Sec. 12-217v. Tax credit for qualifying corporations in enterprise zones.

      Sec. 12-217v. Tax credit for qualifying corporations in enterprise zones. (a) As used in this section, "qualifying corporation" means a corporation which is created on or after January 1, 1997, in an enterprise zone and which either (1) has at least three hundred seventy-five employees, at least forty per cent of whom (A) are residents of the enterprise zone or the municipality in which the enterprise zone is located and (B) qualify under the Job Training Partnership Act or (2) has less than three hundred seventy-five employees, at least one hundred fifty employees of whom (A) are residents of the enterprise zone or the municipality in which the enterprise zone is located and (B) qualify under the Job Training Partnership Act.

      (b) There shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed on any corporation under this chapter which is created on or after January 1, 1997, in an enterprise zone, in an amount equal to (1) one hundred per cent of the tax liability of the corporation under said chapter with respect to the first three taxable years of the corporation and (2) fifty per cent of the tax liability of the corporation under this chapter with respect to the next seven taxable years of the corporation.

      (P.A. 96-239, S. 3, 17.)

      History: P.A. 96-239 effective July 1, 1996.