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A taxpayer filing an income tax return under this chapter may claim a credit against the tax liability imposed under section 57-38-30 for a portion of the wages paid to a developmentally disabled or chronically mentally ill employee. The credit allowed under this section equals five percent of up to six thousand dollars in wages paid during the first twelve months of employment by the taxpayer for each developmentally disabled or chronically mentally ill employee of the taxpayer. Only wages actually paid during the taxpayer's taxable year may be considered for purposes of this section. An employee of a subcontractor is considered an employee of the contractor to the extent of any wages paid under the contract. The total of credits allowed under this section may not exceed fifty percent of the taxpayer's liability under this chapter.
Adjustments to taxable income for individuals and fiduciaries. Repealed by S.L. 2009, ch. 545, § 32.
1. A taxpayer who is an employer in this state is entitled to a credit against tax liability as determined under section 57-38-29, 57-38-30, or 57-38-30.3 equal to twenty-five percent of the reduction in compensation that the taxpayer continues to pay during the taxable year to, or on behalf of, each employee of the taxpayer during the period that the employee is mobilized under title 10 of the United States Code as a member of a reserve or national guard component of the armed forces of the United States. The maximum credit allowed for each eligible employee is one thousand dollars. The amount of the tax credit may not exceed the amount of the taxpayer's state tax liability for the tax year and an excess credit may be carried forward for up to five taxable years. For the purposes of this subsection:
a. "Reduction in compensation" means the amount by which the pay received during the taxable year by the employee for service under title 10 of the United States Code is less than the total amount of salary and related retirement plan contributions that would have been paid by the taxpayer to the employee for the same time period had the employee not been mobilized.
b. "Related retirement plan contributions" means the portion of voluntary or matching contributions paid by the taxpayer into a defined contribution plan maintained by the taxpayer for the employee.
2. A partnership, subchapter S corporation, limited liability company treated like a passthrough entity, or any other similar passthrough entity that is an employer in this state must be considered to be a taxpayer for purposes of this section. The amount of the credit determined at the passthrough entity level must be passed through to the partners, shareholders, or members in proportion to their respective interests in the passthrough entity.
1. At the election of the taxpayer, there must be allowed, subject to the applicable Limitations provided in this subsection, as a credit against the income tax liability under section 57-38-30 for the taxable year, an amount equal to fifty percent of the aggregate amount of charitable contributions made by the taxpayer during the year to nonprofit private institutions of higher education located within the state or to the North Dakota independent college fund. The amount allowable as a credit under this subsection for any taxable year may not exceed twenty percent of the corporation's total income tax under this chapter for the year, or two thousand five hundred dollars, whichever is less.
2. At the election of the taxpayer, there must be allowed, subject to the applicable limitations provided in this subsection, as a credit against the income tax liability under section 57-38-30 for the taxable year, an amount equal to fifty percent of the aggregate amount of charitable contributions made by the taxpayer during the year directly to nonprofit private institutions of secondary education, located within the state. The amount allowable as a credit under this subsection for any taxable year may not exceed twenty percent of the corporation's total income tax under this chapter for the year, or two thousand five hundred dollars, whichever is less.
3. For purposes of this section, the term "nonprofit private institution of higher education" means only a nonprofit private educational institution located in the state of North Dakota which normally maintains a regular faculty and curriculum, which normally has a regularly organized body of students in attendance at the place where its educational activities are carried on, and which regularly offers education at a level above the twelfth grade. The term "nonprofit private institution of secondary education" means only a nonprofit private educational institution located in North Dakota which normally maintains a regular faculty and curriculum approved by the state department of public instruction, which normally has a regularly organized body of students in attendance at the place where its educational activities are carried on, and which regularly offers education to students in the ninth through the twelfth grades.
4. For purposes of this section, a taxpayer may elect to treat a contribution as made in the preceding taxable year if the contribution and election are made not later than the time prescribed in section 57-38-34 for filing the return for that taxable year, including extensions granted by the commissioner.
1. Returns must be in such form as the tax commissioner from time to time may prescribe and may include the requirement that a copy of the taxpayer's federal income tax return or a portion thereof or information reflected thereon be attached to, furnished with, or included in the taxpayer's state income tax return. The taxpayer's state income tax return must contain a method for the taxpayer to identify the school district in which the taxpayer resides and must be filed with the tax commissioner's office in Bismarck, North Dakota. The tax commissioner shall prepare blank forms for use in making returns and shall cause them to be distributed throughout this state, but failure to receive or secure a form does not relieve a taxpayer from making a return.
2. Returns made on the basis of the calendar year must be filed on or before the fifteenth day of April following the close of the calendar year and returns made on the basis of a fiscal year must be filed on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month following the close of the fiscal year. A return filed for a period of less than one year must be filed on or before April fifteenth, or on or before the date prescribed by the United States internal revenue service, whichever is later.
3. Returns for cooperatives, domestic international sales corporations, and foreign sales corporations, however, made on the basis of the calendar year must be filed on or before the fifteenth day of September following the close of the calendar year and returns made on the basis of a fiscal year must be filed on or before the fifteenth day of the ninth month following the close of the fiscal year.
4. Returns for exempt organizations required to report unrelated business taxable income under subsection 2 of section 57-38-09 made on the basis of the calendar year must be filed on or before the fifteenth day of May following the close of the calendar year and returns made on the basis of a fiscal year must be filed on or before the fifteenth day of the fifth month following the close of the fiscal year. 5. A taxpayer actively serving in the armed forces or merchant marine, outside the boundaries of the United States, may defer the filing of an income tax return and the payment of the income tax until such time as the federal income tax return is required to be filed at which time the state income tax return, with payment of tax, will also be due. No interest or penalty accrues to the date of such filing.
6. The tax commissioner may grant a reasonable extension of time for filing a return when, in the judgment of the tax commissioner, good cause exists.