Sec. 1. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the amount deducted and withheld as tax under IC 6-3-4 or IC 6-5.5-2-8 during any taxable year shall be allowed as a credit to the taxpayer against the tax imposed on the taxpayer by IC 6-3-2.
(b) For each taxable year, the credit provided to a taxpayer by subsection (a) is reduced to the extent that the amount deducted and withheld as tax under IC 6-3-4 or IC 6-5.5-2-8 during the taxable year is applied as a credit against the tax imposed by IC 6-5.5.