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HB 1221 CO
Passed One Chamber

Tax Expenditure Adjustments

CO · session 2026A · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Feb 17, 2026

Latest action (May 11, 2026) Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance

Summary

This bill makes several changes to Colorado's tax code. It limits the alternative minimum tax credit to tax years before January 1, 2026, and requires corporations to add certain employee compensation deductions back to their state taxable income starting January 1, 2027. The bill reduces the period that net operating losses can be carried forward from 20 years to 10 years and limits the amount of losses that can be claimed to 70 percent rather than 80 percent. The bill creates a new refundable tax credit based on the number and age of a taxpayer's children and the taxpayer's income level, with the total credit amount adjusted annually to offset the revenue raised by the other provisions.

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Official abstract

The bill adjusts 3 2 existing tax expenditures.      Section 2 of the bill limits the alternative minimum tax credit to income tax years commencing prior to January 1, 2026; Section 4 3 requires a corporation, for purposes of determining their state taxable income for state income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2027, to add to their federal taxable income the amount, if any, that the taxpayer claimed as a deduction on the taxpayer's federal tax return pursuant to the employee remuneration deduction allowed pursuant to section 162 (m) of the internal revenue code; and Section 5 4 limits the period of time that net operating losses generated in income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2027, can be carried forward from 20 years to 10 years and limits the amount of losses that may be claimed to 70% rather than 80%.      Section 3 2 creates a new tax credit. The new tax credit allows taxpayers to claim a refundable tax credit, in addition to the child tax credit and the family affordability tax credit, in an amount determined by the amount and age of the taxpayer's children and the taxpayer's income. The total amount of the new tax credit is adjusted annually based on legislative council staff projections, such that the total amount of the new tax credit claimed in an income tax year is projected to be the same as the amount of revenue raised in sections 2, 4, 3 and 5 4 .(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Sponsors (4)

12 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (8)

  1. May 11, 2026 Senate Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely · upper
  2. May 4, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance · upper
  3. May 4, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
  4. May 1, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
  5. Apr 30, 2026 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
  6. Apr 28, 2026 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
  7. Mar 9, 2026 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations · lower
  8. Feb 17, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance · lower
Subjects
Fiscal Policy & Taxes

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