Sec. 171.653.  INELIGIBILITY FOR CREDIT FOR CERTAIN PERIODS.  (a)  A taxable entity is not eligible for a credit on a report against the tax imposed under this chapter for qualified research expenses incurred during the period on which the report is based if the taxable entity, or a member of the combined group if the taxable entity is a combined group, received an exemption under Section 151.3182 during that period.
(b)  A taxable entity's ineligibility under this section for a credit on a report for the period on which the report is based does not affect the taxable entity's eligibility to claim a carryforward of unused credit under Section 171.659 on that report.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1266 (H.B. 800), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2014.