Colorado Code § 39-22-521

Credits against tax - employer expenses - public assistance recipients - repeal
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(1) With respect to taxable years commencing on or after January 1, 1998, and prior to
January 1, 2025, there shall be allowed to an employer of any person receiving public assistance
pursuant to the Colorado works program set forth in part 7 of article 2 of title 26, a credit, for not
more than two years, against the tax imposed by this article in the amount of twenty percent of
the employer's annual investment in any one or more of the following services that are incidental
to the employer's business:
(a) The provision of child care services or the payment of the costs associated with child
care services for children of employees receiving public assistance;
(b) The provision of health or dental insurance for employees receiving public
assistance, which health or dental insurance coverage, if less than the coverage provided through
medicaid, shall be supplemented by medicaid to provide full medicaid benefits to the employee;
(c) The provision of job training or basic education of employees receiving public
assistance;
(d) The provision of programs for the transportation of public assistance employees to
and from work.
(2) The tax credit described in subsection (1) of this section shall be in addition to any
other credits for which the employer may be eligible pursuant to the provisions of article 30 of
this title.
(3) The credit allowed by this section for any income tax year shall not exceed the
employer's actual tax liability for such taxable year. If the amount of the credit allowed by this
section exceeds the employer's actual tax liability for any income tax year in which the credit
authorized in this section is claimed, such excess shall be a tax credit carryover to each of the
three income tax years following the unused credit year and shall be applied first to the earliest
income tax years possible.
(4) This section is repealed, effective December 31, 2032.

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