§ 12-634 — Amount of tax credits; child care centers.

The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall grant a credit against any tax due under the provisions of chapter 207, 208, 209, 210, 211 or 212 in an amount not to exceed sixty per cent of the total cash amount invested during the taxable year by the business firm in programs operated or created pursuant to proposals approved pursuant to section 12-632 for planning, site preparation, construction, renovation or acquisition of facilities for purposes of establishing a child care center, as described in section 19a-77, to be used primarily by the children of such business firm's employees and equipment installed for such center, including kitchen appliances, to the extent that such equipment or appliances are necessary in the use of such center for purposes of child care services, provided: (1) Such center is operated under the authority of a license issued by the Commissioner of Early Childhood in accordance with sections 19a-77 to 19a-87, inclusive, (2) such center is operated without profit by such business firm related to any charges imposed for the use of such center for purposes of child care services, and (3) the amount of tax credit allowed any business firm under the provisions of this section for any income year may not exceed fifty thousand dollars. If two or more business firms share in the cost of establishing such a center for the children of their employees, each such taxpayer shall be allowed such credit in relation to the respective share, paid or incurred by such taxpayer, of the total expenditures for the center in such income year. The commissioner shall not grant a credit pursuant to this section to any taxpayer claiming a credit for the same year pursuant to section 12-217x.

Legislative History

(P.A. 82-469, S. 4, 11; P.A. 86-269, S. 7, 10; P.A. 89-364, S. 4, 7; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-268, S. 5, 11; P.A. 96-139, S. 6, 13; P.A. 97-259, S. 24, 41; 97-295, S. 8, 25; P.A. 98-262, S. 14, 22; P.A. 03-225, S. 22; P.A. 14-39, S. 62; P.A. 16-163, S. 31.) History: P.A. 82-469 effective June 11, 1982, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 1982; P.A. 86-269 increased the percentage of total investment in the establishment of certain child day care facilities allowed as a tax credit, from 30% of such total to 50%, effective June 2, 1986, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 1986, for companies investing in such programs; P.A. 89-364 deleted references to repealed sections and added the reference to Sec. 17-613, effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to income years of corporations commencing on or after January 1, 1990; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-268 deleted chapter 212a from the chapters which provide for taxes which may be granted a credit and lowered the amount of credit granted from 50% of the total amount invested to 40% of the total cash amount invested, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 96-139 changed reference to Sec. 17b-743 to Sec. 17b-740, effective May 29, 1996; P.A. 97-259 increased the amount of the allowable tax credit from $10,000 to $50,000, effective July 1, 1997, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 1998; P.A. 97-295 changed reference from Subsec. (c) of Sec. 17b-740 to Sec. 12-217x, effective July 8, 1997, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 1998; P.A. 98-262 revised effective date of P.A. 97-295 to delete conflicting applicability provision; P.A. 03-225 increased the amount of the credit from 40% to 60% of the amount invested, effective July 1, 2003, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2003; P.A. 14-39 replaced reference to Commissioner of Public Health with reference to Commissioner of Early Childhood, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 16-163 replaced references to child day care facility with references to child care center and replaced references to child day care with references to child care services, effective June 9, 2016.