Bill Text: CT HB06627 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 6627 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning A Tax Credit For Corporate Donations To Scholarship Funds.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-23 - Public Hearing 03/28 [HB06627 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB06627-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 6627*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 4932
		04932_______FIN
Referred to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
Introduced by:
(FIN)

AN ACT CONCERNING A TAX CREDIT FOR CORPORATE DONATIONS TO SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2011, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2011) (a) For purposes of this section, "business firm" means any entity authorized to do business in this state and subject to the corporation business tax imposed under chapter 208 of the general statutes.

(b) There shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed by chapter 208 of the general statutes for contributions made by a business firm to scholarships established to enable students from low-income families to attend private elementary or secondary schools. The credit shall be in an amount equal to ten per cent of the amount of any donation in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars.

(c) The amount of the credit allowed for any income year for any one business firm may not exceed five thousand dollars. In no event shall the total amount of all tax credits allowed to all business firms pursuant to the provisions of this section exceed five hundred thousand dollars in any one fiscal year.

(d) The credit shall be claimed on the tax return for the income year during which the business firm made the donation to the scholarship fund. Any tax credit not used in the period during which the expenditure was made may be carried forward for the five immediately succeeding income years until the full credit has been allowed.

(e) The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes to implement the provisions of this section. Such regulations shall include criteria for scholarship funds to qualify for donations allowed a credit pursuant to this section.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2011, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2011	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To provide a credit against the corporation business tax for businesses donating more than $2,500 to scholarships that help students from low-income families attend private elementary or secondary schools.

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