Enacts new GS 105-129.16K to establish a $1,000 tax credit for each employed apprentice for a taxpayer employing an apprentice under an apprenticeship agreement registered with the Apprenticeship and Training Bureau of the Department of Labor. The credit is allowed only if the apprentice was in the taxpayer's employ for at least seven months of the taxable year and allows the credit for an individual apprentice for up to four taxable years. Requires that written certification be made in order to claim the credit. Effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014.