15-31-172. Small business corporation -- deduction for donation of computer equipment to schools. A small business corporation, as defined in 15-30-3301, is allowed a deduction equal to the fair market value, not to exceed 30% of the small business corporation's net income, of a computer or other sophisticated technological equipment or apparatus intended for use with the computer donated to an elementary, secondary, or accredited postsecondary school located in Montana if:
(1) the contribution is made no later than 5 years after the manufacture of the donated property is substantially completed;
(2) the property is not transferred by the donee in exchange for money, other property, or services;
(3) the electing small business corporation receives a written statement from the donee in which the donee agrees to accept the property and representing that the use and disposition of the property will be in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2); and
(4) the deduction allowed in this section is in lieu of the deduction allowed under 15-30-2131 for charitable contributions.