2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 12 - Taxation
Chapter 208 - Corporation Business Tax
Section 12-217oo - Vocational rehabilitation job creation tax credit program.

(a) As used in this section:

(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development;

(2) “Employer” means a person engaged in business who has employees and who is subject to tax under this chapter or chapter 207 or 229;

(3) “Income year” means the income year or taxable year, as determined under this chapter or chapter 207 or 229, as the case may be;

(4) “New qualifying employee” means a person who (A) is receiving vocational rehabilitation services from the Department of Rehabilitation Services, and (B) is hired by the employer to fill a new job after May 6, 2010, during the employer’s income years commencing on or after January 1, 2010, and prior to January 1, 2012. A new qualifying employee does not include a person receiving vocational rehabilitation services pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision and who was employed in this state by a related person with respect to the employer during the prior twelve months;

(5) “Related person” means (A) a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or trust controlled by the employer, (B) an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or trust that is in control of the employer, (C) a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or trust controlled by an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or trust that is in control of the employer, or (D) a member of the same controlled group as the employer; and

(6) “Control”, with respect to a corporation, means ownership, directly or indirectly, of stock possessing fifty per cent or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of the stock of such corporation entitled to vote. “Control”, with respect to a trust, means ownership, directly or indirectly, of fifty per cent or more of the beneficial interest in the principal or income of such trust. The ownership of stock in a corporation, of a capital or profits interest in a partnership, limited liability company or association or of a beneficial interest in a trust shall be determined in accordance with the rules for constructive ownership of stock provided in Section 267(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, other than paragraph (3) of said Section 267(c).

(b) (1) There is established a vocational rehabilitation job creation tax credit program for employers whereby an employer who hires a new qualifying employee who resides in this state and requires such employee to work at least twenty hours or more per week for not less than forty-eight weeks in a calendar year may be allowed a tax credit against the tax imposed under this chapter or chapter 207 or 229, other than the liability imposed by section 12-707.

(2) The tax credit shall be an amount equal to two hundred dollars per month for each new qualifying employee hired.

(3) No employer may claim a tax credit for any new qualifying employee who is an owner, member or partner in the business of the employer or who is not employed at the close of the income year of the employer.

(4) The employer shall claim the tax credit for the income year in which the employer hires a new qualifying employee and, if eligible, the two immediately succeeding income years. Any tax credit not used in an income year shall expire and shall not be refundable.

(c) To be eligible to claim the tax credit, an employer shall apply to the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of this section. The application shall be on a form provided by the commissioner and shall contain sufficient information as required by the commissioner, including the activities that the employer primarily engages in, the North American Industrial Classification System code of the employer and the name and position or job title of the new qualifying employee hired.

(d) (1) Upon receipt of an application, the commissioner shall render a decision on the application, in writing, not later than thirty days after the date of its receipt by the commissioner. If the commissioner approves the application of the employer, the commissioner shall issue a certification letter indicating that the tax credit will be available to be claimed by the employer if the employer otherwise meets the requirements of this section.

(2) The total amount of tax credits granted under this section and sections 12-217ii, 12-217nn and 12-217pp shall not exceed twenty million dollars in any one fiscal year.

(3) No employer claiming the tax credit under this section, with respect to a new qualifying employee, may claim any credit against any tax under any other provision of the general statutes with respect to the same new qualifying employee.

(e) If the employer is an S corporation or an entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, the tax credit may be claimed by the shareholders or partners of the employer. If the employer is a single member limited liability company that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner, the tax credit may be claimed by the limited liability company’s owner.

(f) For an employer subject to the tax imposed under chapter 229, no credit allowed under this section shall exceed the amount of tax imposed by chapter 229. The commissioner shall annually provide to the Commissioner of Revenue Services a list detailing all tax credits that have been approved and all employers that have been issued a certification letter under subsection (d) of this section.

(g) No tax credit shall be allowed under this section for any new qualifying employee hired by an employer in any income year commencing on or after January 1, 2012.

(P.A. 10-75, S. 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 18; P.A. 11-6, S. 132; 11-44, S. 52; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 22; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 60.)

History: P.A. 10-75 effective May 6, 2010, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2010; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1 amended Subsec. (a)(4) by redefining “new qualifying employee”, effective June 22, 2010, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2010; P.A. 11-6 amended Subsec. (d)(2) by increasing cap on credits from $11,000,000 to $20,000,000, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec.(a)(4) by replacing “Bureau of Rehabilitation Services within the Department of Social Services or from the Board of Education and Services for the Blind” with “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services”, effective July 1, 2011; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1 amended Subsec. (a)(4)(B) to add sunset date of January 1, 2012, amended Subsec. (d)(2) to include Sec. 12-217pp in cap, and added Subsec. (g) re sunset date of January 1, 2012, effective October 27, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a)(4) by replacing “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” with “Department of Rehabilitation Services”, effective July 1, 2012.