Connecticut SB 84: AN ACT CONCERNING ADJUSTMENTS TO STATE REVENUE.

Status: FILE NO. 704 (as of 2026-04-20)

State: Connecticut · Session: 2026 · Bill: SB 84

Subjects: Accessory apartments, Advanced practice nurses, Apprentices, Audits, Certificates and certification, Chiropractic and chiropractors, Consumer Protection Department, Contractors, Corporation business tax credits for research and development expenses, Dental hygienists, Dentistry, Economic and Community Development, Department of, Federal income tax, Fees, Film production tax credits, General Fund, Governor's bills, Home Improvement Guaranty Fund, Home improvement contractors, Hospital net patient revenue tax, Hospital net revenue limit, Hospitals, Income tax (State), Income tax returns (State), Ledyard, Luxury tax, Marijuana and controlled substances tax, Marital and family therapists, Medicaid, Midwifery, Milk and milk products, Montville, Motor vehicles, Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund, Municipalities, Natureopathy, Notices, Nurses, Nursing homes, Occupational therapy, Optometry, Physical therapists, Physician assistants, Physicians, Podiatry, Professional counselors, Professional licenses, Property tax exemptions, Public Health, Department of, Sales and use tax, Small businesses, Social Services, Department of, Social workers, State aid programs, State budget, State grants to municipalities, Tax credits, Tax returns, Teachers

Sponsors: Geraldo C. Reyes, Anthony L. Nolan

Bill Text

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General Assembly  
Substitute Bill No. 84  
February Session, 2026 
 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING ADJUSTMENTS TO STATE REVENUE.  
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 12-217 of the 2026 supplement to 1 
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2 
thereof (Effective from passage): 3 
(b) (1) For purposes of determining net income under this section, the 4 
deduction  allowed  for  depreciation  shall  be  determined  as  provided 5 
under   the   Internal   Revenue   Code   of   1986,   or   any   subsequent 6 
corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time 7 
to   time   amended,   provided   in   making   such   determination,   the 8 
provisions   of   Section   168(k)   of   said   code and,   for   income   years 9 
commencing on or after January 1, 2026, the provisions of Section 168(n) 10 
of said code, shall not apply. 11 
(2) (A) For purposes of determining net income under this section for 12 
taxable  years  ending  after  December  31,  2008,  and  to  the  extent  any 13 
income  from  the  discharge  of  indebtedness,  under  Section  108  of  the 14 
Internal  Revenue  Code,  as  amended  by  Section  1231  of  the  American 15 
Recovery  and  Reinvestment  Act  of  2009,  in  connection  with  any 16 
reacquisition, after December 31, 2008, and [before] prior to January 1, 17 
2011, of an applicable debt instrument or instruments, as those terms are 18 
defined  in  said  Section  108,  as  amended  by  said  Section  1231,  is  not 19 

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properly includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes for 20 
the taxable year, any deferral of the recognition of any such income shall 21 
not be allowed. 22 
(B) To the extent that any income from the discharge of indebtedness 23 
in  connection  with  any  reacquisition,  after  December  31,  2008,  and 24 
[before] prior  to January  1,  2011,  of  an  applicable  debt  instrument  or 25 
instruments,  as  those  terms  are  defined  in  Section  108  of  the  Internal 26 
Revenue Code, as amended by Section 1231 of the American Recovery 27 
and  Reinvestment  Act  of  2009,  is  properly  includable  in  gross  income 28 
for  federal  income  tax purposes  for the  taxable  year,  any  such  income 29 
shall  be  deductible  in  computing  net  income  under  this  section  for  a 30 
taxable  year  ending  after  December  31,  2008,  to  the  extent  that  the 31 
deferral  of  recognition  of  such  income  from  such  discharge  was  not 32 
allowed pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision in computing 33 
net income for a preceding taxable year. 34 
(C) For income years commencing on or after January 1, 2018, eighty 35 
per  cent  of  any  deduction  claimed  under  Section  179  of  the  Internal 36 
Revenue Code for federal income tax purposes shall be disallowed. To 37 
the extent such a deduction is disallowed for purposes of computing the 38 
tax under this chapter, twenty-five per cent of the disallowed portion of 39 
the  deduction  shall  be  allowed  as  a  deduction  in  each  of  the  four 40 
succeeding income years. 41 
(D) For purposes of determining net income under this section: 42 
(i)  For  income  years  commencing  on  or  after  January  1,  2022,  the 43 
deduction under Section 70302(f) of P.L. 119-21 is disallowed; 44 
(ii)  For  income  years  commencing  on  or  after  January  1,  2025,  and 45 
prior  to  January  1,  2026,  the  deduction  under  Section  174A  of  the 46 
Internal Revenue Code is disallowed; and 47 
(iii)  For  income  years  commencing  on  or  after  January  1,  2022,  and 48 
prior to January 1, 2026, any research or experimental expenditures paid 49 
or incurred for said income years shall be deducted as permitted under 50 

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Section 174 of the Internal Revenue Code, as in effect on July 3, 2025. 51 
Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) (a) The provisions of section 12-242d of 52 
the general statutes shall not apply to any additional tax due as a result 53 
of (1) the changes made to subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 12-54 
217 of the general statutes pursuant to section 1 of this act, for income 55 
years commencing on or after January 1, 2026, but prior to the effective 56 
date of section 1 of this act, or (2) the enactment of subparagraph (D) of 57 
subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 12-217 of the general statutes 58 
pursuant  to  section  1  of  this  act,  for  income  years  commencing  on  or 59 
after January 1, 2022, but prior to January 1, 2026. 60 
(b)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  sections  12-3a  and  12-229  of 61 
the general statutes, the Commissioner of Revenue Services shall waive 62 
any penalty or interest imposed on the portion of any underpayment for 63 

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