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Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 208. Business Tax § 208.1471

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 471. (1) For the taxpayer's first tax year that begins after December 31, 2010 only, a taxpayer that is a wholesale dealer, retail dealer, distributor, manufacturer, or seller that had receipts from the sale of cigarettes or tobacco products and paid the federal and state excise taxes on or for such cigarettes or tobacco products under subtitle E of the internal revenue code  1 or other applicable state law during the 2008 and 2009 tax years may claim a credit against the tax imposed by this act equal to the sum of the following:

(a) The difference between the taxpayer's modified gross receipts tax liability for the 2008 tax year and the taxpayer's modified gross receipts tax liability if the taxpayer had been allowed to deduct 100% of the federal and state excise taxes on or for such cigarettes or tobacco products under subtitle E of the internal revenue code or other applicable state law under section 111(1)(aa)(ii) rather than 60%.

(b) The difference between the taxpayer's modified gross receipts tax liability for the 2009 tax year and the taxpayer's modified gross receipts tax liability if the taxpayer had been allowed to deduct 100% of the federal and state excise taxes on or for such cigarettes or tobacco products under subtitle E of the internal revenue code or other applicable state law under section 111(1)(aa)(ii)  2 rather than 75%.

(2) If the amount of the credit allowed under this section exceeds the tax liability of the taxpayer for the tax year, that excess shall be refunded.

1 26 U.S.C.A. § 5001 et seq. For taxation of tobacco products, see 26 U.S.C.A. § 5701 et seq.
2 M.C.L.A. § 208.1111.
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