(a) if, in the taxation year, the qualified corporation carries on a recognized business in the Québec area, the lesser 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 a pay period, within the calendar year, for which the employee is an eligible employee exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the salary or wages paid by the qualified corporation to an employee in a pay period, within the qualified corporation’s base period in relation to the calendar year, for which the employee is an eligible employee or, where the calendar year, except in the case of a corporation that results from an amalgamation or a corporation to which section 1029.8.36.72.11 applies in relation to the calendar year, ends in the first taxation year of the corporation, an amount equal to zero, and
ii. the amount by which the qualified corporation’s eligible amount for the calendar year exceeds the qualified corporation’s base amount in relation to that calendar year; and