CHAPTER 201
STATE AND LOCAL REVENUE SERVICES.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE SERVICES

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Sec. 12-15. Limitations on inspection or disclosure of tax returns or return information available to the commissioner.
Sec. 12-19c. Certification and payment to each town or borough.
Sec. 12-20b. Valuation of property of private colleges and general hospitals for purposes of state grants in lieu of taxes. Revaluation. Appeals. Connecticut Hospice in Branford. United States Coast Guard Academy in New London.
Sec. 12-30c. Penalty imposed on promoters of abusive tax shelters.

      Sec. 12-15. Limitations on inspection or disclosure of tax returns or return information available to the commissioner. (a) No officer or employee, including any former officer or former employee, of the state or of any other person who has or had access to returns or return information in accordance with subdivision (12) of subsection (b) of this section shall disclose or inspect any return or return information, except as provided in this section.

      (b) The commissioner may disclose (1) returns or return information to (A) an authorized representative of another state agency or office, upon written request by the head of such agency or office, when required in the course of duty or when there is reasonable cause to believe that any state law is being violated, or (B) an authorized representative of an agency or office of the United States, upon written request by the head of such agency or office, when required in the course of duty or when there is reasonable cause to believe that any federal law is being violated, provided no such agency or office shall disclose such returns or return information, other than in a judicial or administrative proceeding to which such agency or office is a party pertaining to the enforcement of state or federal law, as the case may be, in a form which can be associated with, or otherwise identify, directly or indirectly, a particular taxpayer except that the names and addresses of jurors or potential jurors and the fact that the names were derived from the list of taxpayers pursuant to chapter 884 may be disclosed by the judicial branch; (2) returns or return information to the Auditors of Public Accounts, when required in the course of duty under chapter 23; (3) returns or return information to tax officers of another state or of a Canadian province or of a political subdivision of such other state or province or of the District of Columbia or to any officer of the United States Treasury Department or the United States Department of Health and Human Services, authorized for such purpose in accordance with an agreement between this state and such other state, province, political subdivision, the District of Columbia or department, respectively, when required in the administration of taxes imposed under the laws of such other state, province, political subdivision, the District of Columbia or the United States, respectively, and when a reciprocal arrangement exists; (4) returns or return information in any action, case or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction, when the commissioner or any other state department or agency is a party, and when such information is directly involved in such action, case or proceeding; (5) returns or return information to a taxpayer or its authorized representative, upon written request for a return filed by or return information on such taxpayer; (6) returns or return information to a successor, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, assignee, guardian or guarantor of a taxpayer, when such person establishes, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, that such person has a material interest which will be affected by information contained in such returns or return information; (7) information to the assessor or an authorized representative of the chief executive officer of a Connecticut municipality, when the information disclosed is limited to (A) a list of real or personal property that is or may be subject to property taxes in such municipality, or (B) a list containing the name of each person who is issued any license, permit or certificate which is required, under the provisions of this title, to be conspicuously displayed and whose address is in such municipality; (8) real estate conveyance tax return information or controlling interest transfer tax return information to the town clerk or an authorized representative of the chief executive officer of a Connecticut municipality to which the information relates; (9) estate tax returns and estate tax return information to the Probate Court Administrator or to the court of probate for the district within which a decedent resided at the date of the decedent's death, or within which the commissioner contends that a decedent resided at the date of the decedent's death or, if a decedent died a nonresident of this state, in the court of probate for the district within which real estate or tangible personal property of the decedent is situated, or within which the commissioner contends that real estate or tangible personal property of the decedent is situated; (10) returns or return information to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for purposes of subsection (b) of section 12-7a; (11) return information to the Jury Administrator, when the information disclosed is limited to the names, addresses, federal Social Security numbers and dates of birth, if available, of residents of this state, as defined in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 12-701; (12) pursuant to regulations adopted by the commissioner, returns or return information to any person to the extent necessary in connection with the processing, storage, transmission or reproduction of such returns or return information, and the programming, maintenance, repair, testing or procurement of equipment, or the providing of other services, for purposes of tax administration; (13) without written request and unless the commissioner determines that disclosure would identify a confidential informant or seriously impair a civil or criminal tax investigation, returns and return information which may constitute evidence of a violation of any civil or criminal law of this state or the United States to the extent necessary to apprise the head of such agency or office charged with the responsibility of enforcing such law, in which event the head of such agency or office may disclose such return information to officers and employees of such agency or office to the extent necessary to enforce such law; (14) names and addresses of operators, as defined in section 12-407, to tourism districts, as defined in section 10-397; (15) names of each licensed dealer, as defined in section 12-285, and the location of the premises covered by the dealer's license; (16) to a tobacco product manufacturer that places funds into escrow pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of section 4-28i, return information of a distributor licensed under the provisions of chapter 214 or chapter 214a, provided the information disclosed is limited to information relating to such manufacturer's sales to consumers within this state, whether directly or through a distributor, dealer or similar intermediary or intermediaries, of cigarettes, as defined in section 4-28h, and further provided there is reasonable cause to believe that such manufacturer is not in compliance with section 4-28i; (17) returns, which shall not include a copy of the return filed with the commissioner, or return information for purposes of section 12-217z; and (18) returns or return information to the State Elections Enforcement Commission, upon written request by said commission, when necessary to investigate suspected violations of state election laws.

      (c) Any federal returns or return information made available to the commissioner in accordance with a written agreement between the commissioner and the Internal Revenue Service concerning exchange of information for tax administration purposes, shall not be open to inspection by or disclosed to any individual or disclosed in any manner other than as permitted under the provisions of Section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended.

      (d) (1) The commissioner may, upon request, verify whether or not any license, permit or certificate required under the provisions of this title to be conspicuously displayed has been issued by the commissioner to any particular person.

      (2) The commissioner may make public the names and municipality of residence or postal district of persons entitled to tax refunds for purposes of notifying them when the commissioner, after reasonable effort and lapse of time, has been unable to locate such persons.

      (e) The commissioner may refuse to open to inspection or disclose to any person any returns or return information made available to the commissioner by any tax officer of another state, a Canadian province or political subdivision of such other state or province or of the District of Columbia or by any officer of the United States Treasury Department or the United States Department of Health and Human Services in accordance with a written agreement between this state and such other state, province, political subdivision, the District of Columbia or department, respectively, which agreement provides that the disclosure of such returns or return information by the commissioner is prohibited. In addition, he may refuse to open to inspection or disclosure to any state or United States agency or office described in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section, returns or return information unless such agency or office shall have: (1) Established and maintained, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, a permanent system of standardized records with respect to any request, the reason for such request, and the date of such request made by or of it and any disclosure or inspection of returns or return information made by or to it; (2) established and maintained, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, a secure area or place in which such returns or return information shall be stored; (3) restricted, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, access to the returns or return information only to persons whose duties or responsibilities require access and to whom disclosure may be made under this section or by whom inspection may be made under this section; (4) provided such other safeguards which the commissioner prescribes as necessary or appropriate to protect the confidentiality of the returns or return information; (5) furnished a report to the commissioner, at such time and containing such information as the commissioner may prescribe, which describes the procedures established and utilized by such agency or office for ensuring the confidentiality of returns and return information required by this subsection; and (6) upon completion of use of such returns or return information, returned to the commissioner such returns or return information, along with any copies made therefrom, or makes such returns or return information undisclosable in such manner as the commissioner may prescribe and furnishes a written report to the commissioner identifying the returns or return information that were made undisclosable.

      (f) Returns and return information shall, without written request, be open to inspection by or disclosure to: (1) Officers and employees of the Department of Revenue Services whose official duties require such inspection or disclosure for tax administration purposes; (2) officers or employees of an agency or office in accordance with subdivision (1) or (13) of subsection (b) of this section whose official duties require such inspection; and (3) officers or employees of any person in accordance with subdivision (12) of subsection (b) of this section, whose duties require such inspection or disclosure.

      (g) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

      (h) For purposes of this section:

      (1) "Return" means any tax or information return, declaration of estimated tax, claim for refund, license application, permit application, registration application or other application required by, or provided for or permitted under, the provisions of this or any other title which is filed with the commissioner by, on behalf of, or with respect to any person, and any amendment or supplement thereto, including supporting schedules, attachments, or lists which are supplemental to, or part of, the return so filed.

      (2) "Return information" means a taxpayer's identity, the nature, source, or amount of the taxpayer's income, payments, receipts, deductions, exemptions, credits, assets, liabilities, net worth, tax liability, tax collected or withheld, tax underreportings, tax overreportings, or tax payments, whether the taxpayer's return was, is being, or will be examined or subjected to other investigation or processing, or any other data received by, recorded by, prepared by, furnished to, or collected by the commissioner with respect to a return or with respect to the determination of the existence, or possible existence, of liability of any person for any tax, penalty, interest, fine, forfeiture, or other imposition, or offense. "Return information" does not include data in a form which cannot be associated with, or otherwise identify, directly or indirectly, a particular taxpayer. Nothing in the preceding sentence, or in any other provision of law, shall be construed to require the disclosure of standards used or to be used for the selection of returns for examination, or data used or to be used for determining such standards or the disclosure of the identity of a confidential informant, whether or not a civil or criminal tax investigation has been undertaken or completed.

      (3) "Disclosure" means the making known to any person, in any manner whatever, a return or return information.

      (4) "Inspection" means any examination of a return or return information.

      (5) "Tax administration" means the administration, management, conduct, direction and supervision of the execution and application of the tax laws of this state, and the development and formulation of tax policy relating to existing or proposed tax laws of this state, and includes assessment, collection, enforcement, litigation, publication and statistical gathering functions under such laws.

      (1949 Rev., S. 1693; 1969, P.A. 538, S. 1; P.A. 77-382, S. 1, 2; P.A. 82-67, S. 1; P.A. 83-433, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-479, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-211, S. 20; P.A. 90-93; P.A. 91-102, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-23; P.A. 97-165, S. 6, 16; 97-193, S. 4, 5; 97-200, S. 1; 97-243, S. 4, 67; P.A. 98-244, S. 1, 35; P.A. 99-121, S. 1, 28; P.A. 00-174, S. 51, 83; 00-196, S. 2; P.A. 01-2, S. 2, 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 23, 85; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 238; P.A. 04-218, S. 12; P.A. 05-235, S. 12; 05-251, S. 65; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 5, 36.)

      History: 1969 act revised list of persons having access to data to include other officers and departments in the performance of official duties, removing limitation to officers and departments involved in assessing or collecting taxes, and included officers of U.S. treasury department and officers of other states in connection with federal taxes or other states' taxes; P.A. 77-382 added Subsec. (b) re disclosure of information re federal returns provided to commissioner; effect of P.A. 77-614 was to make "commissioner" refer to commissioner of revenue services rather than tax commissioner as previously, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 82-67 combined in Sec. 12-15 references to limitations on disclosure of information obtained in examining records or returns of taxpayers in the course of duty, which limitations were previously included in Secs. 12-240, 12-426, 12-444 and 12-520, and which are deleted therefrom in P.A. 82-67; P.A. 83-433 inserted provision in Subsec. (a) allowing the commissioner or commissioner's attorney or agent to photocopy or microfilm certain tax information as necessary for administrative purposes; P.A. 84-479 amended Subsec. (a) so as to enable the commissioner to photocopy or microfilm tax records whenever necessary in the administration of state taxes, without limitation related to the specific purposes for disclosure as allowed under this section; P.A. 89-211 clarified reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; P.A. 90-93 amended Subsec. (a) so as to provide with respect to each type of disclosure allowed that it applies to returns or return information, or to returns only, as in the case of disclosure to a successor, receiver, trustee, etc., added Subsec. (c) allowing disclosure as necessary (1) for certain verification by the commissioner, (2) in the processing of returns or return information or (3) for purposes of tax administration and added Subsec. (d) defining "return", "return information" and "disclosure"; P.A. 91-102 amended Subsec. (a) to add Subdivs. (7), concerning information to municipal assessors, and (8), concerning information to town clerks, and Subsec. (c) to add Subdiv. (3) concerning nondisclosure of certain information from other jurisdictions; P.A. 95-23 added prohibition on disclosure of confidential taxpayer information by former state employees and current and former employees of private contractors having access to returns and return information and required secure storage of information and return to the department; P.A. 97-165 amended Subsec. (a) to add new Subdiv. (9) re estate tax return and return information to the probate court and probate court administrator, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 97-193 amended Subsec. (a) to add a new Subdiv. (10) re return and return information to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, effective June 24, 1997, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 1998; P.A. 97-200 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision in Subdiv. (1) that names and addresses of jurors or potential jurors and fact that names were derived from list of taxpayers may be disclosed to judicial branch, and by adding Subdiv. (11) re return information disclosed to jury administrator of residents of state; P.A. 97-243 amended Subsec. (a) to allow disclosure to an authorized representative of a state agency and the chief executive officer of a municipality instead of the assessor or the town clerk, amended Subsec. (c) by adding new Subdiv. (4) allowing the commissioner to voluntarily disclose information to another state agency or agency of the federal government when it is believed that a state or federal law is broken, and amended definition of "return" in Subsec. (e)(1), effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-244 reorganized section and added provisions re authorized representative of a municipality and of an agency or office of the United States, effective June 8, 1998; P.A. 99-121 amended Subsec. (b) to allow the department to disclose tax return information to a successor that has a material interest which is affected by the information contained in the return, effective June 3, 1999; P.A. 00-174 amended Subsec. (a) by making a technical change and amended Subsec. (b) by adding Subdiv. (14) re information which may be provided to tourism districts and making a technical change, effective May 26, 2000; P.A. 00-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 01-2 amended Subsec. (b) to add Subdiv. (15) re disclosure of names and locations of cigarette dealers, effective March 30, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6 amended Subsec. (d) to designate existing provisions as Subdiv. (1), making a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality therein, and to add new Subdiv. (2) re publication of information about persons entitled to tax refunds, effective July 1, 2001; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change in Subdiv. (7) and change section reference for tourism districts in Subdiv. (14), effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-218 amended Subsec. (b) by adding Subdiv. (16) re disclosure of return information of certain tobacco distributors, effective June 8, 2004; P.A. 05-235 amended Subsec. (b) to add new Subdiv., designated as (18), re disclosure of returns or return information to State Elections Enforcement Commission when necessary to investigate suspected violations of state election laws, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 05-251 amended Subsec. (b) by adding Subdiv. (17) re disclosure of returns or return information for purposes of Sec. 12-217z, effective June 30, 2005, and applicable to income years commencing January 1, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 amended Subsec. (b)(17) to provide that a copy of the return filed with commissioner shall not be included, and changed effective date of P.A. 05-251, S. 65 to July 1, 2005, effective June 30, 2005.

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      Sec. 12-19c. Certification and payment to each town or borough. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, not later than September fifteenth, certify to the Comptroller the amount due each town or borough under the provisions of section 12-19a, or under any recomputation occurring prior to said September fifteenth which may be effected as the result of the provisions of section 12-19b, and the Comptroller shall draw an order on the Treasurer on or before the fifth business day following September fifteenth and the Treasurer shall pay the amount thereof to such town on or before the thirtieth day of September following. If any recomputation is effected as the result of the provisions of section 12-19b on or after the August first following the date on which the town has provided the assessed valuation in question, any adjustments to the amount due to any town for the period for which such adjustments were made shall be made in the next payment the Treasurer shall make to such town pursuant to this section.

      (1969, P.A. 766, S. 3; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 85-371, S. 2, 10; P.A. 87-399, S. 3, 4; P.A. 88-292, S. 3, 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 4, 30; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 59, 85; P.A. 05-287, S. 20.)

      History: Effect of P.A. 77-614 was to make "commissioner" refer to commissioner of revenue services rather than tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-610 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner, effective July 1, 1980; P.A. 85-371 inserted provisions concerning adjustments in amount due to towns resulting from a recomputation, effective July 1, 1985, and applicable to any grant or claim information received by the secretary of the office of policy and management on or after said date; P.A. 87-399 changed date re recomputation effect from July first to August first; changed date for order by comptroller from August fifteenth to September fifteenth, and changed date for payment by treasurer from September first to September thirtieth, effective June 26, 1987, and applicable to grants payable in fiscal years commencing July 1, 1987, and thereafter; P.A. 88-292 allowed certification annually of grant payable to any town under any recomputation occurring prior to September first in lieu of August first as previously required; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 provided certification shall be made not later than September first; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6 applied section to boroughs, changed the date that a recomputation under Sec. 12-19b requires adjustments in the next payment from September to August first following the date the town provides the assessed valuation and made a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 05-287 replaced references to the first of September with references to the fifteenth of September and changed the deadline for the Comptroller to draw an order on the Treasurer from on or before the fifteenth day of September following to on or before the fifth business day following September fifteenth, effective July 13, 2005.

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      Sec. 12-20b. Valuation of property of private colleges and general hospitals for purposes of state grants in lieu of taxes. Revaluation. Appeals. Connecticut Hospice in Branford. United States Coast Guard Academy in New London. (a) Not later than April first in each year, any municipality to which a grant is payable under the provisions of section 12-20a shall provide the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management with the assessed valuation of the tax-exempt real property as of the immediately preceding October first, adjusted in accordance with any gradual increase in or deferment of assessed values of real property implemented in accordance with section 12-62c or subsection (e) of section 12-62a, which is required for computation of such grant. Any municipality which neglects to transmit to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management the assessed valuation as required by this section shall forfeit two hundred fifty dollars to the state, provided the secretary may waive such forfeiture in accordance with procedures and standards adopted by regulation in accordance with chapter 54. Said secretary may, on or before the first day of August of the state fiscal year in which such grant is payable, reevaluate any such property when, in his judgment, the valuation is inaccurate and shall notify such municipality of such reevaluation. Any municipality aggrieved by the action of said secretary under the provisions of this section may, not later than ten business days following receipt of such notice, appeal to the secretary for a hearing concerning such reevaluation, provided such appeal shall be in writing and shall include a statement as to the reasons for such appeal. The secretary shall, not later than ten business days following receipt of such appeal, grant or deny such hearing by notification in writing, including in the event of a denial, a statement as to the reasons for such denial. If any municipality is aggrieved by the action of the secretary following such hearing or in denying any such hearing, the municipality may not later than two weeks after such notice, appeal to the superior court for the judicial district in which the municipality is located. Any such appeal shall be privileged. Said secretary shall certify to the Comptroller the amount due each municipality under the provisions of section 12-20a, or under any recomputation occurring prior to September fifteenth which may be effected as the result of the provisions of this section, and the Comptroller shall draw his order on the Treasurer on or before the fifth business day following September fifteenth and the Treasurer shall pay the amount thereof to such municipality on or before the thirtieth day of September following. If any recomputation is effected as the result of the provisions of this section on or after the January first following the date on which the municipality has provided the assessed valuation in question, any adjustments to the amount due to any municipality for the period for which such adjustments were made shall be made in the next payment the Treasurer shall make to such municipality pursuant to this section.

      (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12-20a or subsection (a) of this section, the amount due the municipality of Branford, on or before the thirtieth day of September, annually, with respect to the Connecticut Hospice, in Branford, shall be one hundred thousand dollars, which amount shall be paid from the annual appropriation, from the General Fund, for reimbursement to towns for loss of taxes on private tax-exempt property.

      (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12-20a or subsection (a) of this section, the amount due the city of New London, on or before the thirtieth day of September, annually, with respect to the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, shall be five hundred thousand dollars, which amount shall be paid from the annual appropriation, from the General Fund, for reimbursement to towns for loss of taxes on private tax-exempt property.

      (P.A. 78-213, S. 2, 3; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 81-472, S. 97, 159; P.A. 84-272, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-371, S. 3, 10; P.A. 87-115, S. 4, 8; 87-418, S. 2, 3; P.A. 88-43, S. 2, 3; 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-79, S. 2, 4; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; 93-434, S. 3, 20; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6; 95-283, S. 13, 68; P.A. 96-112, S. 2; 96-261, S. 3, 4; P.A. 98-217, S. 3, 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 187; P.A. 05-287, S. 18; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 32.)

      History: P.A. 78-303 allowed change from tax commissioner to commissioner of revenue services called for in P.A. 77-614; P.A. 79-610 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of revenue services, effective July 1, 1980; P.A. 81-472 replaced obsolete reference to county with reference to judicial district; P.A. 84-272 changed from July first to August first, the date by which a municipality must provide the assessed valuation of tax-exempt real property required for computation of the state grant; P.A. 85-371 extended final date for review by the secretary to August first following deadline for receipt of statements and added provisions concerning adjustments in amount due to towns resulting from a recomputation, effective July 1, 1985, and applicable to any grant or claim information received by the secretary of the office of policy and management on or after said date; P.A. 87-115 added the provision for forfeiture by any municipality which neglects to transmit the assessed valuation as required and provided for waiver of such forfeiture in accordance with regulations to be adopted, effective May 11, 1987, and applicable to assessed valuations to be submitted on August 1, 1988, and thereafter; P.A. 87-418 changed valuation date from August first to January first; changed reevaluation date from August first next succeeding valuation date to September first next following; changed date re recomputation effect from November first to September first; changed date for order by comptroller from December fifteenth to September fifteenth, and changed date for payment by treasurer from December thirty-first to September thirtieth; P.A. 88-43 changed the annual date, from January first to April first next following, when a municipality shall provide the assessed valuation, as of October first immediately preceding, as required for computation of the grant in lieu of taxes on real property of private colleges and general hospitals, effective April 13, 1988, and applicable to the assessment year in any municipality commencing October 1, 1988, and each assessment year thereafter; P.A. 91-79 provided for the recognition of any gradual increase in assessed value related to a phase-in of a revaluation, effective April 26, 1991, and applicable to assessment years of municipalities commencing on or after October 1, 1991; P.A. 93-434 provided that assessed valuation be adjusted in accordance with any deferment and inserted reference to Subsec. (e) of Sec. 12-62a, effective June 30, 1993, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 1992; P.A. 95-283 changed location of appeal from the judicial district in which the municipality is located to the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain, effective October 1, 1996 (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230, 90-98, 93-142 and 95-220 authorized substitution of "judicial district of Hartford" for "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain" in 1995 public and special acts, effective September 1, 1998); P.A. 96-112 would have changed deadline for secretary to reevaluate property from September first to August first and added provisions authorizing aggrieved municipality to appeal to secretary before appealing to Superior Court, but failed to take effect because it amended the version of the section amended by P.A. 95-283 which was repealed in its entirety by P.A. 96-261; P.A. 96-261 repealed changes made by P.A. 95-283, effective June 10, 1996; P.A. 98-217 changed deadline by which the Office of Policy and Management must notify municipalities of adjustments and added process by which municipalities appeal decisions prior to filing a Superior Court appeal, effective July 1, 1998; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re Connecticut Hospice in Branford, effective August 20, 2003, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2002; P.A. 05-287 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes, replace reference to September first with reference to September fifteenth and replace "fifteenth day of September following" with "fifth business day following September fifteenth", effective July 13, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 added Subsec. (c) re the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, effective July 1, 2005.

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      Sec. 12-30c. Penalty imposed on promoters of abusive tax shelters. A penalty is hereby imposed on every person who engages in activities described in Section 6700(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, and who is subject to the fifty per cent penalty imposed thereunder, whether or not such penalty has been imposed, where such activities affect tax returns required to be filed with the Commissioner of Revenue Services. The amount of the penalty imposed hereunder shall be equal to fifty per cent of the gross income derived from, or to be derived from, such activities by such person.

      (P.A. 05-116, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 05-116 effective June 24, 2005, and applicable to any open tax period.

      See Secs. 12-233 and 12-728 for penalties on corporate and personal taxpayers for use of abusive tax shelters.

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