The Office of Fiscal Analysis is a nonpartisan professional office of the Connecticut General Assembly. Its primary function is to provide technical support to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding, as well as the other committees and members of the legislature.

Statutorily defined duties of the Office include:
 
(1) reviewing department and program operating budget requests;
 
(2) analyzing and helping to establish priorities with regard to capital programs;

(3) checking executive revenue estimates for accuracy;
 
(4) recommending potential untapped sources of revenue;
 
(5) assisting in legislative hearings;
 
(6) assisting in the development of means by which budgeted programs can be periodically reviewed;
 
(7) preparing short analyses of the costs and long-range projections of executive programs and proposed agency regulations;
 
(8) keeping track of federal aid programs to ensure that Connecticut is taking full advantage of opportunities for assistance;
 
(9) reviewing department budgets and programs on a continuous basis;
 
(10) analyzing and preparing critiques of the Governor's proposed budget;
 
(11) studying selected executive programs during the interim;
 
(12) performing such other services in the field of finance as may be required by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management;
 
(13) preparing fiscal notes upon favorably reported bills which require expenditure of state or municipal funds or affect state or municipal revenue;

(14) preparing at the end of each fiscal year a compilation of all fiscal notes on legislation and agency regulations taking effect the next fiscal year.