital employees counted for purposes of claiming New Economy Jobs Program credits under this subchapter may be individuals who were required by the provisions of Chapter 11 of this title to file a personal income tax return for the base year.(6) The Secretary shall review all applications for the tax credit and all returns filed by each applicant. If in the Secretary's sole discretion, the Secretary determines that an applicant did not have a good faith basis for claiming the New Economy Jobs Credit, the Secretary may reverse the grant of the credit and issue an assessment to the applicant for the entire amount of unpaid tax, together with penalties and interest, arising out of the improper tax credit application.Amended by Laws 2019, ch. 101,s 3, eff. 7/17/2019.Amended by Laws 2015, ch. 207,s 3, eff. 3/17/2016. 76 Del. Laws, c. 78, § 1; 78 Del. Laws, c. 396, § 4.;