Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided by subsections (b), (d), and (e), an individual who is eligible for an earned income tax credit under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code as it existed before being amended by the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-312), is eligible for a credit under this chapter equal to nine percent (9%) of the amount of the federal earned income tax credit that the individual:

(1) is eligible to receive in the taxable year; and

(2) claimed for the taxable year;

under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code as it existed before being amended by the Tax Relief. Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-312).

(b) In the case of a nonresident taxpayer or a resident taxpayer residing in Indiana for a period of less than the taxpayer's entire taxable year, the amount of the credit is equal to the product of:

(1) the amount determined under subsection (a); multiplied by

(2) the quotient of the taxpayer's income taxable in Indiana divided by the taxpayer's total income.

(c) If the credit amount exceeds the taxpayer's adjusted gross income tax liability for the taxable year, the excess shall be refunded to the taxpayer.

(d) If a taxpayer properly elects to determine the taxpayer's earned income in accordance with the federal Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 for purposes of the credit under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2016, the election shall be treated as being made for purposes of the credit under this chapter.

(e) The minimum earned income amounts and phaseout threshold amounts for the credit under this section are subject to the same cost of living adjustments provided in the Internal Revenue Code.

As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.227. Amended by P.L.192-2002(ss), SEC.114; P.L.131-2008, SEC.17; P.L.146-2008, SEC.325; P.L.1-2009, SEC.52; P.L.229-2011, SEC.87; P.L.242-2015, SEC.23; P.L.214-2018(ss), SEC.11.