This bill establishes a child care tax credit program for employers. The program allows employers to claim a tax credit against the Business Profits Tax (BPT) and the Business Enterprise Tax (BET) for qualified child care expenditures. The tax credit is limited to $100,000 per taxpayer per year and the total amount of credits issued cannot exceed $10,000,000 in a fiscal year. The credit can be used to offset the taxpayer's tax liability for the subsequent 5 tax years. The bill also expands the Granite State Paid Family Leave Plan Tax Credit to include expenditures for maternity or paternity leave greater than 12 weeks. The Department of Revenue Administration states that the fiscal impact of the bill is indeterminable, as they do not have information on how many taxpayers would claim the credit or the amount that would be claimed. They suggest some clarifications and updates to the bill's language.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 77-A:5, 77-E:3-e