(a) 30% of the particular amount that is the amount by which the lesser of the following amounts exceeds the particular amount determined for the calendar year in accordance with subparagraph a.1:i. the amount by which the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the salary or wages paid by the qualified corporation to an employee in respect of a pay period, ended in the calendar year, for which the employee is an eligible employee exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is,(1) except in respect of a corporation that results from an amalgamation, an amount equal to zero, where, at no time in its base period, the corporation carried on a business in Québec in the sectors of activity described in a qualification certificate issued, for the purposes of this division, to the corporation for the year in respect of a recognized business, and
(2) in any other case, the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the salary or wages that were paid by the corporation to an employee in respect of a pay period, ended in its base period, for which the employee is an eligible employee, and
ii. the amount by which the qualified corporation’s eligible amount for the calendar year exceeds the qualified corporation’s base amount; and
(a.1) 40% of the particular amount that is the least ofi. the amount by which the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the salary or wages paid by the qualified corporation to an employee in respect of a pay period, ended in the calendar year, for which the employee is an eligible employee, to the extent that the salary or wages may reasonably be attributed to activities referred to in any of paragraphs a to d of the definition of “eligible region” in the first paragraph of section 1029.8.36.72.82.1, exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is(1) except in respect of a corporation that results from an amalgamation, an amount equal to zero, where, at no time in its base period, the corporation carried on a business in Québec in the sectors of activity described in a qualification certificate issued, for the purposes of this division, to the corporation for the year in respect of a recognized business, and
(2) in any other case, the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the salary or wages paid by the corporation to an employee in respect of a pay period, ended in its base period, for which the employee is an eligible employee, to the extent that the salary or wages may reasonably be attributed to activities referred to in any of paragraphs a to d of the definition of “eligible region” in the first paragraph of section 1029.8.36.72.82.1,
ii. the amount by which the amount that would be the qualified corporation’s eligible amount for the calendar year exceeds the amount that would be the qualified corporation’s base amount if, for the purposes of the definitions of “base amount” and “eligible amount” in the first paragraph of section 1029.8.36.72.82.1, only the portion of the salary or wages of an employee that may reasonably be attributed to activities referred to in any of paragraphs a to d of the definition of “eligible region” in the first paragraph of section 1029.8.36.72.82.1 were considered, and
iii. the lesser of the amount determined for the calendar year in accordance with subparagraph i of subparagraph a and the amount determined for that year in accordance with subparagraph ii of that subparagraph a; and
(b) the aggregate ofi. 40% of the portion of the eligible repayment of assistance of the corporation for the taxation year that may reasonably be attributed to the aggregate of all amounts each of which is an amount referred to in any of paragraphs d, e, f, j.1, k.1 and l.1 of the definition of “eligible repayment of assistance” in the first paragraph of section 1029.8.36.72.82.1, or referred to in any of paragraphs j, k and l of that definition, if the preceding calendar year and the assistance to which that paragraph refers are the calendar year 2003 and assistance that may reasonably be attributed to a business whose activities are described in any of paragraphs a to d of the definition of “eligible region” in the first paragraph of section 1029.8.36.72.82.1, respectively, and
ii. 30% of the amount by which the eligible repayment of assistance of the corporation for the taxation year exceeds the portion of the eligible repayment of assistance of the corporation for the taxation year determined in accordance with subparagraph i.