Sec. 55. 36 MRSA §5200-A, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 2003, c. 705, §13 and affected by §14, is further amended to read:

C. An amount equal to the reduction in salaries and wages expense for federal income tax purposes associated with the taxpayer's federal work opportunity credit as determined under the Code, Section 51 or empowerment zone employment credit as determined under the Code, Section 1396;

Sec. 56. 36 MRSA §5200-A, sub-§2, ¶H, as amended by PL 2003, c. 390, §44 and affected by §53, is further amended to read:

H. For each taxable year subsequent to the year of the loss, an amount equal to the absolute value of the net operating loss arising from tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1989 but before January 1, 1993 and the absolute value of the amount of any net operating loss arising from tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, for which federal adjusted gross income was increased under subsection 1, paragraph H and that, pursuant to the Code, Section 172, was carried back for federal income tax purposes, less the absolute value of loss used in the taxable year of loss to offset any addition modification required by subsection 1, but only to the extent that:

(1) Maine taxable income is not reduced below zero;

(2) The taxable year is within the allowable federal period for carry-over; and

(3) The amount has not been previously used as a modification pursuant to this subsection;

Sec. 57. 36 MRSA §5278, sub-§5, ¶B, as amended by PL 1989, c. 530, §3, is further amended to read:

B. If the claim for credit or refund relates to an overpayment attributable to a net operating loss carry-back arising from a tax year beginning before January 1, 2002 or a credit carry-back, the claim may be made, under regulations prescribed rules adopted by the assessor, within the period which that ends with the expiration of the 15th day of the 40th month following the end of the taxable year of the net operating loss or the unused credit which that resulted in such the carry-back or the period prescribed in subsection 3 in respect of such that taxable year, whichever