Connecticut Statutes

§ 12-217jj — Film production tax credit. Regulations.

Connecticut § 12-217jj
JurisdictionConnecticut
Title 12Taxation
Ch. 208Corporation Business Tax

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-217jj (2026).

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(a)As used in this section:
(1)“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Revenue Services.
(2)“Department” means the Department of Economic and Community Development.
(3)(A) “Qualified production” means entertainment content created in whole or in part within the state, including motion pictures, except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph; documentaries; long-form, specials, mini-series, series, sound recordings, videos and music videos and interstitials television programming; interactive television; relocated television production; interactive games; videogames; commercials; any format of digital media, including an interactive web site, created for distribution or exhibition to the general public; and any trailer, pilot, video teaser or demo created primarily to stimulate the

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Legislative History

(P.A. 06-83, S. 20; 06-186, S. 83; 06-187, S. 79; P.A. 07-236, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 69, 70; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 13; P.A. 08-142, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 97; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-8, S. 1–3; P.A. 10-107, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 61; P.A. 11-6, S. 77; 11-61, S. 37; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 53; P.A. 13-184, S. 75; 13-247, S. 129; P.A. 15-244, S. 86; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 431; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 626; P.A. 19-117, S. 339; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 429; P.A. 23-204, S. 352.) History: P.A. 06-83 effective July 1, 2006, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2006; P.A. 06-186 amended Subsec. (a) to redefine “qualified production” by deleting exception and changing reference to obscene material and to redefine “production expenses or costs” by eliminating requirement that they be in cash, requiring intellectual property to be produced primarily in state, requiring expenditures to be incurred within state rather than paid to persons authorized to do business in state, eliminating provision allowing commissioner to determine other production expenses or costs, exempting talent fees and making technical changes, amended Subsec. (b) by replacing former provisions with provisions allowing any eligible production company to receive 30% credit and allowing a three-year carryforward, eliminated former Subsec. (c) re wage tax credit, redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as new Subsec. (c) and made conforming changes therein, eliminated former Subsec. (e) re carryforward period, inserted new Subsec. (d) re procedure upon transfer of credit, and redesignated existing Subsec. (f) as new Subsec. (e) and amended same to require the commission, in consultation with the commissioner, to adopt regulations, effective July 1, 2006, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2006; P.A. 06-187 amended Subsec. (f) to require the commission, in consultation with the commissioner, to adopt regulations, effective July 1, 2006 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (a)(6)(A), a reference to “subsection (f) of this section” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “subsection (e) of this section”, for accuracy); P.A. 07-236 amended Subsec. (a) to redefine “qualified production” and “production expenses or costs” and add definitions of “sound recording”, “interactive web site” and “post-certification remedy”, amended Subsec. (b) to divide existing provisions into Subdivs. (1) to (3) and, in Subdiv. (1), to apply credit to taxes due under chapter 207 and add Subpara. (A) re expenses or costs on and after January 1, 2009, and Subpara. (B) re expenses or costs on and after January 1, 2012, and, in Subdiv. (2), to limit credit transfers to three times, amended Subsec. (c) to add provisions in Subdiv. (1) to prohibit limit on listing expenses or costs on a tax credit voucher more than one once, to add new Subdiv. (2) re requirements for applying for tax credit vouchers, and to redesignate existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (3), amended Subsec. (d) to add provisions re second or third transfers, added new Subsec (e) re submission of false or fraudulent information and Subsec. (f) re post-certification remedy, redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (g) and made conforming changes throughout, effective July 1, 2007, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 amended Subsec. (a) by making a technical change in Subdiv. (3)(A) and inserting “in the state” re expenditures incurred in Subdiv. (5), effective July 1, 2007, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2007, and amended Subsec. (c) by inserting “and independent certification” in Subdivs. (2) and (3), effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5 amended Subsec. (f) to substitute “commission” for “commissioner” re issuance of tax credit voucher and make technical changes, effective October 6, 2007; P.A. 08-142 amended Subsec. (b) by changing eligibility date in Subdiv. (1) from income years commencing on or after January 1, 2007, to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2006, and amending Subdivs. (2) and (3) to specify that provisions are applicable on and after July 1, 2006, for income years commencing on or after January 1, 2006, effective June 5, 2008; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 made changes throughout to transfer responsibility for program from Commission on Culture and Tourism to Department of Economic and Community Development, amended Subsec. (a) by deleting infomercials from definition of “qualified production” in Subdiv. (3)(A) and removing compensation in excess of $20,000,000 and costs of independent certification from definition of “production expenses or costs” in Subdiv. (5)(C), amended Subsec. (b)(1) by designating existing provisions re income years on or after January 1, 2006, as new Subpara. (A), amending same to make applicable prior to January 1, 2010, and replacing former Subparas. (A) and (B) with new Subparas. (B) to (D) re spending and in-state work required to qualify for credit, amended Subsec. (c) by deleting former Subdiv. (2) re interim voucher, redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (2), amending same to add provision re independent certification provided by audit professional chosen from list, and adding new Subdiv. (3) re administrative fee, amended Subsec. (e) by deleting “wilfully” re submission of information, and amended Subsec. (f) by replacing former provisions with provisions re post-certification remedy, effective September 9, 2009, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2010; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-8 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “not less than five hundred thousand one dollars” with “more than five hundred thousand dollars” in Subdiv. (1)(B)(ii), adding provision re postproduction costs in Subdiv. (1)(C) and inserting “all or part of” re credit in Subdiv. (3), effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 10-107 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting “development” from definition of “production expenses or costs” in Subdiv. (5) and adding Subdiv. (10) defining “compensation”, redesignated existing Subsec. (b)(1) as Subsec. (b) and made technical changes therein, redesignated existing Subsec. (b)(1)(C) as new Subsec. (c) and amended same by changing principal photography days requirement from 50% to 25% and adding “or (C) expends not less than one million dollars of postproduction costs within the state” and redesignated existing Subsecs. (b)(1)(D) to (g) as Subsecs. (d) to (k), effective July 1, 2010, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2010; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1 made technical changes in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2010, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2010 (Revisor's note: In 2011, internal references to “subsection (c) of this section” in Subsec. (a)(5)(C)(vi) and “subsection (g) of this section” in Subsec. (a)(7)(A) were changed editorially by the Revisors to “subsection (g) of this section” and “subsection (k) of this section”, respectively, to reflect changes made by P.A. 10-107); P.A. 11-6 amended Subsec. (c) by increasing from 25% to 50% the required principal photography days within the state, and amended Subsec. (e) by designating existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and amending same to add Subparas. (B) and (C) re limits on transfer of credits and by adding Subdiv. (2) re exception to transfer limits, effective May 4, 2011, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (e) by adding new Subdiv. (2) re exception to limitations on transfer for certain entities, redesignating existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (3), and specifying in Subdiv. (3)(C) that determination is by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, effective July 1, 2011; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to relocated television production in definition of “qualified production”, and adding Subdiv. (11) defining “relocated television production”, effective October 27, 2011; P.A. 13-184 amended Subsec. (a)(3) by excluding “motion picture” from the definition of “qualified production” for fiscal years ending June 30, 2014, and June 30, 2015, effective July 1, 2013, and applicable to tax credits issued on or after that date; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (a)(3) by excluding “motion picture” from the definition of “qualified production” for fiscal years ending June 30, 2014, and June 30, 2015, and specified that the exclusion applies to motion picture not designated as a state-certified qualified production prior to July 1, 2013, effective July 1, 2013, and applicable to tax credits issued on or after that date; P.A. 15-244 amended Subsec. (a)(3)(A) to extend provisions re motion pictures under definition of “qualified production” to fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017, effective June 30, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (f) by adding provision re tax credit vouchers issued on or after July 1, 2015, to be claimed in the income year the production expenses or costs were incurred, or in the five immediately succeeding income years, effective June 30, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a)(3)(A) by replacing “For the state fiscal years ending June 30, 2014, June 30, 2015, June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017,” with “For state fiscal years ending on or after June 30, 2014”, replacing “during said years” with “for such motion picture”, and replacing “for the state fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017” with “for state fiscal years ending on or after June 30, 2015”, amended Subsec. (b) by deleting former Subdiv. (1) re income years commencing prior to January 1, 2010, and designating existing provision re tax credit voucher system administration as new Subdiv. (1), substantially amending Subdiv. (2) including by adding provision re credit use for income years commencing on or after January 1, 2018, against tax imposed under Ch. 211, amended Subsec. (d) by deleting former Subdiv. (1) re production expenses or costs for income years commencing on or after January 1, 2009, but prior to January 1, 2010, and redesignating existing Subdiv. (2) as new Subsec. (d), amended Subsec. (e) by adding Subdiv. (4) re use of credit that is sold, assigned or otherwise transferred, amended Subsec. (f) by adding Subdiv. designators (1) to (3) and replacing “shall” with “may” re claiming credit and adding Subpara. (B) re income years commencing on or after January 1, 2018 in Subdiv. (2), and made technical and conforming changes, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (e)(2) by replacing “subject to tax under” with “, as defined in” re reference to Sec. 12-284b, effective January 1, 2020; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (b)(2) by adding Subpara. (C) re income years commencing on or after January 1, 2022, amended Subsec. (e) by adding Subdiv. (5) re credit use for income years commencing on or after January 1, 2022, against tax imposed under Ch. 219, substantially revised Subsec. (f) re production tax credit vouchers and redesignated Subdiv. (3) as new Subsec. (g), redesignated former Subsecs. (g) to (k) as Subsecs. (h) to (l), and made technical and conforming changes, effective January 1, 2022; P.A. 23-204 amended Subsec. (e) by making a technical change in Subdiv. (1), replacing “commencing January 1, 2018,” with “commencing on or after January 1, 2018, but prior to January 1, 2019,” in Subdiv. (4)(A), redesignating existing provisions of Subdiv. (5) as Subpara. (A) and amending same to add “but prior to January 1, 2024, and on or after January 1, 2026,” and make conforming changes, and adding new Subpara. (B) re credit claimed against tax imposed under Ch. 219 for income years commencing on or after January 1, 2024, but prior to January 1, 2026, and amended Subsec. (h)(2) by adding Subpara. (A) re report inclusion with production tax credit voucher application and redesignating existing provision re information and independent certification as department may require as Subpara. (B), effective January 1, 2024.

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