(b) In the case of a company which has failed to maintain the project at the required levels of employment and investment for the entire entitlement period: (i) No wage benefit credits shall be allowed, and if already allowed shall be recaptured, for the actual year or years in which the required levels of employment or investment were not maintained; (ii) for wage benefit credits allowed in prior years, one-tenth of the credits shall be recaptured from the company for each year the required levels of employment or investment were not maintained; and (iii) as to wage benefits credits for future years, one-tenth of the credits shall not be allowed for each year the required levels of employment or investment were not maintained in previous years.
(3) Any amounts required to be recaptured shall be deemed to be an underpayment of tax, shall be immediately due and payable, and shall constitute a lien on the assets of the company. When wage benefit credits were received in more than one year, the credits received in the most recent year shall be recovered first and then the credits received in earlier years up to the extent of the required recapture.
(4) Interest and penalties accrue as follows:
(a) In the case of a company which has failed to meet the required levels within the required time period, interest accrues from the time the withholding should have been returned to the state;
(b) In the case of a company which has failed to maintain the project at the required levels of employment and investment for the entire entitlement period, interest first accrues from the time of the due date for the return for the year in which the company failed to maintain the required levels; and