Minimum tax in combined return

Each corporation included in a combined return under section 12-223a shall pay the minimum tax of two hundred fifty dollars prescribed under section 12-219. No tax credit allowed against the tax imposed by this chapter shall reduce an included corporation's tax calculated under section 12-219 to an amount less than two hundred fifty dollars.

(P.A. 73-350, S. 23, 27; P.A. 81-66, S. 3, 5; 81-255, S. 23, 37; P.A. 85-159, S. 3, 19; 85-469, S. 4, 6; P.A. 89-16, S. 3, 31; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 58; P.A. 15-244, S. 159; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 139.)

History: P.A. 73-350 effective May 9, 1973, and applicable to income years beginning on or after January 1, 1973; P.A. 81-66 increased minimum tax from $50 to $100, effective May 4, 1981, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 1981; P.A. 81-255 increased minimum tax to $250, effective July 1, 1981, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 1981; P.A. 85-159 reduced minimum tax to $100, applicable with respect to income years of corporations commencing on or after January 1, 1985; P.A. 85-469 revised effective date of P.A. 85-159 but without affecting this section; P.A. 89-16 increased the minimum tax payable in accordance with this section to $250, effective March 23, 1989, and applicable to income years of corporations commencing on or after January 1, 1989; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 deleted provision re corporation whose tax is computed and paid on the combined basis and added provision re the effect of tax credits on the minimum tax, effective July 1, 2002, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2002; P.A. 15-244 added “under section 12-223a” re combined return, effective June 30, 2015, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 changed effective date of P.A. 15-244, S. 159, from June 30, 2015, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2015, to January 1, 2016, and applicable to income years commencing on or after that date, effective June 30, 2015.

Cited. 220 C. 665.