AB 976

The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law allow various credits against the taxes imposed by those laws. This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2028, would allow a credit against the taxes imposed by those laws to a business operating in a disadvantaged community, as described, with total gross annual receipts of no greater than $5,000,000, with 25 or fewer employees in an amount equal to the taxpayer’s qualified retail theft prevention measure expenses at retail locations in the state, not to exceed $4,000 per taxable year, and subject to a credit reservation by the Franchise Tax Board, as specified. The bill would limit the total amount of tax credits allocated per taxable year to $10,000,000. Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure, as defined, to include tax credits, to contain, among other things, specific goals, purposes, and objectives that the tax credit will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements. This bill would include findings and reporting requirements in compliance with this requirement. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.