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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut Proposed Bill 76 Establishes a $500 Personal Income Tax Credit for Children and Dependents
Last action · February 4, 2026: Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and BondingSponsor: Jeff Gordon
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What This Bill Proposed
Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that creates a $500 personal income tax credit per eligible child or dependent, subject to income starting at $200,000 for single filers and $400,000 for joint filers.
Taxpayers with qualifying children, disabled dependents, or elderly relatives may reduce their state income tax liability by up to $500 per dependent, depending on their .
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Taxpayers with dependents
Taxpayers with qualifying children, disabled dependents, or elderly relatives may be eligible to receive a $500 personal income tax credit subject to income limits.
Key Facts
- Establishes a child and dependent tax credit of $500 per child or dependent against the personal income tax.
- Applies to children under seventeen years of age residing with the taxpayer for more than half the taxable year.
- Applies to a disabled dependent or disabled spouse residing with the taxpayer for more than half the taxable year.
- Applies to a dependent sixty-five years of age or older who is not the spouse of the taxpayer.
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- Provides for income threshold phase-outs of the credit of ten percent for each one thousand dollars or fraction thereof of adjusted gross income over $200,000 for unmarried individuals, married individuals filing separately, and heads of households.
- Provides for income threshold phase-outs of the credit of ten percent for each one thousand dollars or fraction thereof of adjusted gross income over $400,000 for married individuals filing jointly.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 4, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy30Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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