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The Legislature expressly authorized in Section 20, Chapter 2010-24, L.O.F., the promulgation of an emergency rule by the Department of Revenue to administer the provisions of Chapter 2010-24, L.O.F. This law expands the tax credits against corporate income tax and insurance premium tax previously established in Sections 220.187 and 624.51055, F.S., to establish the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program. Beginning July 1, 2010, taxpayers are allowed to apply for a credit allocation for contributions made to a nonprofit scholarship funding organization to receive a tax credit against excise taxes on liquor, wine, and malt beverages administered by the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Beginning January 1, 2011, certain taxpayers are allowed to apply for a credit allocation to be taken as a tax credit against sales and use tax, and taxpayers who pay the tax on oil and gas production in Florida are allowed to apply for a credit allocation to be taken as a tax credit. This emergency rule establishes the procedures governing the approval of tax credit allocations and rescindments, the approval for carryforward tax credits to a subsequent tax year, and the procedures to be followed by taxpayers when claiming tax credits on tax returns. This emergency rule adopts those forms necessary to apply for an allocation of the credit and to rescind a previously awarded credit allocation.