(1) There shall be allowed to each resident individual, as a credit against the income taxes imposed by this article, a plastic recycling credit equal to twenty percent of net expenditures to third parties for rent, wages, supplies, consumable tools, equipment, test inventory, and utilities up to ten thousand dollars made by the taxpayer for new plastic recycling technology in Colorado, with a maximum credit of two thousand dollars. The tax credit allowed in this section shall be applicable only to income related to the expenditures described in this subsection (1).
If the credit allowed under this section exceeds the income taxes otherwise due onthe claimant's income, the amount of the credit not used as an offset against income taxes may be carried forward as a tax credit against subsequent years' income tax liability for a period not exceeding five years and shall be applied first to the earliest years possible.
Any form filed with the department of revenue for the purpose of claiming the creditallowed by this section shall be accompanied by copies of any receipts, bills, or other documentation of the qualified expenditures claimed for the purpose of receiving such credit.
Source: L. 89: Entire section added, p. 1182, § 3, effective July 1.