Is the farmland preservation credit available under the Michigan Business Tax?
The following answer has been rescinded and replaced by C22. No. The farmland preservation credit is found in the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451. This is a stand-alone statute apart from both the Single Business Tax and the Michigan Business Tax. The public act was written to provide the farmland preservation credit (for qualifying taxpayers) against the SBT and the individual income tax. MCL 324.36109. The calculation of the credit is performed in reference to the SBT and the statute does not provide a similar credit for the MBT. MCL 324.36109(2).
