2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 12 - Taxation
Chapter 208* - Corporation Business Tax
IMPOSITION AND PAYMENT OF TAX
- Section 12-213 - Definitions.
- Section 12-214 - Imposition of tax. Surcharge.
- Section 12-214a and 12-215 - Effective date of subsection (7) of section 12-214. Certain gross rentals to be tax-exempt.
- Section 12-216 - Payment of tax by out-of-state corporations.
- Section 12-216a - Payment of tax by companies having economic nexus with state. Applicability to companies treated as foreign corporations by the Internal Revenue Code.
- Section 12-217 - Deductions from gross income. Net income and operating loss carry-over of S corporations and combined groups.
- Section 12-217aa - Order of credits.
- Section 12-217aaa - Accumulated research and development tax credits.
- Section 12-217a and 12-217b - Deduction for investment in depreciable property. Tax credit for expenditures for water pollution abatement facilities.
- Section 12-217bb - Tax credit for electric suppliers hiring displaced workers.
- Section 12-217bbb - Accumulated research and experimental expenditures tax credits and accumulated research and development tax credits. Innovation investment fund tax credit auction.
- Section 12-217c and 12-217d - Tax credit for expenditures for: Air pollution abatement facilities; industrial waste treatment facilities.
- Section 12-217cc - Tax credit for certain small businesses obtaining financing from federal Small Business Administration.
- Section 12-217dd - Tax credit for donation of land for open space or educational use.
- Section 12-217e - Tax credits for certain manufacturing, service and eligible facilities.
- Section 12-217ee - Refund of unused credits under sections 12-217j and 12-217n.
- Section 12-217f - Tax credit for employers participating in certain state-approved programs combining high school study and part-time employment.
- Section 12-217ff - Tax credit for donation of land for educational use. No credit allowed on or after January 1, 2013.
- Section 12-217g - Tax credits for apprenticeship training in manufacturing, construction and plastics-related trades.
- Section 12-217gg - Tax credit for employment expansion project.
- Section 12-217h - Tax credit for expenditures to establish day care facilities for children of employees.
- Section 12-217hh - Tax credit for hiring displaced worker.
- Section 12-217i - Tax credits for investments in vehicles powered by clean alternative fuels or electricity, for construction of or improvements to alternative fuel filling stations and for converting motor vehicles to utilize alternative fuels.
- Section 12-217ii - Jobs creation tax credit program.
- Section 12-217j - Tax credit for research and experimental expenditures.
- Section 12-217jj - Film production tax credit. Regulations.
- Section 12-217k - Tax credit for employee training.
- Section 12-217kk - Tax credit for infrastructure projects in the entertainment industry. Regulations.
- Section 12-217l - Tax credit for expenditures for grants to institutions of higher education for research and development related to technological advancements.
- Section 12-217ll - Tax credit for digital animation production companies. Regulations.
- Section 12-217m - Tax credit for taxpayers occupying new facilities and creating new jobs.
- Section 12-217mm - Tax credit for green buildings. Sunset.
- Section 12-217n - Rolling tax credit for research and development expenses.
- Section 12-217nn - Qualified small business job creation tax credit program.
- Section 12-217o - Tax credit for machinery and equipment expenditures.
- Section 12-217oo - Vocational rehabilitation job creation tax credit program.
- Section 12-217p - Tax credits for taxpayer providing housing for low and moderate income employees.
- Section 12-217pp - Job expansion tax credit program.
- Section 12-217q and 12-217r - Tax credit for expenditures for: Construction of or improvements to alternative fuel filling stations; converting motor vehicles to utilize alternative fuels.
- Section 12-217qq to 12-217yy - Reserved for future use.
- Section 12-217s - Tax credit for expenditures related to traffic reduction programs.
- Section 12-217t - Tax credit for personal property taxes paid on electronic data processing equipment.
- Section 12-217u - Tax credit for financial institutions constructing new facilities and creating new jobs.
- Section 12-217v - Tax credit for qualifying corporations in enterprise zones.
- Section 12-217w - Tax credit for investment in fixed capital.
- Section 12-217x - Tax credit for human capital investment.
- Section 12-217y - Tax credit for employing persons who are receiving benefits from the temporary family assistance program.
- Section 12-217z - Business Tax Credit and Tax Policy Review Committee.
- Section 12-217zz - Limit on credits under this chapter.
- Section 12-218 - Apportionment of net income.
- Section 12-218a - Apportionment of tax on insurance company.
- Section 12-218b - Apportionment of net income of financial service companies.
- Section 12-218c - Restrictions on the deductibility of certain intangible expenses and interest expenses with a related member.
- Section 12-218d - Restriction on the deductibility of interest expenses or costs related to certain transactions with related members.
- Section 12-218e - Combined group's net income. Apportionment percentage. Net operating loss. Carryover. Additional tax base. Nexus combined base tax.
- Section 12-218f - Combined group determined on world-wide basis, affiliated group basis or water’s-edge basis. Tax havens.
- Section 12-218g - Net deferred tax liability and assets. Deductions.
- Section 12-219 - Additional tax in the amount by which alternative computations exceed tax under section 12-214. Minimum tax. Surcharge.
- Section 12-219a - Apportionment of tax base in and out of state. Insurance companies excepted.
- Section 12-219b - Election with respect to apportionment of net income.
- Section 12-220 to 12-221 - Allocation of minimum tax base. Apportionment of additional tax. Allocation in special cases.
- Section 12-221a - Petition for alternative method of apportionment. Regulations.
- Section 12-222 - Annual return. Designated taxable member of combined group. Duties.
- Section 12-223 - Returns of affiliated corporations.
- Section 12-223a - Combined corporation business tax return.
- Section 12-223b - Intercompany rents and business receipts.
- Section 12-223c - Minimum tax in combined return.
- Section 12-223d - Assessments against one or more taxpayers in combined return.
- Section 12-223e - Readjustment of taxes on revision of combined return.
- Section 12-223f - Preference tax due from corporations filing a combined return.
- Section 12-224 - Return of fiduciary.
- Section 12-225 - Supplemental and amended returns. Refund claim.
- Section 12-226 - Correction of returns; additional tax; refunds.
- Section 12-226a - Adjustments by the commissioner. Regulations.
- Section 12-227 - Interest on refunds.
- Section 12-228 - Refunds to be made from General Fund.
- Section 12-229 - Failure to pay tax or make return. Penalty. Waiver of penalty authorized.
- Section 12-230 - Forfeiture of corporate rights for failure to make returns.
- Section 12-231 - Penalties for wilful violation of requirements related to payment of tax or delivery of documentation.
- Section 12-231a - Formation of insurance company affiliate of holding company to evade tax.
- Section 12-232 - Authority to take testimony under oath; subpoenas.
- Section 12-233 - Examination of returns by commissioner. Deadlines for mailing deficiency assessments. Penalties for deficiencies. Payment by taxpayer.
- Section 12-234 - Settlement with Treasurer.
- Section 12-235 - Delinquent taxes; interest; collection.
- Section 12-235a - Disallowance of credits if taxes due and unpaid.
- Section 12-236 - Hearing by commissioner.
- Section 12-237 - Appeal.
- Section 12-238 - Abatement of taxes.
- Section 12-239 - Abatement of taxes on motor bus company in receivership.
- Section 12-240 - Publication and disclosure of information.
- Section 12-241 - Tax to be in lieu of other taxes.
- Section 12-241a - Definition.
- Section 12-242 - Regulations.
PAYMENT OF ESTIMATED TAX
- Section 12-242a to 12-242c - Definitions. When declaration of estimated tax required. Installment payment on estimated tax.
- Section 12-242d - Installment payment on estimated tax. Interest on unpaid installments.
- Section 12-242e - Disposition of installments.
- Section 12-242f - Obligations of fiduciary.
- Section 12-242g - Overpayments.
- Section 12-242h - Regulations.
- Section 12-242i - Declaration as return.
- Section 12-242j to 12-242z - Reserved for future use.
*See Sec. 10-228b re tax credits for donations of computers to boards of education and public schools.
See Secs. 10-416, 10-416a re tax credits for rehabilitation of historic homes and certified historic structures.
Cited. 122 C. 148. Tax imposed by chapter is in nature of excise against domestic and foreign corporations alike for the privilege of doing business within state. Id., 547. Cited. 124 C. 405; 127 C. 508.
Annotations to former statutes relating to the taxation of banks, insurance companies and other corporations: Nature of tax; upheld as to nonresident stockholders. 70 C. 590; 73 C. 255; 185 U.S. 364. Deductions of value of real estate; assessed value is intended; includes 999 year lease. 72 C. 369; Id., 374. History of provision permitting deduction for real estate. 73 C. 289. “Capital” defined. 75 C. 280; 77 C. 45. Whether real estate represents capital investment question of fact; corporation book entries not conclusive. 74 C. 35. Real estate of national banking association not subject to direct tax; Id., 449; nor is bridge structure of bridge company. 77 C. 314. Nature of tax; value of nontaxable bonds owned by corporation not to be deducted. 89 C. 181. Stock in hands of testamentary trustee is still owned by estate, and state treasurer should remit tax collected thereon to town where deceased stockholder resided, not to town where trustee resides. 98 C. 471. “Other investment income” in statute levying tax on income of insurance companies does not include profit from the sale or maturity of ledger assets. 113 C. 14. Claim of state against trust company in receivership for tax on corporate stock is payable only from assets remaining after payment of creditors. Id., 661, 671.
Annotations to former tax on savings deposits: As to deduction of securities of the United States exempt from taxation, see 32 C. 173; 6 Wall. 594. Trust company liable for tax on franchise assessed before inception of receivership; previous temporary order of bank commissioner did not completely deprive it of benefits of franchise. 113 C. 661, 673. Tax is on franchise; after bank in hands of receiver, neither bank nor receiver liable for tax assessed after receiver's appointment. 115 C. 313, 326, 332. Appointment, before day tax laid, of temporary receiver is sufficient to remove liability for tax. Id., 364, 371. Exemption of funds invested in certain corporations continues when corporation consolidates. 116 C. 172–185. Deduction limited to taxes assessed upon real estate in name of bank during required period. 117 C. 188, 199. Bank failing through inadvertence to claim deduction for taxes not entitled to refund. Id., 196.
Annotations to former tax on miscellaneous corporations: Is tax on privilege of doing business in state, levied alike on foreign and domestic corporations; not income tax; constitutional. 94 C. 54; 97 C. 526, 528; 254 U.S. 113. Application to consolidated group of foreign corporations. 98 C. 192. Tax commissioner may obtain necessary information from corporations. Id., 197. Payment of tax to avoid penalties and lien held not to preclude recovery of illegal tax. 92 C. 204. Usual method of statutory appeal. Id., 206. Court may correct mathematical errors in computation. 70 C. 592. Is an excise upon franchise of corporations, both domestic and foreign, for privilege of doing business in the state. 135 C. 37. Cited. 142 C. 485.
Annotations to present corporation business tax:
Privilege of doing business in corporate capacity may properly be taxed by including in net income otherwise tax-exempt interest income. 178 C. 243. Cited. 195 C. 284; 202 C. 412; 203 C. 198; Id., 455; 220 C. 665; 224 C. 426;
228 C. 137; 232 C. 325; 235 C. 865.
Cited. 40 CS 77.