Section 38-7-190 - Tax credits(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (1) Any credits under Chapter 6, Title 12 may be applied against any taxes, license fees, and other assessments imposed under this title.(2) Any credits under this title which are earned by one member of a controlled group of corporations may be used and applied by that member and any other members of the controlled group of corporations.(3) Any limitations upon the total amount of liability for taxes that can be reduced by the use of a credit must be computed before any credit is used to reduce any tax liability under this title. Subject to item (4), the taxpayer may apply any credits arising under this title in any order the taxpayer elects.(4) No credit can be used more than once, and all credits must be used, to the extent possible in any given year, first by the company that earned them, and second against the tax which generated them.(5) As used in this section: (a) The term "controlled group of corporations" has the same meaning as provided under Section 1563 of the Internal Revenue Code without regard to Section 1563(a)(4), (b)(2)(A) only with respect to corporations which are in existence for less than one-half the number of days in the tax year referred to therein, and (b)(2)(C) and (D);(b) The term "tax credit" or "credit" means a statutorily directed or authorized reduction in the tax liability made after any applicable tax rates are applied.1996 Act No. 231, Section 5A.