*Former statute concerning board of equalization construed. 60 C. 327; 113 C. 17. Cited. Id., 663. Annotations to former state tax on towns: Made the state interested in the collection of town taxes on all taxable property. 94 C. 545. Sheriff may depute an inhabitant of town to serve execution issued by state treasurer against selectmen. K. 237. Execution may be levied upon property of an inhabitant of the town. 3 D. 159; 16 C. 379; 121 U.S. 121.
Sec. 12-2b. Duties of Secretary of Office of Policy and Management re municipal assessment.
Sec. 12-2c. Certification of revaluation companies.
Sec. 12-2e. Closing agreements.
Sec. 12-2f. Service of notice by the commissioner.
Sec. 12-2g. Sales tax rebate for eligible individuals.
Sec. 12-3. Appointment and duties of Deputy Commissioner of Revenue Services.
Sec. 12-3a. Penalty Review Committee. Waiver of penalties; appeals.
Sec. 12-3b. Abatement Review Committee.
Sec. 12-3c. Criminal history records checks.
Sec. 12-3d. Deadline for penalty waiver request.
Sec. 12-3e. Reserved
Sec. 12-3f. Small and Medium-Sized Business Users Committee.
Sec. 12-4. Proceedings against delinquent tax officers.
Sec. 12-5. Fees for witnesses and service of subpoenas.
Sec. 12-6. Audit of municipal accounts upon application of state's attorney.
Sec. 12-7. Reports concerning assessments and collections.
Sec. 12-7a. List of state taxes levied and delinquent taxpayers.
Sec. 12-7c. Report on the overall incidence of certain taxes.
Sec. 12-8. Recording and deposit of funds.
Sec. 12-9. Local officials to file statements concerning taxes. Penalty.
Sec. 12-16. Procedure against judge of probate for failure to furnish copies.
Sec. 12-17. Inquiries concerning records of probate court.
Sec. 12-18. Superior court may order compliance with statute.
Sec. 12-18a. Grants to towns for property tax relief based on population.
Sec. 12-18b. Grants in lieu of taxes for certain property.
Sec. 12-18c. Select payment in lieu of taxes account. Distribution of funds.
Sec. 12-18d. Transfers from the General Fund to the Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund.
Sec. 12-19. Grants in lieu of taxes on state-owned property; land taken for flood control.
Sec. 12-19c. Certification and payment to each town or borough.
Secs. 12-19d and 12-19e. Appropriation. Grants in lieu of taxes to fire district of Warehouse Point.
Sec. 12-19f. Allocation of payments in lieu of taxes for Torrington courthouse.
Sec. 12-20. Grant in lieu of taxes on property in Madison.
Sec. 12-20c. Municipal option to share payments in lieu of taxes with special services district.
Sec. 12-24b. Inconsistent special acts repealed.
Sec. 12-25. Confirmation of amount of unpaid taxes.
Sec. 12-26. Equalization and adjustment of grand list.
Sec. 12-27. Abstract book and lists.
Sec. 12-30a. Imposition of interest. Determination of basis. Regulations.
Sec. 12-30b. Limit on interest to be paid on certain tax overpayments.
Sec. 12-30c. Penalty imposed on promoters of abusive tax shelters.
Sec. 12-31. Examination of books and personnel of railroad and utility companies.
Sec. 12-32. Suits not barred by neglect of commissioner.
Sec. 12-33. Appeals from action of Commissioner of Revenue Services.
Sec. 12-33a. Court waiver of interest on certain taxes due and unpaid prohibited.
Sec. 12-34. Taking of acknowledgments by employees of Department of Revenue Services.
Sec. 12-34d. State Tax Review Commission reports.
Sec. 12-1. Definitions. The following words, as used in this title and in all other statutes relating to the assessment and collection of taxes, except when otherwise indicated by the context, shall be defined as follows: “Commissioner” or “Commissioner of Revenue Services” means the Commissioner of Revenue Services or his authorized agent; “company” means any person, partnership, association, company, limited liability company or corporation, except an incorporated municipality; “person” means any individual, partnership, company, limited liability company, public or private corporation, society, association, trustee, executor, administrator or other fiduciary or custodian.
(1949 Rev., S. 1678; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 95-79, S. 22, 189; P.A. 97-243, S. 1, 67.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 95-79 redefined “company” and “person” to include limited liability companies, effective May 31, 1995; P.A. 97-243 added provision that any reference to commissioner or Commissioner of Revenue Services in title 12 and certain other tax statutes includes his authorized agent, effective June 24, 1997.
See Secs. 12-1c and 12-1d re transfer of certain functions, powers and duties under this chapter and chapters 203, 204 and 204a to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
Cited. 29 CA 97.
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Sec. 12-1a. Department of Revenue Services. Commissioner. Successor department to state Tax Department. (a) There shall be a Department of Revenue Services. The department shall be under the direction of the Commissioner of Revenue Services, who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 4-8, with the powers and duties therein prescribed.
(b) The Department of Revenue Services shall constitute a successor department to the state Tax Department in accordance with the provisions of section 4-38d and section 4-39.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 138, 610.)
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Sec. 12-1b. Terms “Tax Commissioner”, “state Tax Commissioner”, “Tax Department”, and “state Tax Department” deemed to mean Commissioner or Department of Revenue Services. Excepted chapters. (a) Whenever the term “Tax Commissioner” or “state Tax Commissioner” occurs or is referred to in the general statutes, except in chapters 111 and 112, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Commissioner of Revenue Services.
(b) Whenever the term “Tax Department” or “state Tax Department” occurs or is referred to in the general statutes, except in chapters 111 and 112, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Department of Revenue Services.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610.)
Cited. 184 C. 102.
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Sec. 12-1c. Transfer of certain functions, powers and duties under this chapter to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. (a) In accordance with the provisions of section 4-38d, all functions, powers and duties of the Commissioner of Revenue Services under this chapter which are related to (1) municipal finance, (2) assessment or taxation of property and (3) state grants to municipalities are transferred to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, and wherever the words “Commissioner of Revenue Services” or “commissioner” are used in said chapter in relation to any such functions, powers or duties, the words “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management” or “secretary”, whichever is appropriate, are substituted in lieu thereof.
(b) The Office of Policy and Management shall constitute a successor department to the Department of Revenue Services, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-39, with respect to all functions, powers and duties of the Department of Revenue Services under this chapter which are related to (1) municipal finance, (2) assessment or taxation of property and (3) state grants to municipalities.
(P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 2003 references in Subsecs. (a) and (b) to “chapter 201” and “said chapter 201”, respectively, were changed editorially by the Revisors to “this chapter”).
See chapter 50 re Office of Policy and Management.
Cited. 204 C. 336.
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Sec. 12-1d. Transfer of certain functions, powers and duties re property tax assessment under chapter 203, local levy and collection of taxes under chapter 204 and relief for elderly homeowners and renters under chapter 204a to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. (a) In accordance with the provisions of section 4-38d, all functions, powers and duties of the Commissioner of Revenue Services under chapters 203, 204 and 204a are transferred to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, and wherever the words “Commissioner of Revenue Services” or “commissioner” are used in said chapters, the words “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management” or “secretary”, whichever is appropriate, are substituted in lieu thereof.
(b) The Office of Policy and Management shall constitute a successor department to the Department of Revenue Services, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-39, with respect to all functions, powers and duties of the Department of Revenue Services under said chapters 203, 204 and 204a.
(P.A. 79-610, S. 3, 47.)
See chapter 50 re Office of Policy and Management.
See chapter 203 re property tax assessment.
See chapter 204 re local levy and collection of taxes.
See chapter 204a re property tax relief for elderly homeowners and renters and persons with permanent total disability.
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Sec. 12-2. Appointment, powers and duties of Commissioner of Revenue Services. Administrative pronouncements. Contracts for the collection of municipal taxes. (a)(1) The Governor shall, in the manner and for the term provided by sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive, appoint a Commissioner of Revenue Services and the Governor shall fill any vacancy occurring during such term as provided by said sections. The commissioner shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take the oath by law provided for executive and judicial officers and, in the performance of his duties, he shall have power to administer oaths.
(2) The commissioner may prescribe regulations, to be adopted in accordance with chapter 54, and make rulings, not inconsistent with law, to carry into effect the provisions of this title, which regulations or rulings, when reasonably designed to carry out the intents and purposes of this title, shall be prima facie evidence of its proper interpretation. Each regulation shall be assigned a section number corresponding to the section of the general statutes (A) pursuant to which such regulation is authorized or required or (B) with respect to which such regulation pertains for purposes of implementation, procedural details or supplementary interpretation, provided whenever such section number corresponds to a section which does not include the authorization or requirement for such regulation, a reference to the section providing such authorization or requirement shall be included in the text of the regulation.
(3) The commissioner shall publish for distribution all regulations prescribed hereunder and such rulings as appear in the discretion of the commissioner to be of general interest.
(4) The commissioner may require any person who is or appears to be affected by the provisions of any tax law of this state to furnish to the Department of Revenue Services the Social Security account number or numbers issued to such person by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the employer identification number or numbers issued to such person by the Secretary of the Treasury, or both numbers.
(5) No interest, penalty or addition to tax shall be imposed on any tax or installment of estimated tax required to be paid to the Department of Revenue Services with respect to any tax or installment of estimated tax not paid when required to the extent that the Commissioner of Revenue Services determines that, by reason of casualty or disaster, the imposition of such interest, penalty or addition to tax would be against equity and good conscience. The provisions of this subdivision shall not be construed as authorizing suit against the state where the Commissioner of Revenue Services does not determine that the imposition of interest, penalty or addition to tax would be against equity and good conscience and shall not be construed as a waiver of sovereign immunity.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, the commissioner may issue administrative pronouncements providing his interpretation of the tax laws. Such pronouncements shall not have the force and effect of regulations and shall carry a notice stating that the administrative pronouncements do not have the force and effect of law, provided taxpayers shall be entitled to rely on such pronouncements. For the purpose of this subsection “administrative pronouncement” means a statement by the Commissioner of Revenue Services which provides his interpretation of the tax laws and which is published and made available to the public. The commissioner shall, with respect to any provision of the general statutes which authorizes the issuance of rules, file with the legislative regulation review committee, within six months after the issuance of such rules, regulations which implement the provisions of such rules.
(c) The commissioner is authorized to negotiate and contract with the governing authority of any Connecticut municipality for the purpose of arranging for the collection by the commissioner of any taxes for general or special purposes levied by such municipality, of any fines, penalties, costs or fees payable to such municipality for the violation of any lawful regulation or ordinance in furtherance of any general powers as enumerated in section 7-148, or of any charge payable to such municipality for connection with or for the use of a waterworks or sewerage system, provided such taxes, fines, penalties, costs or fees, or charges are (1) unpaid and a period in excess of thirty days has elapsed following the date on which they were due and (2) not the subject of a timely filed administrative appeal or of a timely filed appeal pending before any court of competent jurisdiction. The agreement shall include a fee to be paid by such municipality to said commissioner in an amount that covers fully the cost of collection of such taxes, fines, penalties, costs or fees, or charges by said commissioner. The commissioner shall transmit to the municipality all such taxes, fines, penalties, costs or fees, or charges so collected on behalf of such municipality on or before the date specified in such agreement, less the agreed upon collection fee. Where such an agreement exists, the commissioner may collect, on behalf of such municipality, such taxes, fines, penalties, costs or fees, or charges, and all interest, penalties, fees and other charges added thereto by law, under the provisions of section 12-35 as if such taxes, fines, penalties, costs or fees, or charges due such municipality were “tax due the state”, as such term is defined in said section 12-35, and as if such term expressly included taxes, fines, penalties, costs or fees, or charges due to such municipality.
(1949 Rev., S. 1680; 1949, S. 1028d; 1967, P.A. 867; 1969, P.A. 297; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 84-422, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-36; P.A. 93-361, S. 1; P.A. 95-283, S. 31, 68; P.A. 96-114, S. 1, 4; 96-221, S. 13, 25; P.A. 97-309, S. 15, 23; 97-322, S. 7, 9; P.A. 10-32, S. 32; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 122.)
History: 1967 act ordered commissioner to require that assessors comply with statutes governing assessment of real and personal property; 1969 act substituted “community correctional center” for “jail”; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 84-422 amended provisions concerning powers of the commissioner by allowing adoption of regulations and rulings to carry into effect any provisions of this title and to require any person affected by the tax laws of the state to furnish such person's social security account number issued by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; P.A. 90-36 added provisions concerning the numbering of regulations; P.A. 93-361 made existing section Subsec. (a) and added a new Subsec. (b) re administrative pronouncements; P.A. 95-283 amended Subsec. (a) to replace board of tax review with board of assessment appeals, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 96-114 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provisions re commissioner's authority re assessors and tax collection, those powers being transferred to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, effective May 24, 1996; P.A. 96-221 amended Subsec. (a) to divide existing Subsec. into Subdivs. and added new Subdiv. (5) re prohibition of penalties, interest or surcharge in cases of casualty or disaster as determined by commissioner, effective June 4, 1996; P.A. 97-309 added new Subsec. (c) re authorization for commissioner to negotiate and contract with a municipality for the collection of municipal taxes, effective October 1, 1999; P.A. 97-322 changed effective date of Sec. 15 of public act 97-309 from October 1, 1999, to July 1, 1997, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 10-32 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective May 10, 2010; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (b) to delete requirement that commissioner publish notice of intent to adopt and submit regulations to legislative regulation review committee after issuance of administrative pronouncement, effective June 30, 2015.
See Secs. 12-1c and 12-1d re transfer of certain functions, powers and duties under this chapter and chapters 203, 204 and 204a to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
At public hearing concerning manner of assessment, commissioner may examine each assessor separately excluding other assessors. 117 C. 301. Cited. 132 C. 533. History discussed. 150 C. 449. Cited. 224 C. 426; 234 C. 614.
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Sec. 12-2a. Municipal assessment section within Office of Policy and Management. Board of assessment advisors. Section 12-2a is repealed.
(P.A. 74-275, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 84-488, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-343, S. 9, 11.)
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Sec. 12-2b. Duties of Secretary of Office of Policy and Management re municipal assessment. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall:
(1) In consultation with the Commissioner of Agriculture, develop schedules of unit prices for property classified under sections 12-107a to 12-107d, inclusive, update such schedules by October 1, 1990, and every five years thereafter, and make such data, studies and schedules available to municipalities and the public;
(2) Develop regulations setting forth standards and tests for: Certifying revaluation companies and their employees, which regulations shall ensure that a revaluation company is competent in appraising and valuing property, certifying revaluation companies and their employees, requiring that a certified employee supervise all valuations performed by a revaluation company for municipalities, maintaining lists of certified revaluation companies and upon request, advising municipalities in drafting contracts with revaluation companies, and conducting investigations and withdrawing the certification of any revaluation company or employee found not to be conforming to such regulations. The regulations shall provide for the imposition of a fee payable to a testing service designated by the secretary to administer certification examinations;
(3) By the secretary, or by an agent whom the secretary may appoint, inquire if all property taxes that are due and collectible by each town or city not consolidated with a town, are in fact collected and paid to the treasurer thereof in the manner prescribed by law, and if accounts and records of the tax collectors and treasurers of such entities are adequate and properly kept. The secretary may hold meetings, conferences or schools for assessors, tax collectors or municipal finance officers and make recommendations concerning assessor, tax collector or municipal finance officer training, including, but not limited to, online or in-person training programs to be offered by public institutions of higher education for the purpose of supporting a career pathway for assessors, tax collectors and municipal finance officers; and
(4) Provide jointly with the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs a written notice annually to municipalities and veterans' organizations of the property tax exemptions that a municipality may opt to approve under chapter 203 for veterans, veterans' relatives or spouses or persons killed in action while performing active military duty with the armed forces.
(P.A. 74-275, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 83-407; P.A. 90-266, S. 5, 6; P.A. 91-343, S. 4, 11; P.A. 93-161, S. 1, 2; P.A. 94-201, S. 3, 7; P.A. 95-307, S. 2, 14; P.A. 96-114, S. 2, 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 22-34, S. 34; 22-74, S. 21; 22-122, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-610 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of revenue services, effective July 1, 1980; P.A. 83-407 provided that the board should develop regulations rather than just standards; P.A. 90-266 amended Subdiv. (6) concerning schedules of unit prices for property classified under Secs. 12-107a to 12-107e, inclusive, by requiring the board to update such schedules by October 1, 1990, and every five years thereafter; P.A. 91-343 substituted “secretary of the office of policy and management” for “board of assessment advisors”, repealed requirements in former Subdivs. (4) and (5) to provide advice and technical assistance to municipal assessors in valuation, appraisal and assessment practices, procedures and administration and to assist municipal assessors by preparing manuals, studies and bulletins, renumbered Subdivs. and made technical changes; P.A. 93-161 required that regulations provide for imposition of fee payable to designated testing service, effective June 23, 1993; P.A. 94-201 amended Subdiv. (5) to provide for consultation with the commissioner of agriculture, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-307 repealed requirements in former Subdivs. (1) to (5), inclusive, re uniformity, recommendations, and guidelines in municipal assessment and the provisions assistance to municipal assessors and renumbered remaining Subdivs., effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 96-114 added Subdiv. (3) re secretary's authority re inquiries concerning property and meetings, conferences or schools for assessors, tax collectors or municipal finance officers, effective May 24, 1996; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 22-34 added Subdiv. (4) re annual notice re veterans- and military-related property tax exemptions and made technical changes; P.A. 22-74 deleted reference to Sec. 12-107e and added reference to Sec. 12-107d, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 22-122 added provisions re recommendations concerning assessor, tax collector and municipal finance officer training, effective May 27, 2022.
See Sec. 12-1c re transfer of certain functions, powers and duties under this chapter to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
Cited. 184 C. 326; 240 C. 422.
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Sec. 12-2c. Certification of revaluation companies. As used in this section, “revaluation company” means any person, firm, association, corporation, limited liability company or other entity, other than a municipal assessor or assistant assessor, which performs property valuations for a municipality for assessment purposes. On and after June 25, 1991, no revaluation company shall perform any valuation for a municipality for assessment purposes unless such company is certified by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Such certification shall be renewed every five years.
(P.A. 74-275, S. 3; P.A. 91-343, S. 5, 11; P.A. 95-79, S. 23, 189; P.A. 14-122, S. 86.)
History: P.A. 91-343 substituted “secretary of the office of policy and management” for “board of assessment advisors” as authority empowered to certify revaluation companies; P.A. 95-79 redefined “revaluation company” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995; P.A. 14-122 made a technical change.
Application of statute to board of tax review and its employees discussed. 184 C. 326. Cited. 195 C. 48.
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Sec. 12-2d. Compromises. The Commissioner of Revenue Services or his authorized agent may compromise any controversy arising from the application or enforcement of any general statute over which said commissioner has authority. An offer of compromise may be made or entertained if it is based upon doubt as to the taxpayer's liability for the amount in controversy, or doubt as to the collectibility of such amount.
(P.A. 96-221, S. 11, 25.)
History: P.A. 96-221 effective June 4, 1996.
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Sec. 12-2e. Closing agreements. (a) The Commissioner of Revenue Services may enter into an agreement, in writing, with any person relating to the liability of such person, or of the person or estate for whom such person acts, in respect of any tax payable to said commissioner for any taxable period.
(b) Such agreement shall be final and conclusive and, except upon a showing of fraud or malfeasance or misrepresentation of a material fact, (1) the case shall not be reopened as to the matters agreed upon or the agreement modified by any officer, employee or agent of the state of Connecticut, and (2) in any suit, action or proceeding, such agreement, or any determination, assessment, collection, payment abatement, refund or credit made in accordance therewith, shall not be annulled, modified, set aside or disregarded.
(P.A. 96-221, S. 12, 25.)
History: P.A. 96-221 effective June 4, 1996.
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Sec. 12-2f. Service of notice by the commissioner. Unless otherwise required by the general statutes, service of any notice provided by the Commissioner of Revenue Services may be made by first class mail and shall not require certified or registered mail. Any such notice to a person shall be addressed to such person's address as it appears in the records of the commissioner and service of such notice shall be complete at the time of deposit in the United States Post Office or mail box by the commissioner or the authorized agent of the commissioner.
(P.A. 99-121, S. 26, 28.)
History: P.A. 99-121 effective June 3, 1999.
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Sec. 12-2g. Sales tax rebate for eligible individuals. Section 12-2g is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(P.A. 99-173, S. 3, 4, 65; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
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Sec. 12-3. Appointment and duties of Deputy Commissioner of Revenue Services. The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall appoint a deputy, who shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of his duties and who shall perform the duties of the commissioner in case of his sickness or absence and such other duties as may be prescribed. A certificate of such appointment shall be placed on file in the office of the Secretary, who shall give notice to the Treasurer of such appointment.
(1949 Rev., S. 1683; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979.
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Sec. 12-3a. Penalty Review Committee. Waiver of penalties; appeals. (a) There is created a Penalty Review Committee, which shall consist of the State Comptroller or an employee of the office of the State Comptroller designated by said Comptroller, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or an employee of the Office of Policy and Management designated by said secretary and the Commissioner of Revenue Services or an employee of the Department of Revenue Services designated by said commissioner. Said committee shall meet monthly or as often as necessary to approve any waiver of penalty in excess of five thousand dollars, which the Commissioner of Revenue Services is authorized to waive in accordance with this title, or which the Commissioner of Consumer Protection is authorized to waive in accordance with chapter 226. A majority vote of the committee shall be required for approval of such waiver.
(b) An itemized statement of all waivers approved under this section shall be available to the public for inspection by any person.
(c) The Penalty Review Committee created pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, establishing guidelines for the waiver of any penalty in accordance with this section.
(d) Any person aggrieved by the action of the Penalty Review Committee may, not later than thirty days after notice of such action is delivered or mailed to such person, appeal therefrom to the superior court for the judicial district of New Britain, which shall be accompanied by a citation to the members of said committee to appear before said court. Such citation shall be signed by the same authority, and such appeal shall be returnable at the same time and served and returned in the same manner as is required in case of a summons in a civil action. The authority issuing the citation shall take from the appellant a bond or recognizance to the state of Connecticut with surety to prosecute the appeal to effect and to comply with the orders and decrees of the court in the premises. Such appeals shall be preferred cases, to be heard, unless cause appears to the contrary, at the first session, by the court or by a committee appointed by it. Said court may grant such relief as may be equitable. If the appeal is without probable cause, the court may tax double or triple costs, as the case demands; and, upon all such appeals which may be denied, costs may be taxed against the appellant at the discretion of the court, but no costs shall be taxed against the state.
(P.A. 74-175, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-603, S. 10, 125; 77-614, S. 19, 139, 610; P.A. 82-163, S. 5, 6; P.A. 87-84, S. 3, 4; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 94-2; P.A. 95-132, S. 1, 5; 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 96-221, S. 16, 25; P.A. 97-243, S. 2, 67; P.A. 99-215, S. 24, 29; P.A. 11-51, S. 182; P.A. 13-150, S. 1; P.A. 19-186, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 77-603 amended Subsec. (c) to require that appeals be taken in accordance with Sec. 4-183 except that venue is in county or judicial district where town of residence located rather than set forth in Sec. 12-554; P.A. 77-614 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of finance and control and, effective January 1, 1979, substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner; P.A. 82-163 amended Subsec. (a) to allow the executive director of the division of special revenue to waive penalties; P.A. 87-84 added a new Subsec. (c) requiring tax review committee to adopt regulations establishing guidelines for waiver of any penalty in excess of $100 and designated former Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d); P.A. 94-2 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing the amount of the penalty which the committee may waive from $100 to $500; P.A. 95-132 changed the name from the Tax Review Committee to the Penalty Review Committee, amended Subsec. (c) to increase the amount of penalty subject to guidelines for waiver from $100 to $500, and amended Subsec. (d) to provide those appealing a decision of the committee to the Superior Court a trial de novo rather than limiting those appellants to an appeal on the record, effective June 7, 1995 (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 public and special acts of 1995, effective September 1, 1998); P.A. 96-221 amended Subsec. (b) to delete inclusion in published report under Sec. 4-60 and to require that statements be available for public inspection, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 97-243 amended Subsec. (a) to clarify that each member of the committee may designate an employee to serve on the committee in his place, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 99-215 replaced “judicial district of Hartford” with “judicial district of New Britain” in Subsec. (d), effective June 29, 1999; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “executive director of the Division of Special Revenue” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Consumer Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-150 increased threshold for committee approval of waiver from $500 to $1,000 and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 19-186 amended Subsec. (a) to increase threshold for committee approval of waiver from $1,000 to $5,000, amended Subsec. (c) to make a conforming change, amended Subsec. (d) to replace “within one month” with “not later than thirty days”, and made technical changes, effective July 8, 2019.
Cited. 187 C. 581.
Cited. 44 CS 297.
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Sec. 12-3b. Abatement Review Committee. (a) There is created an Abatement Review Committee which shall consist of (1) the State Comptroller or an employee of the office of the State Comptroller designated by said Comptroller, (2) the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or an employee of the Office of Policy and Management designated by said secretary, (3) the Commissioner of Consumer Protection or an employee of the Department of Consumer Protection designated by said commissioner, and (4) the Commissioner of Revenue Services or an employee of the Department of Revenue Services designated by said commissioner. Said committee shall meet monthly or as often as necessary to approve any abatement, in whole or in part, of tax, including any penalty or interest payable in connection therewith, which the Commissioner of Revenue Services or the Commissioner of Consumer Protection is authorized to abate pursuant to any provision of the general statutes. A majority vote of the committee shall be required for approval of such abatement.
(b) An itemized statement of all abatements approved under this section shall be available to the public for inspection by any person.
(c) The Abatement Review Committee, established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, establishing guidelines for the abatement of any tax.
(P.A. 96-221, S. 17, 25; P.A. 97-243, S. 3, 67; P.A. 11-51, S. 185.)
History: P.A. 96-221 effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 97-243 clarified that each member of the committee may designate an employee to serve on the committee in his place, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 11-51 amended Subsec. (a) to add Commissioner of Consumer Protection or an employee of Department of Consumer Protection designated by said commissioner, replace “executive director of the Division of Special Revenue” with “Commissioner of Consumer Protection” and make technical changes, effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 12-3c. Criminal history records checks. The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall, subject to the provisions of section 31-51i, require each applicant for a position of employment with, each employee applying for transfer to and, at least once every ten years, each current employee of, the Department of Revenue Services, to (1) state in writing whether such applicant or employee has ever been convicted of a crime or whether criminal charges are pending against such applicant or employee and, if so, to identify the charges and court in which such charges are pending, and (2) be fingerprinted and submit to state and national criminal history records checks. The criminal history records checks required by this section shall be conducted in accordance with section 29-17a.
(P.A. 14-155, S. 1; P.A. 17-147, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 14-155 effective June 11, 2014; P.A. 17-147 added “and, at least once every ten years, each current employee of”, deleted “at the time of application for employment or transfer” in Subdiv. (1) and made a conforming change, effective July 7, 2017.
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Sec. 12-3d. Deadline for penalty waiver request. To the extent that the Commissioner of Revenue Services is authorized to waive all or part of a penalty provided under this title, the commissioner shall not consider any waiver request received more than one year from the date a notice of such penalty was first sent to the person on whom the penalty was imposed. For any penalty that is reported by a taxpayer on a return filed by such taxpayer in accordance with this title, the filing date of such return shall be considered the date on which the person was notified of such penalty. Nothing in this section shall extend the date by which a protest or appeal must be filed in connection with a determination made by the commissioner.
(P.A. 17-147, S. 39.)
History: P.A. 17-147 effective July 1, 2017, and applicable to waiver requests received on or after July 1, 2017.
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Sec. 12-3e. Reserved for future use.
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Sec. 12-3f. Small and Medium-Sized Business Users Committee. Section 12-3f is repealed, effective June 7, 2010.
(P.A. 93-382, S. 44, 69; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 10-188, S. 17.)
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Sec. 12-4. Proceedings against delinquent tax officers. If the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management ascertains that the assessors or board of assessment appeals or any official charged with any of the duties imposed on assessors or boards of assessment appeals, or the tax collector, treasurer or any official authorized to fix a rate of tax in any town, city or borough or other taxing district, fails to discharge his or its administrative duty according to law, said secretary may in writing call such failure to the attention of each such board or member thereof or official failing to perform its or his duties. If such board or official fails to comply thereafter with the law with respect to which attention has been so called in writing, the secretary may apply to the superior court in the judicial district wherein such board or official has jurisdiction or, in case the Superior Court is not in session, to a judge thereof, setting forth such failure, and the judge or court, as the case may be, upon ascertaining the facts stated in such application to be true, shall issue an order in the nature of a mandamus requiring compliance with the provisions of the statute particularly mentioned in such application, and shall render judgment against any official, board or person who has so failed, with costs, as in mandamus proceedings. Any person who fails to comply with any order so issued shall be in contempt and said court or such judge may punish him therefor as in mandamus proceedings. Any person claiming to be aggrieved by any order issued by authority of the provisions of section 12-2 and of this section shall have the same right of appeal to the Appellate Court as in mandamus cases.
(1949 Rev., S. 1681; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 23, 82; P.A. 95-283, S. 32, 68.)
History: By virtue of P.A. 77-614 “commissioner” referred to commissioner of revenue services rather than tax commissioner as previously, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district” for “county”; P.A. 79-610 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of revenue services, effective July 1, 1980; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 deleted reference to supreme court and substituted appellate court in lieu thereof; P.A. 95-283 replaced board of tax review with board of assessment appeals, effective July 6, 1995.
See Sec. 12-1c re transfer of certain functions, powers and duties under this chapter to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
History discussed; section not meant to trench upon the functions of state's attorneys to invoke mandamus to compel public officers to perform their duties; when question is one of public right and object is to procure enforcement of public duty, the relator need not show he has any legal or special interest in the results. 150 C. 444.
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Sec. 12-5. Fees for witnesses and service of subpoenas. All fees of witnesses, or for the service of subpoena or capias issued by the commissioner or by a judge of the Superior Court upon the application of said commissioner, shall be paid by him and allowed as part of his incidental expenses.
(1949 Rev., S. 1684; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 7.)
See Sec. 12-1c re transfer of certain functions, powers and duties under this chapter to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
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Sec. 12-6. Audit of municipal accounts upon application of state's attorney. The state's attorney of any judicial district may make application to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management showing that he has reason to believe that one or more of the officials, agents or employees of a municipality or any subdivision thereof situated within such judicial district has falsified any books of account or record, or has appropriated any moneys to his own use or to the use of others who are not entitled to the same, or has drawn any order on the treasurer or custodian of the funds of such municipality, or any subdivision thereof, with intent to defraud such municipality, or such subdivision, and thereupon the secretary shall cause an audit to be made of the records of such municipality. Upon completion of any such audit, the secretary shall transmit to such state's attorney a certified copy of his report showing the results thereof. The cost of such audit shall be borne equally by such municipality and the state. The custodian of any books of account or record who hinders or refuses to deliver the same upon demand of the secretary, or of any agent or employee of said secretary thereunto duly authorized, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.
(1949 Rev., S. 1682; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 12-80, S. 119.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district” for “county”; P.A. 79-610 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of revenue services, effective July 1, 1980; P.A. 12-80 changed penalty from a fine of not more than $200 or imprisonment of not more than 60 days or both to a class D misdemeanor.
See Sec. 12-1c re transfer of certain functions, powers and duties under this chapter to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
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Sec. 12-7. Reports concerning assessments and collections. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, in addition to any other reports required by law to be made by him, annually collate and prepare, from the reports provided for in section 12-9 and such other information as he obtains, statistics concerning the assessment and collection of taxes during the preceding year; and he shall, annually, cause to be printed so much of the report herein provided for as will show the methods and manner of the assessment and collection of taxes, and the amount of such taxes levied and collected in the several towns, cities and boroughs. He may also publish such other reports as will give information to the public regarding taxation.
(1949 Rev., S. 1684; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 7; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47.)
History: 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. 79-610 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of revenue services, effective July 1, 1980.
See Sec. 12-1c re transfer of certain functions, powers and duties under this chapter to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
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Sec. 12-7a. List of state taxes levied and delinquent taxpayers. (a)(1) The annual report prepared by the Commissioner of Revenue Services for submission to the Governor and publication as provided in section 4-60 shall not be required to include the name of any person liable for payment of any tax which is unpaid. The commissioner shall prepare and maintain a list related to each type of tax levied by the state, containing the name and address of any person or corporation liable for payment of any such tax and the amount thereof, including any applicable interest or penalties, which tax, as of the end of the fiscal year with respect to which such report is prepared, is unpaid and a period in excess of ninety days has elapsed following the date on which such tax was due, exclusive of any tax determined to be uncollectible in accordance with section 12-37, any tax on which an appeal is pending and any tax which has been abated by said commissioner as provided in section 12-39. Such lists shall be available to the public for inspection by any person.
(2) The commissioner shall, prior to eliminating any person or corporation from the list prepared and maintained as provided in subdivision (1) of this subsection, indicate on such list whether such person or corporation is being eliminated from such list due to (A) payment in full of the tax, including applicable interest or penalties, (B) a negotiated settlement of the amount of tax due, or (C) a determination by the commissioner that such tax is uncollectible.
(b) If requested by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the commissioner shall prepare, from the list prepared pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, a list of taxpayers who are delinquent in the payment of the corporation business tax under chapter 208. The list may also include taxpayer identification numbers assigned by the commissioner.
(c) The commissioner may make available for public inspection a list of those persons who have applied to the commissioner for a license, permit or certificate and whose application has been denied, and those persons who were issued a license, permit or certificate by the commissioner and whose license, permit or certificate has been revoked, suspended or not renewed by the commissioner. The list shall be arranged by tax type and may include the date on which an application was denied or the date on which the license, permit or certificate was revoked, suspended or not renewed, and may include the reason for each such action.
(P.A. 79-168, S. 1, 2; P.A. 86-53, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-297, S. 13; P.A. 97-193, S. 3, 5; P.A. 14-155, S. 13; P.A. 17-147, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 86-53 removed the requirement that the annual report of the commissioner include a list of delinquencies and required the commissioner to maintain separate lists of delinquencies and to make them available for inspection by the public; P.A. 88-297 deleted reference to annual report as “a public document”; P.A. 97-193 designated existing section as Subsec. (a) and added a new Subsec. (b) re list of delinquent corporation business taxpayers for the Office of Policy and Management, effective June 24, 1997, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 1998; P.A. 14-155 amended Subsec. (a) by designating existing provisions re annual report and list as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re reason for elimination from list, and added Subsec. (c) re list of persons whose application for license, permit or certificate has been denied or whose license, permit or certificate has been revoked, suspended or not renewed, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 17-147 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing provision re annual preparation of list with provision re preparation of list by request of Secretary of Office of Policy and Management and replacing provision re list to be arranged in sequential order by taxpayer identification number with provision re list may include taxpayer identification numbers and making a technical change, effective July 7, 2017.
Cited. 184 C. 102.
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Sec. 12-7b. Reports of certain tax data by the commissioner to the Office of Fiscal Analysis. Tax expenditure report by the Office of Fiscal Analysis. (a) The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall, annually on or before the thirty-first day of December, submit to the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis a report concerning certain state tax data, applicable with respect to the state fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of June immediately preceding, as follows:
(1) Sales and use tax data, including (A) gross receipts subject to sales tax, stated separately in relation to sales of (i) any tangible personal property, (ii) the leasing or rental of tangible personal property, and (iii) the rendering of any services subject to said tax, (B) total revenue loss related to each of the separate provisions for exemption under chapter 219, and (C) total amount of tax collected with respect to each of the industrial classifications included in the Standard Industrial Classification Code in current use for purposes of certain statistical data by the Commissioner of Revenue Services;
(2) Corporation business tax data, including (A) total net income and total net income apportioned to Connecticut for the most current income years with respect to which final data is available at the time of each such report, (B) amount of depreciation not allowed as a deduction in determining net income for purposes of said tax, (C) operating loss carry-overs, (D) credits and refunds, separately stated, for overpayments of taxes due in prior years and to be applicable to the most current income years with respect to which final data is available at the time of each such report, (E) number of accounts and total corporation tax attributable to determination in accordance with (i) net income tax base, and (ii) the minimum tax base provisions under section 12-219, and (F) total corporation tax attributable to each of the industrial classifications included in the Standard Industrial Classification Code in current use for purposes of certain statistical data by the Commissioner of Revenue Services;
(3) Estate and gift tax data, including total taxes collected and the number of taxpayers, separately stated with respect to the estate tax and the gift tax;
(4) Personal income tax data, including (A) all components of and adjustments to federal gross income, federal adjusted gross income and federal taxable income, separately stated, of Connecticut taxpayers, sorted into ten-thousand-dollar increments of federal adjusted gross income up to and including one hundred thousand dollars, into twenty-five-thousand-dollar increments of federal adjusted gross income from over one hundred thousand dollars up to and including two hundred thousand dollars and into one increment over two hundred thousand dollars of federal adjusted gross income, as derived from federal income tax returns, and (B) all components of and adjustments to Connecticut adjusted gross income and Connecticut taxable income, separately stated, of Connecticut taxpayers, sorted into ten-thousand-dollar increments of Connecticut adjusted gross income up to and including one hundred thousand dollars, into twenty-five-thousand-dollar increments of Connecticut adjusted gross income from over one hundred thousand dollars up to and including two hundred thousand dollars and into one increment over two hundred thousand dollars of Connecticut adjusted gross income, as derived from state personal income tax returns;
(5) Admissions and dues tax data, including the number of taxpayers and the total amount of tax collected, stated separately with respect to each of the taxes imposed under chapter 225;
(6) Real estate conveyance tax data, including (A) the number of taxable transfers and the total amount of revenue, and (B) the amount of revenue attributable to categories of purchase price for such transfers of real estate, as follows: (i) Under thirty thousand dollars, (ii) brackets of ten thousand dollars each from thirty thousand dollars up to two hundred thousand dollars, and (iii) two hundred thousand dollars and over; and
(7) Data applicable to any state tax not included in subdivisions (1) to (6), inclusive, of this subsection, including totals applicable to each such tax for (A) number of taxpayers, (B) payments in accordance with applicable penalty provisions for delinquency, and (C) taxes collected which became due in the preceding fiscal year.
(b) In addition to the tax data to be included in the annual report submitted by the Commissioner of Revenue Services in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, such report shall include data related to state taxes as follows: (1) The portion of sales and use tax receipts attributable to (A) sales of goods, (B) sales of services, (C) leases and (D) the use tax and (2) data showing annual corporation business tax liability in relation to certain characteristics of corporation business taxpayers. Such information concerning corporation business tax returns shall include data related to (A) schedules A, B, C, D and H and payments, refunds and assessments from such returns, to the extent that such information is included in such returns and (B) all corporations included on any list, for any income year commencing in 1989 and thereafter, which the department shall compile by beginning with the largest corporation business taxpayer for such year and continually adding the next largest taxpayer for such year until forty per cent of the total liability for said tax in such year is represented. Any data reported in accordance with this subsection shall be reported to the Office of Fiscal Analysis on compatible magnetic media, as determined by said office in consultation with the commissioner.
(c) The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall include in the annual report prepared in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) of this section any data that would be useful in assessing the impact of a change in any state tax base resulting in an increase or decrease equal to ten per cent of the tax from such tax base or ten million dollars, whichever amount is less.
(d) The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall submit to the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis a monthly report concerning the sales and use taxes, including (1) gross receipts subject to sales tax, stated separately in respect to each category of sales, from sales of any tangible personal property, the leasing or rental of tangible personal property and the rendering of any services subject to said tax, (2) total consideration for purchases subject to the use tax, stated separately for each category, in respect to any tangible personal property, the leasing or rental of tangible personal property and the rendering of any services, (3) total amount of deductions related to each of the separate provisions for exemption under chapter 219 and (4) total amount of tax collected with respect to each of the industrial classifications included in the Standard Industrial Classification Code in current use for purposes of certain statistical data by the Commissioner of Revenue Services, provided the data required in this subdivision may, at the discretion of said commissioner be submitted, in lieu of the monthly submission as otherwise required in this section, within thirty days following the end of each calendar quarter commencing with the calendar quarter ending June 30, 1992.
(e) On or before February 1, 2016, and biennially thereafter, the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis shall, within available appropriations, prepare and submit a tax expenditure report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of all matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding. For the purposes of this subsection, “tax expenditure” means a tax exemption, exclusion, deduction or credit created under the general statutes or a public act and resulting in less tax revenue to the state or municipalities than they would otherwise receive. Each such report shall provide the following information for each tax expenditure: (1) A description of the tax expenditure; (2) the year in which the tax expenditure was enacted, the purpose for its enactment and a summary of any amendments to the tax expenditure since its enactment; (3) the estimated state and municipal fiscal impact of the tax expenditure during each fiscal year of the then current biennium, and an estimate of the revenue that would result from repeal of the tax expenditure; and (4) an estimate of the number of taxpayers receiving benefit from the tax expenditure. Upon receipt of each tax expenditure report the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding shall meet to receive and analyze the report.
(f) (1) The Office of Fiscal Analysis shall not make known in any manner any information obtained from any such report or inventory, or any information obtained pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection which would allow the identification of any taxpayer or of the amount or source of income, profits, losses, expenditures or any particulars thereof set forth or disclosed in any return, statement or report required to be filed with or submitted to the commissioner which is discernible from such report or inventory, or from such information obtained pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, except as provided in this subsection. The Office of Fiscal Analysis may disclose such information to other state officers and employees when required in the course of duty. No such officer or employee shall make known any such information to any other person except as provided in this subsection. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(2) (A) For purposes of revenue estimating and forecasting only, the Office of Fiscal Analysis may disclose information to any person under a contractual obligation to provide services for purposes of revenue estimating and forecasting to said office, but only to the extent necessary in connection with the providing of such services for purposes of revenue estimating and forecasting. No such person under a contractual obligation to provide such services to said office shall make known any such information to any other person, except as provided in this subsection.
(B) For purposes of revenue estimating and forecasting only, the Office of Fiscal Analysis may request, and the Commissioner of Revenue Services shall provide, for each type of tax levied by the state, all available return information, as defined in subdivision (2) of subsection (h) of section 12-15, pertaining to such type of tax levied by the state, to said office, provided names, addresses, account and registration numbers, and, to the extent in excess of four digits, Standard Industrial Classification Manual codes and North American Industrial Classification System United States Manual codes shall first have been redacted from such return information by said commissioner.
(P.A. 85-469, S. 1, 6; P.A. 89-328, S. 1, 6; P.A. 91-119; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-17, S. 9, 59; P.A. 93-284, S. 1, 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4, S. 52, 85; P.A. 95-160, S. 64, 69; P.A. 96-197, S. 1, 11; P.A. 06-159, S. 3; 06-194, S. 7; P.A. 10-32, S. 156; 10-188, S. 4; P.A. 14-81, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 89-328 amended Subsec. (a) by providing that the annual report be submitted to the office of fiscal analysis and added Subsec. (b) requiring that the report include certain additional data concerning sales and use taxes and the corporation business tax; P.A. 91-119 amended Subsec. (b) to change the number and character of corporation business tax returns required to be tracked and to require reporting on magnetic media; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-17 amended Subsec. (a) to delete references to dividends, interest income and capital gains tax data and to insert references to personal income tax data, and added Subsec. (d), concerning the monthly report on the sales and use taxes, and Subsec. (e), concerning the tax expenditure inventory, relettering the previous Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (f); P.A. 93-284 deleted existing Subsec. (e) and replaced it with new language providing that form and content of tax expenditure report required be developed by the office of fiscal analysis, effective June 29, 1993; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4 in Subsec. (e) changed submittal date of the report from February 15, 1994, to January 15, 1995, and required the joint standing committee having cognizance over matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding to receive and analyze the report, effective June 9, 1994; P.A. 95-160 revised effective date of May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4 but without affecting this section; P.A. 96-197 amended Subsec. (a) to change “additional” to “minimum” and made technical changes, effective June 3, 1996, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 1996; P.A. 06-159 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to S corporation filings, replacing provisions re succession and transfer tax with provisions re estate and gift tax and making technical changes, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 06-194 amended Subsec. (f) by designating existing provisions as Subdiv. (1), amending same by adding provisions re information obtained pursuant to Subdiv. (2) or Subsec. (d) and adding Subdiv. (2) re disclosure of information for purposes of revenue estimating and forecasting, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 10-32 made technical changes in Subsec. (f)(1), effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 10-188 made a technical change in Subsec. (f)(1), effective June 7, 2010; P.A. 14-81 amended Subsec. (e) to change “January 1, 1995” to “February 1, 2016”.
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Sec. 12-7c. Report on the overall incidence of certain taxes. (a) The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall, on or before December 15, 2023, and biennially thereafter, submit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding, and post on the department's Internet web site a report on the overall incidence of the income tax, sales and excise taxes, the corporation business tax and property tax, for each of the most recent ten tax years for which complete data are available. The report shall include incidence projections for each such tax and shall present information on the distribution of the tax burden as follows:
(1) For individuals:
(A) Income classes, including income distribution expressed for (i) every ten percentage points, (ii) the top five per cent of all income taxpayers, and (iii) the top one per cent of all income taxpayers; and
(B) Other appropriate taxpayer characteristics, as determined by said commissioner.
(2) For businesses:
(A) Business size as established by gross receipts;
(B) Legal organization; and
(C) Industry by NAICS code.
(b) The Commissioner of Revenue Services may enter into a contract with any public or private entity for the purpose of preparing the report required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 13-247, S. 330; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 123; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 192; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 108; P.A. 19-117, S. 92; P.A. 22-118, S. 460.)
History: P.A. 13-247 effective July 1, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 changed deadline for incidence report from December 31, 2014, and biennially thereafter, to February 15, 2017, and biennially thereafter, effective June 30, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (a) by changing deadline for incidence report from February 15, 2017, and biennially thereafter, to February 15, 2018, and biennially thereafter, and making a technical change, effective June 2, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “February 15, 2018” with “February 15, 2020”, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “2020” with “2022”, effective June 26, 2019; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “February 15, 2022” with “December 15, 2023”, adding provisions re incidence report for each of the most recent 10 tax years for which complete data are available and incidence projections for each tax, and requiring, for individuals, tax burden distribution information for the top 5 and the top 1 per cent of all income taxpayers, effective July 1, 2022.
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Sec. 12-8. Recording and deposit of funds. All funds received by the commissioner shall promptly be recorded with the Comptroller and deposited with the State Treasurer. The commissioner shall make daily deposits with the State Treasurer.
(1949 Rev., S. 1685.)
See Sec. 4-32 re state revenue accounting requirements.
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Sec. 12-9. Local officials to file statements concerning taxes. Penalty. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall annually cause to be prepared by the tax collector complete statements relating to the mill rate and tax levy during the preceding year, such statements to be made upon printed blanks to be prepared and furnished by the secretary to all such officers at least thirty days before the date prescribed by the secretary for the filing of such statements. Any person who neglects to file a true and correct report in the office of the secretary at the time and in the form required by him or which, in making and filing such report, includes therein any wilful misstatement, shall forfeit one hundred 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.
(1949 Rev., S. 1686; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 87-115, S. 1, 8; P.A. 97-244, S. 7, 13.)
History: Because of effect of P.A. 77-614 “commissioner” referred to commissioner of revenue services rather than tax commissioner as previously, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-610 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of revenue services, effective July 1, 1980; P.A. 87-115 increased the forfeiture by any municipal official who fails to file the annual report as required, or includes a wilful misstatement, from $15 to $100 and provided for waiver of forfeiture in accordance with regulations to be adopted, effective May 11, 1987, and applicable to annual reports to be submitted for the assessment list of 1987 and each assessment list thereafter; P.A. 97-244 required tax collector to prepare statements instead of officers and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997.
See Sec. 12-1c re transfer of certain functions, powers and duties under this chapter to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
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Secs. 12-10 to 12-14. Quadrennial return of municipal debt, receipts and expenditures. Secretary to furnish blanks and publish returns. Quadrennial return of real estate exempt from taxation. Annual return by town treasurers of amount of taxes received in previous three years; commissioner to make return, when. Officials of municipal subdivisions to furnish tax information. Sections 12-10 to 12-14, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1687–1692; 1949, 1955, S. 1029d; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 88, 89; 1967, P.A. 21, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 371; P.A. 73-479, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 81-304; P.A. 89-207, S. 2, 3.)
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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 (A) Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for purposes of subsection (b) of section 12-7a, and (B) Office of Fiscal Analysis for purposes of, and subject to the provisions of, subdivision (2) of subsection (f) of section 12-7b; (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) 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; (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; (19) returns or return information for purposes of, and subject to the conditions of, subsection (e) of section 5-240; and (20) to the extent allowable under federal law, return information to another state agency or to support a data request submitted through CP20 WIN, established in section 10a-57g, in accordance with the policies and procedures of CP20 WIN for the purposes of evaluation or research, provided the recipient of such data enters into a data sharing agreement pursuant to section 4-67aa if such recipient is not a state agency.
(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; P.A. 06-159, S. 4; P.A. 13-150, S. 2; P.A. 17-147, S. 20; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 272.)
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 for certain verification by the commissioner, in the processing of returns or return information or for purposes of tax administration and added Subsec. (d) defining “return”, “return information” and “disclosure”; P.A. 91-102 added Subsec. (a)(7) and (8) re information to municipal assessors and re information to town clerks, and added Subsec. (c)(3) re 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 added Subsec. (a)(9) re estate tax return and return information to the probate court and probate court administrator, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 97-193 added Subsec. (a)(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)(1) by specifying 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, added Subsec. (c)(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 added Subsec. (b)(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 added Subsec. (b)(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 made a technical change in Subsec. (b)(7) and changed section reference for tourism districts in Subsec. (b)(14), effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-218 added Subsec. (b)(16) re disclosure of return information of certain tobacco distributors, effective June 8, 2004; P.A. 05-235 added new Subdiv. In Subsec. (b), 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 added Subsec. (b)(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; P.A. 06-159 amended Subsec. (b)(10) by designating provision re disclosure to secretary as Subpara. (A) and adding Subpara. (B)re disclosure to Office of Fiscal Analysis for certain purposes, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 13-150 amended Subsec. (b) by adding Subdiv. (19) re disclosure of returns or return information for purposes of Sec. 5-240(e), effective June 25, 2013; P.A. 17-147 amended Subsec. (b)(12) by deleting “pursuant to regulations adopted by the commissioner,”, effective July 7, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (b) by adding Subdiv. (20) re disclosure of return information to another state agency, to support a data request through CP20 WIN or pursuant to a data sharing agreement.
See Sec. 12-458 re reports required of fuel distributors.
Statute not applicable to case; list of sales tax delinquents is not a document required to be filed; rather it is a list prepared by the department, not the taxpayer. 184 C. 102.
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Sec. 12-15a. Disclosure of tax returns or return information to authorized member of organized local police department. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12-15, the Commissioner of Revenue Services may, subject to terms and conditions the commissioner may prescribe, disclose returns or return information, as those terms are defined in said section, to an authorized member of an organized local police department, upon written request by the chief of police of such department. Such written request shall: (1) Establish the relevance of such return or return information to an authorized investigation being conducted by such department into a violation of a criminal law of this state; (2) establish that no other source of such information is available to such department; and (3) include the name of each member of such department who will be authorized to receive such return or return information. If the commissioner deems such return or return information to be relevant to such investigation, the commissioner may disclose such return or return information to such department.
(b) No member of an organized local police department who receives any return or return information pursuant to this section may disclose such return or return information except in connection with a criminal prosecution, including any judicial proceeding related thereto, when such return or return information is directly involved in and necessary to such prosecution. Any person who violates this subsection shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(P.A. 22-117, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 22-117 effective May 27, 2022.
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Sec. 12-16. Procedure against judge of probate for failure to furnish copies. The judge of any court of probate who fails to deliver or to cause to be delivered to the commissioner any certified copy or other document within the time required by statute for the delivery of the same, on application of the commissioner to the superior court of the judicial district wherein such judge of probate resides, or to any judge of the Superior Court when the same is not in session in such judicial district, showing such failure, may be required by such court or such judge to deliver the same within such time as is designated by such court or such judge. On receipt of such application, the court or judge, as the case may be, shall designate a time when and place where a hearing thereon will be had, and shall cite the judge of probate named in such application to appear at the time and place so designated to show cause why he has failed to cause such copy or document to be delivered to the commissioner.
(1949 Rev., S. 1694; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127.)
History: 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. 78-280 substituted “judicial district” for “county”.
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Sec. 12-17. Inquiries concerning records of probate court. At such hearing inquiry may be made concerning all estates in which original or ancillary administration has been taken out in such court of probate, in respect to the following: The number of administrations applied for; the date of each such application; the name and address of each executor, administrator and trustee appointed by such court; the date of filing of the inventory and appraisal of each estate; the appraised value of each such estate; the reason for such failure to furnish any document or information referred to in section 12-16, and the failure of such judge to send to said commissioner any other information required by statute to be so furnished relating to the assessment and collection of any tax due the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 1695.)
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Sec. 12-18. Superior court may order compliance with statute. Upon finding the allegations of such application to be true, or that such judge of probate has been delinquent with respect to the filing of any record or document relating to any estate required by law to be filed with the Commissioner of Revenue Services, such superior court or judge may issue an order in the nature of a peremptory mandamus requiring such judge of probate to comply with the provisions of the statutes in relation thereto, which provisions shall be particularly mentioned in such order, and shall render judgment against such judge of probate, with costs as in mandamus proceedings. Any judge of probate who fails to comply with any order issued by the authority of the provisions of this section shall be in contempt, and the court or judge issuing the same may punish him therefor as in mandamus proceedings. Any person aggrieved by any order issued on such application shall have the same right to review by the Supreme Court as in case of mandamus proceedings.
(1949 Rev., S. 1696; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979.
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Sec. 12-18a. Grants to towns for property tax relief based on population. In October of each year, the Comptroller shall pay to the one hundred sixty-nine towns of the state, from any funds appropriated for such purpose, a grant for property tax relief, distributed on the basis of the ratio of the population of each town to the population of the state. For the purposes of this section, “population” means the number of persons residing in each town according to the most recent federal decennial census, with patients and inmates of state hospitals, institutions of correction, and other state institutions excluded.
(P.A. 78-212, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-284, S. 2, 3.)
History: P.A. 81-284 replaced requirement that the comptroller distribute $6,000,000 to towns for property tax relief each October with provision that any such payments would be made from any funds appropriated for such purpose.
See Sec. 8-159a re state grants for urban problems.
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Sec. 12-18b. Grants in lieu of taxes for certain property. (a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) “College and hospital property” means all real property described in subsection (a) of section 12-20a;
(2) “Equalized net grand list per capita” means the grand list of a municipality upon which taxes were levied for the general expenses of such municipality three years prior to the fiscal year in which a grant under this section is to be paid, equalized in accordance with the provisions of section 10-261a and divided by the total population of such municipality;
(3) “Municipality” means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city and consolidated town and borough;
(4) “State, municipal or tribal property” means all real property described in subsection (a) of section 12-19a;
(5) “Tier one municipality” means a municipality with an equalized net grand list per capita of less than one hundred thousand dollars;
(6) “Tier two municipality” means a municipality with an equalized net grand list per capita of one hundred thousand dollars to two hundred thousand dollars; and
(7) “Tier three municipality” means a municipality with an equalized net grand list per capita of greater than two hundred thousand dollars.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 12-19a and 12-20a, on or before May thirtieth, annually, all funds appropriated for state grants in lieu of taxes shall be payable to municipalities and fire districts pursuant to the provisions of this section. On or before January first, annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall determine the amount due, as a state grant in lieu of taxes, to each municipality and fire district in this state wherein college and hospital property is located and to each municipality and fire district in this state wherein state, municipal or tribal property, except that which was acquired and used for highways and bridges, but not excepting property acquired and used for highway administration or maintenance purposes, is located. Such determination shall be calculated based on assessed values provided to the Office of Policy and Management prior to the preceding April first, pursuant to section 12-19b.
(1) The grant payable to any municipality or fire district for state, municipal or tribal property under the provisions of this section in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, shall be equal to the total of:
(A) One hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to any facility designated by the Commissioner of Correction, on or before August first of each year, to be a correctional facility administered under the auspices of the Department of Correction or a juvenile detention center under direction of the Department of Children and Families that was used for incarcerative purposes during the preceding fiscal year. If a list containing the name and location of such designated facilities and information concerning their use for purposes of incarceration during the preceding fiscal year is not available from the Secretary of the State on August first of any year, the Commissioner of Correction shall, on said date, certify to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management a list containing such information;
(B) One hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to that portion of the John Dempsey Hospital located at The University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington that is used as a permanent medical ward for prisoners under the custody of the Department of Correction. Nothing in this section shall be construed as designating any portion of The University of Connecticut Health Center John Dempsey Hospital as a correctional facility;
(C) One hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid on any land designated within the 1983 Settlement boundary and taken into trust by the federal government for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation on or after June 8, 1999;
(D) One hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to the property and facilities owned by the Connecticut Port Authority;
(E) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of section 12-19a, sixty-five per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to the buildings and grounds comprising Connecticut Valley Hospital and Whiting Forensic Hospital in Middletown;
(F) With respect to any municipality in which more than fifty per cent of the property is state-owned real property, one hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to such state-owned property;
(G) Forty-five per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to all municipally owned airports; except for the exemption applicable to such property, on the assessment list in such municipality for the assessment date two years prior to the commencement of the state fiscal year in which such grant is payable. The grant provided pursuant to this section for any municipally owned airport shall be paid to any municipality in which the airport is located, except that the grant applicable to Sikorsky Airport shall be paid one-half to the town of Stratford and one-half to the city of Bridgeport;
(H) One hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to any land designated within the 1983 Settlement boundary and taken into trust by the federal government for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation prior to June 8, 1999, or taken into trust by the federal government for the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, provided the real property subject to this subparagraph shall be the land only, and shall not include the assessed value of any structures, buildings or other improvements on such land; and
(I) Forty-five per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to all other state-owned real property.
(2) The grant payable to any municipality or fire district for college and hospital property under the provisions of this section in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and each fiscal year thereafter, shall be equal to the total of seventy-seven per cent of the property taxes that, except for any exemption applicable to any college and hospital property under the provisions of section 12-81, would have been paid with respect to college and hospital property on the assessment list in such municipality or fire district for the assessment date two years prior to the commencement of the state fiscal year in which such grant is payable.
(c) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall list municipalities, boroughs and fire districts based on the equalized net grand list per capita. Boroughs and fire districts shall have the same equalized net grand list per capita as the town, city, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough in which such borough or fire district is located.
(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter:
(1) The total amount of the grants paid to a municipality or fire district pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall not be lower than the total amount of the payment in lieu of taxes grants received by such municipality or fire district for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.
(2) If the total of grants payable to each municipality and fire district in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section exceeds the amount appropriated for the purposes of said subsection for a fiscal year:
(A) Each tier one municipality shall receive fifty per cent of the grant amount payable to such municipality as calculated under subsection (b) of this section;
(B) Each tier two municipality shall receive forty per cent of the grant amount payable to such municipality as calculated under subsection (b) of this section; and
(C) Each tier three municipality shall receive thirty per cent of the grant amount payable to such municipality as calculated under subsection (b) of this section.
(3) Each municipality designated as an alliance district pursuant to section 10-262u or in which more than fifty per cent of the property is state-owned real property shall be classified as a tier one municipality.
(4) Each fire district shall receive the same percentage of the grant amount payable to the municipality in which it is located.
(5) (A) If the total of grants payable to each municipality and fire district in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section exceeds the amount appropriated for the purposes of said subsection, but such appropriated amount exceeds the amount required for grants payable to each municipality and fire district in accordance with the provisions of subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of this subsection, the amount of the grant payable to each municipality and fire district shall be increased proportionately.
(B) If the total of grants payable to each municipality and fire district in accordance with the provisions of subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of this subsection exceeds the amount appropriated for the purposes of said subdivisions, the amount of the grant payable to each municipality and fire district shall be reduced proportionately, except that no grant shall be reduced below the amount set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, of this section:
(1) The grant payable to any municipality or fire district with respect to a campus of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare Systems shall be one hundred per cent;
(2) For any municipality receiving payments under section 15-120ss, property located in such municipality at Bradley International Airport shall not be included in the calculation of any state grant in lieu of taxes pursuant to this section; and
(3) The city of Bridgeport shall be due five million dollars, on or before the thirtieth day of September, annually, which amount shall be in addition to the amount due such city pursuant to the provisions of subsections (b) or (d) of this section.
(f) For purposes of this section, any real property that is owned by The University of Connecticut Health Center Finance Corporation established pursuant to the provisions of sections 10a-250 to 10a-263, inclusive, or by one or more subsidiary corporations established pursuant to subdivision (13) of section 10a-254 and that is free from taxation pursuant to the provisions of section 10a-259 shall be deemed to be state-owned real property.
(P.A. 15-244, S. 183; P.A. 16-146, S. 1; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-2, S. 43; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 190; P.A. 18-86, S. 53; P.A. 21-3, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 445; P.A. 22-74, S. 18; 22-110, S. 36.)
History: P.A. 15-244 effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 16-146 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (16) defining “mill rate”, amended Subsec. (b)(2)(A) by replacing “institution of higher education or general hospital facility” with “college and hospital property”, amended Subsec. (e) by adding “, except for any exemption applicable to any college and hospital property under the provisions of section 12-81,” in Subdiv. (1)(B), adding “, except for any exemption applicable to any state property under the provisions of section 12-81,” in Subdiv. (1)(C), and adding “and said subdivision” and replacing “that would have been paid on select college and hospital property” and “that would have been paid on select state property” with “pursuant to this subsection” in Subdiv. (2), and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2016; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-2 amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “select payment in lieu of taxes account” with “Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund established in section 4-66p” in provision re additional payment in lieu of taxes grant in Subdiv. (2) and reducing grant amounts, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2016; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (e) by redesignating existing Subdiv. (1) as Subdiv. (2) and amending same by replacing “June 30, 2018” with “June 30, 2020”, adding new Subdiv. (1) re grants payable to each municipality and district for fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019, and redesignating existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (3) and amending same by making a conforming change, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 18-86 amended Subsec. (b)(1)(D) by adding reference to Whiting Forensic Hospital, effective June 4, 2018; P.A. 21-3 substantially revised section re calculation of payment of grants in lieu of taxes when total of grants payable under Subsec. (b) exceeds amount appropriated for a fiscal year, effective July 1, 2021; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to district, and replacing “June 30, 2017” with “June 30, 2022”, adding new Subpara. (D) re property and facilities owned by Connecticut Port Authority, redesignating existing Subparas. (D) to (H) as Subparas. (E) to (I) and replacing “Forty-five” with “One hundred” in redesignated Subdiv. (1)(H), amended Subsec. (d) by replacing references to amount of grant paid with references to total amount of grants paid in Subdiv. (1) and making a technical change in Subdiv. (2), and amended Subsec. (e)(3) by deleting Subpara. (A) re payment from annual appropriation and Subpara. (B) designator, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 22-74 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting Subdiv. (2) defining “district” and redesignating existing Subdivs. (3) to (8) as Subdivs. (2) to (7), amended Subsec. (b) by adding “on or before May thirtieth, annually,”, and specifying process for calculating determination of amount due, and changed references to “district” or “districts” to “fire district” or “fire districts”, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 22-110 amended Subsec. (f) by replacing “the John Dempsey Hospital” with “The University of Connecticut Health Center”.
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Sec. 12-18c. Select payment in lieu of taxes account. Distribution of funds. Section 12-18c is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(P.A. 15-244, S. 184; P.A. 16-146, S. 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 191; P.A. 21-3, S. 8.)
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Sec. 12-18d. Transfers from the General Fund to the Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, an amount equal to the appropriation from the Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund to the Office of Policy and Management shall be transferred from the General Fund to the Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund and shall be distributed by said office, during such fiscal year, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-66l, 4-66p and 12-18b.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-2, S. 46; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 188; P.A. 17-105, S. 5.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-2 effective July 1, 2016; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 deleted “and each fiscal year thereafter,” and added references to Secs. 4-66l, 4-66p and 12-18b, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-105 made a technical change.
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Sec. 12-19. Grants in lieu of taxes on state-owned property; land taken for flood control. Section 12-19 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1697; 1955, S. 1030d, November, 1955, S. N123; 1957, P.A. 523, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 568; 1961, P.A. 499; February, 1965, P.A. 457, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 750, S. 3; 1969, P.A. 766, S. 4.)
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Sec. 12-19a. Grants in lieu of taxes on state-owned real property, reservation land held in trust by the state for an Indian tribe, certain airports and land taken into trust by the federal government for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut. Exclusion of property located at Bradley International Airport. (a) Until the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2016, on or before January first, annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall determine the amount due, as a state grant in lieu of taxes, to each town in this state wherein state-owned real property, reservation land held in trust by the state for an Indian tribe, a municipally owned airport, or any airport owned by the Connecticut Airport Authority, other than Bradley International Airport, except that which was acquired and used for highways and bridges, but not excepting property acquired and used for highway administration or maintenance purposes, is located. The grant payable to any town under the provisions of this section in the state fiscal year commencing July 1, 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, shall be equal to the total of (1) (A) one hundred per cent of the property taxes which would have been paid with respect to any facility designated by the Commissioner of Correction, on or before August first of each year, to be a correctional facility administered under the auspices of the Department of Correction or a juvenile residential center under direction of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch that was used for incarcerative purposes during the preceding fiscal year. If a list containing the name and location of such designated facilities and information concerning their use for purposes of incarceration during the preceding fiscal year is not available from the Secretary of the State on the first day of August of any year, said commissioner shall, on said first day of August, certify to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management a list containing such information, (B) one hundred per cent of the property taxes which would have been paid with respect to that portion of the John Dempsey Hospital located at The University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington that is used as a permanent medical ward for prisoners under the custody of the Department of Correction. Nothing in this section shall be construed as designating any portion of The University of Connecticut Health Center John Dempsey Hospital as a correctional facility, and (C) in the state fiscal year commencing July 1, 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter, one hundred per cent of the property taxes which would have been paid on any land designated within the 1983 Settlement boundary and taken into trust by the federal government for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation on or after June 8, 1999, (2) subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, sixty-five per cent of the property taxes which would have been paid with respect to the buildings and grounds comprising Connecticut Valley Hospital and Whiting Forensic Hospital in Middletown. Such grant shall commence with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and continuing each year thereafter, (3) notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section, with respect to any town in which more than fifty per cent of the property is state-owned real property, one hundred per cent of the property taxes which would have been paid with respect to such state-owned property. Such grant shall commence with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and continuing each year thereafter, (4) subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, forty-five per cent of the property taxes which would have been paid with respect to all other state-owned real property, (5) forty-five per cent of the property taxes which would have been paid with respect to all municipally owned airports or any airport owned by the Connecticut Airport Authority, other than Bradley International Airport, except for the exemption applicable to such property, on the assessment list in such town for the assessment date two years prior to the commencement of the state fiscal year in which such grant is payable. The grant provided pursuant to this section for any municipally owned airport or any airport owned by the Connecticut Airport Authority, other than Bradley International Airport, shall be paid to any municipality in which the airport is located, except that the grant applicable to Sikorsky Airport shall be paid half to the town of Stratford and half to the city of Bridgeport, and (6) forty-five per cent of the property taxes which would have been paid with respect to any land designated within the 1983 Settlement boundary and taken into trust by the federal government for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation prior to June 8, 1999, or taken into trust by the federal government for the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, provided (A) the real property subject to this subdivision shall be the land only, and shall not include the assessed value of any structures, buildings or other improvements on such land, and (B) said forty-five per cent grant shall be phased in as follows: (i) In the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2012, an amount equal to ten per cent of said forty-five per cent grant, (ii) in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2013, thirty-five per cent of said forty-five per cent grant, (iii) in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2014, sixty per cent of said forty-five per cent grant, (iv) in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2015, eighty-five per cent of said forty-five per cent grant, and (v) in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2016, one hundred per cent of said forty-five per cent grant.
(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the grant payable to each municipality in accordance with this section shall be reduced proportionately in the event that the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for the purposes of this section with respect to such year except that, for the fiscal years commencing July 1, 2012, July 1, 2013, July 1, 2014, and July 1, 2015, the amount of the grant payable in accordance with subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of this section shall not be reduced.
(c) As used in this section “total tax levied” means the total real property tax levy in such town for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which a grant in lieu of taxes under this section is made, reduced by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management in an amount equal to all reimbursements certified as payable to such town by the secretary for real property exemptions and credits on the taxable grand list or rate bill of such town for the assessment year that corresponds to that for which the assessed valuation of the state-owned land and buildings has been provided. For purposes of this section and section 12-19b, any real property which is owned by The University of Connecticut Health Center Finance Corporation established pursuant to the provisions of sections 10a-250 to 10a-263, inclusive, or by one or more subsidiary corporations established pursuant to subdivision (13) of section 10a-254 and which is free from taxation pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (13) of section 10a-259 shall be deemed to be state-owned real property. As used in this section and section 12-19b, “town” includes borough.
(d) In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1991, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the portion of the grant payable to any town as determined in accordance with subdivisions (2) and (4) of subsection (a) of this section, shall not be greater than the following percentage of total tax levied by such town on real property in the preceding calendar year as follows: (1) In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1991, ten per cent, (2) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992, twelve per cent, (3) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, fourteen per cent, (4) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1994, twenty-seven per cent, (5) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, thirty-five per cent, (6) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, forty-two per cent, (7) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, forty-nine per cent, (8) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, fifty-six per cent, (9) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, sixty-three per cent, (10) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, seventy per cent, (11) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, seventy-seven per cent, (12) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, eighty-four per cent, (13) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, ninety-two per cent, and (14) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, and in each fiscal year thereafter, one hundred per cent.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section in effect prior to January 1, 1997, any grant in lieu of taxes on state-owned real property made to any town in excess of seven and one-half per cent of the total tax levied on real property by such town is validated.
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) to (e), inclusive, of this section, for any town receiving payments under section 15-120ss, property located in such town at Bradley International Airport shall not be included in the calculation of any state grant in lieu of taxes for state-owned real property and no state grant in lieu of taxes for such property located at Bradley International Airport shall be paid in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter.
(1969, P.A. 766, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 737; P.A. 77-498, S. 1, 2; 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 78-256, S. 1, 4; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 87-399, S. 1, 4; 87-458, S. 17; P.A. 88-292, S. 1, 4; P.A. 89-368, S. 24; P.A. 90-148, S. 32, 34; 90-230, S. 16, 101; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 3, 30; P.A. 92-224, S. 1, 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-15, S. 1, 2, 20; P.A. 93-388, S. 8, 12; P.A. 95-257, S. 9, 58; 95-307, S. 3, 14; P.A. 97-261, S. 1, 3; 97-282, S. 2, 6; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-11, S. 27, 65; P.A. 98-217, S. 1, 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 11, 51; P.A. 00-112, S. 3, 5; 00-192, S. 22, 102; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-1, S. 12, 46; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 98; P.A. 13-277, S. 60; P.A. 14-47, S. 22; P.A. 15-244, S. 185; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 83; P.A. 18-31, S. 14; 18-86, S. 52; P.A. 21-104, S. 10; P.A. 22-110, S. 37.)
History: 1971 act included property acquired and used for highway administration or maintenance purposes in state-owned property for consideration in determining grants to towns; P.A. 77-498 deleted provision limiting grants to maximum of $600,000; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-256 deleted provision for pro rata reductions in grants so as not to exceed appropriations; P.A. 79-610 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of revenue services, effective July 1, 1980; P.A. 87-399 repealed the grant formula based on the ratio of the total tax levied by each town on real property to the total tax levied on real property by all towns in the state, multiplied by assessed value of state-owned real property in the town, multiplied by the town's mill rate, multiplied by ten, and substituted a grant to towns equal to 20% of property taxes which would have been paid with respect to state-owned real property on the assessment list in such town, except for the exemption applicable to such property; changed date for determination of amount due each town from August first to September first; increased minimum grant from $2,000 to $4,000; changed base year for hold harmless provision from calendar year 1968 to fiscal year ending June 30, 1987; eliminated special hold harmless provision for Mansfield; limited maximum amount of grant to any town to 7.5% of total tax levied by such town on real property in the preceding calendar year, and added definition of total tax levied, effective June 26, 1987, and applicable to grants payable in fiscal year commencing July 1, 1987, and thereafter; P.A. 87-458 provided that certain property owned by the John Dempsey Finance Corporation be deemed state-owned real property; P.A. 88-292 changed the annual date by which secretary of the office of policy and management shall determine the amount of grant to each town from September first to January first next following, increased the grant with respect to the amount related to any correctional institution from 20% of property taxes that would have been paid without the exemption to 100% of such taxes and amended the minimum grant provision under Subsec. (b) to provide for payment of not less than $4,000, irrespective of the value of the property; P.A. 89-368 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize grants for reservation land held in trust by the state for Indians; P.A. 90-148 added Subsec. (c) providing higher maximum amounts of grant for towns to which the maximum 7.5% of total tax levied on real property in the preceding calendar year is applicable, with said maximum percentage of total tax levied increasing by increments from 7.5% to a maximum of 15% in fiscal years ending in 1991 to 1994, inclusive; P.A. 90-230 corrected an omission from public act 88-292 in Subsec. (b); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 amended Subsec. (b) to eliminate hold-harmless provisions which had assured minimum grant of $4,000; P.A. 92-224 effective July 1, 1993, amended Subsec. (a) to remove the requirement that a correction facility be used for at least six months to qualify for increased funding and amended Subsec. (c) to state that the Subsec. applies only to the portion of the grant payable under Subsec. (a)(2) and Subsec. (a) to provide that such change would be applicable to the state fiscal year commencing July 1, 1992; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-15 amended Subsec. (a) to provide for proportionate reduction of grant for fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, if amount payable exceeds amount appropriated, and added Subsec. (d) re payment from Bradley enterprise fund, effective July 1, 1992, to June 30, 1993; and, effective July 1, 1993, further amended Subsec. (a) to make technical change in reference to state fiscal year; P.A. 93-388 amended Subsec. (c) to increase maximum percentage of total tax levied by increments from 15% to 100% commencing with fiscal year ending June 30, 1994, and ending with fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 inserted new Subsec. (a)(2) re Connecticut Valley Hospital, renumbering former Subdiv. (2) as (3), effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-307 amended Subdiv. (b) to revise the definition of “total tax levied” to eliminate reduction of exemptions and to substitute reduction in the amount of reimbursements, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 97-261 amended Subsec. (a) to include municipally owned airports and to provide for payment of grants, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 97-282 clarified that grant limits in Subsec. (c) are to be used with respect to program rather than the percentage cited in Subsec. (b), redefined “total tax levied” in Subsec. (b), clarified language in Subsec. (d) re Bradley International Airport and added new Subsec. (e) to validate grants in excess of 7.5% of a town's real property levy, effective June 26, 1997; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-11 added new Subsec. (a)(3) re towns in which more than 50% of property is state-owned real property and redesignated existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4), effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-217 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to Sec. 1-1(w), to require an annual list of such facilities and to clarify that the portion of John Dempsey Hospital used for prisoners is eligible under the section, effective July 1, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 amended Subsec. (a) to provide a grant in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter of 100% of the taxes which would have been paid on land designated within the 1983 Settlement boundary and taken into trust by the federal government for the Mashantucket Tribal Nation on or after June 8, 1999, to increase the grant payable with respect to certain state-owned real property and all municipally owned airports from 20% to 45% of the property taxes which would have been paid with respect to such property and airports, except for the exemption applicable to such property, and to provide that the proportionate reduction of grants in the event the total of such grants exceeds the appropriation for such purpose shall be not only for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, but for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 1999, and amended Subsec. (d) to provide that the payment from the Enterprise Fund shall be at the rate of 20% of the property taxes which would have been paid to certain towns for real property located at Bradley Airport, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-112 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change, effective May 26, 2000; P.A. 00-192 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change and increase grant re Connecticut Valley Hospital from 40% to 65% commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, effective May 26, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-1 amended Subsec. (b) to include borough within definition of town, effective June 21, 2000, and applicable to grants in lieu of taxes otherwise due for assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2000; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (6) re land taken into trust for Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and Mohegan Tribe of Indians, redesignated provision in Subsec. (a) re proportional reduction of grants as new Subsec. (b) and amended same by adding exception for payments made under Subsec. (a)(6) and redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) to (e) as Subsecs. (c) to (f), effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-277 deleted former Subsec. (e) re payments from Bradley International Airport Enterprise Fund for portion of state grant in lieu of taxes payable to towns for real property at Bradley International Airport and redesignated existing Subsec. (f) as Subsec. (e), effective July 1, 2013, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2012; P.A. 14-47 added Subsec. (f) re exclusion of property located at Bradley International Airport from calculation of state grant in lieu of taxes for state-owned real property, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 15-244 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “On” with “Until the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2016, on”, effective July 1, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “or any airport owned by the Connecticut Airport Authority, other than Bradley International Airport,”, effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 18-31 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “Department of Children and Families” with “Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch”, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 18-86 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by adding reference to “Whiting Forensic Hospital”, effective June 4, 2018; P.A. 21-104 amended Subsec. (a)(1)(A) by replacing “juvenile detention center” with “juvenile residential center”, effective January 1, 2022; P.A. 22-110 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “the John Dempsey Hospital” with “The University of Connecticut Health Center”.
See Sec. 12-1c re transfer of certain functions, powers and duties under this chapter to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
See Sec. 15-120ss re payments to municipalities representing property tax for property at Bradley International Airport.
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Sec. 12-19b. Valuation of land and buildings for grants under section 12-18b or 12-19a. Revaluation. Appeals. State-owned forest in Voluntown. (a) Not later than April first in any assessment year, any town, borough or fire district to which a grant is payable under the provisions of section 12-18b or 12-19a shall provide the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management with the assessed valuation of the real property eligible therefor as of the first day of October immediately preceding, adjusted in accordance with any gradual increase in or deferment of assessed values of real property implemented in accordance with section 12-62c, which is required for computation of such grant. Any town, borough or fire district that neglects to transmit to the secretary 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 the secretary's judgment, the valuation is inaccurate and shall notify such town, borough or fire district of such reevaluation by certified or registered mail. Any town, borough or fire district aggrieved by the action of the 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. 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. Such notification shall be sent by certified or registered mail. If any town, borough or fire district is aggrieved by the action of the secretary following such hearing or in denying any such hearing, the town, borough or fire district may not later than ten business days after receiving such notice, appeal to the superior court for the judicial district wherein such town, borough or fire district is located. Any such appeal shall be privileged.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12-18b or subsection (a) of this section, there shall be an amount due the municipality of Voluntown, on or before the thirtieth day of September, annually, with respect to any state-owned forest, of an additional sixty thousand dollars, which amount shall be paid from the municipal revenue sharing account established pursuant to section 4-66l, for reimbursement to towns for loss of taxes on private tax-exempt property.
(1969, P.A. 766, S. 2; P.A. 76-436, S. 298, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 81-305; P.A. 85-371, S. 1, 10; P.A. 87-115, S. 3, 8; 87-399, S. 2, 4; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; 88-292, S. 2, 4; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; 90-230, S. 17, 101; P.A. 91-79, S. 1, 4; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; 93-434, S. 2, 20; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; 95-283, S. 12, 68; P.A. 96-112, S. 1; 96-261, S. 3, 4; P.A. 97-261, S. 2, 3; P.A. 98-217, S. 2, 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 58, 85; P.A. 06-148, S. 6; 06-187, S. 1; P.A. 15-244, S. 187; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 446; P.A. 22-74, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 76-436 substituted superior court for court of common pleas and included judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties; P.A. 79-610 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of revenue services, effective July 1, 1980; P.A. 81-305 changed annual date from March first to January first for towns to submit assessed valuation of state-owned land and buildings for purposes of state grants in lieu of taxes on state-owned real property; P.A. 85-371 extended final date for review by the secretary to the January first following deadline for receipt of statements, 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 that date; P.A. 87-115 added the provision for forfeiture by any town 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 January 1, 1988, and thereafter; P.A. 87-399 changed valuation date from January first to April first, and changed reevaluation date from January first next succeeding valuation date to July fifteenth in the year following valuation date, effective June 26, 1987, and applicable to grants payable in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1987, and thereafter; P.A. 88-292 provided clarification that the assessed value of state-owned real property is determined as of October first immediately preceding the date for submission and established September first of the year in which the grant is payable as the date by which the secretary of the office of policy and management must have completed any reevaluation of such property; P.A. 90-230 corrected an omission; 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 Sec. 12-62a(e), 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 town 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 town 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. 97-261 added municipally owned airports, effective July 1, 1997; 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 Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6 provided for notification by certified or registered mail, applied section to boroughs, provided that appeals of the secretary's decision shall be taken not later than ten business days after receiving notice of the decision and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 06-148 made a technical change, effective June 6, 2006; P.A. 06-187 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re annual payment to Voluntown with respect to any state-owned forest, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 15-244 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to grants payable under Sec. 12-18b and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing reference to Sec. 12-19a with reference to Sec. 12-18b, effective July 1, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to district and to definition in Sec. 7-324, and making technical and conforming changes, and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing reference to annual appropriation with reference to municipal revenue sharing account, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 22-74 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting “fire district” for “district”, deleting reference to definition in Sec. 7-324, and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2022.
See Sec. 12-1c re transfer of certain functions, powers and duties under this chapter to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
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Sec. 12-19c. Certification and payment to each town or borough. Section 12-19c is repealed, effective July 1, 2022.
(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; P.A. 15-244, S. 188; P.A. 22-74, S. 23.)
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Secs. 12-19d and 12-19e. Appropriation. Grants in lieu of taxes to fire district of Warehouse Point. Sections 12-19d and 12-19e are repealed.
(1969, P.A. 766, S. 5; 1971, P.A. 614, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 521, 610; P.A. 78-256, S. 2, 4; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 91-406, S. 2, 29; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 28, 30.)
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Sec. 12-19f. Allocation of payments in lieu of taxes for Torrington courthouse. After completion of the courthouse which is to be constructed after May 12, 2004, in the town of Torrington and commencing with the payment in lieu of taxes made under section 12-19a for such courthouse to the town of Torrington for the grand list year the courthouse was completed, such payment shall be divided between the towns of Torrington and Litchfield as follows:
(1) For the first year such payments are made until and including the seventh such year, fifty-five per cent of such payment shall be made to the town of Torrington and forty-five per cent of such payment shall be made to the town of Litchfield; and
(2) For the eighth such year until and including the fourteenth such year, sixty-five per cent of such payment shall be made to the town of Torrington and thirty-five per cent of such payment shall be made to the town of Litchfield.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 31.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 effective May 12, 2004.
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Sec. 12-20. Grant in lieu of taxes on property in Madison. Section 12-20 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1698; 1949, S. 1031d; 1961, P.A. 496; 1969, P.A. 766, S. 4; 768, S. 66.)
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Sec. 12-20a. Grants in lieu of taxes on real property of private colleges, general hospitals, chronic disease hospitals and certain urgent care facilities. (a) Until the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2016, on or before January first, annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall determine the amount due to each municipality in the state, in accordance with this section, as a state grant in lieu of taxes with respect to real property owned by any private nonprofit institution of higher learning or any nonprofit general hospital facility or freestanding chronic disease hospital or an urgent care facility that operates for at least twelve hours a day and that had been the location of a nonprofit general hospital for at least a portion of calendar year 1996 to receive payments in lieu of taxes for such property, exclusive of any such facility operated by the federal government, except a campus of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare Systems, or the state of Connecticut or any subdivision thereof. As used in this section, “private nonprofit institution of higher learning” means any such institution, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-34, or any independent institution of higher education, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, that is engaged primarily in education beyond the high school level, and offers courses of instruction for which college or university-level credit may be given or may be received by transfer, the property of which is exempt from property tax under any of the subdivisions of section 12-81; “nonprofit general hospital facility” means any such facility that is used primarily for the purpose of general medical care and treatment, exclusive of any hospital facility used primarily for the care and treatment of special types of disease or physical or mental conditions; and “freestanding chronic disease hospital” has the same meaning as “chronic disease hospital” as defined in section 19a-490, excluding any such facility having an ownership affiliation with and operated in the same location as a chronic and convalescent nursing home.
(b) The grant payable to any municipality under the provisions of this section in the state fiscal year commencing July 1, 1999, and in each fiscal year thereafter, shall be equal to seventy-seven per cent of the property taxes which, except for any exemption applicable to any such institution of higher education or general hospital facility under the provisions of section 12-81, would have been paid with respect to such exempt real property on the assessment list in such municipality for the assessment date two years prior to the commencement of the state fiscal year in which such grant is payable. The amount of the grant payable to each municipality in any year in accordance with this section shall be reduced proportionately in the event that the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for the purposes of this section with respect to such year.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the amount of the grant payable to any municipality under the provisions of this section with respect to a campus of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare Systems shall be as follows: (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, twenty per cent of the amount payable in accordance with said subsection (b); (2) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, forty per cent of such amount; (3) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, sixty per cent of such amount; (4) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, eighty per cent of such amount; (5) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, and each fiscal year thereafter, one hundred per cent of such amount.
(d) As used in this section and section 12-20b, the word “municipality” means any town, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, borough, district, as defined in section 7-324, and any city not consolidated with a town.
(P.A. 78-213, S. 1, 3; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 87-418, S. 1, 3; P.A. 88-43, S. 1, 3; P.A. 90-148, S. 3, 34; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 5, 30; P.A. 93-388, S. 9, 12; P.A. 94-175, S. 31, 32; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4, S. 80, 85; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6, S. 15, 28; P.A. 95-160, S. 64, 69; P.A. 98-250, S. 32, 39; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 12, 51; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 34, 72; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 60, 85; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 113, 131; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 48; P.A. 14-65, S. 12; P.A. 15-244, S. 186; P.A. 22-58, S. 7.)
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. 87-418 changed date for determination of amount due each municipality from December first to September first, and increased amount of grant to municipality from 25% of property taxes which, except for applicable exemption, would have been paid with respect to exempt real property on assessment list in such municipality for assessment date preceding fiscal year in which grant is payable to 40% of property taxes which, except for applicable exemption, would have been paid with respect to exempt real property on assessment list in such municipality for assessment date two years prior to fiscal year in which grant is payable; P.A. 88-43 changed the annual date for determination of the amount due each municipality as a grant in lieu of taxes on real property of private colleges and general hospitals from the first day of September to the first day of January next following, effective April 13, 1988, and applicable to the assessment year in any municipality commencing October 1, 1988, and each assessment year thereafter; P.A. 90-148 increased the amount of the grant to eligible municipalities from 40% to 50% of the property taxes otherwise payable with respect to such real property; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 increased the amount of the grant to eligible municipalities from 50% to 60% of the property taxes otherwise payable with respect to such real property; P.A. 93-388 added free-standing chronic disease hospitals to tax-exempt real property with respect to which state grant in lieu of taxes is payable to municipality, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-175 made technical change in the definition of “municipality”, effective July 1, 1994; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4 changed effective date of P.A. 94-175, S. 31 from June 2, 1994, to January 1, 1995, effective June 9, 1994; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6 added the definition of “free standing chronic disease hospital”, effective June 21, 1994, and applicable to the grant-in-lieu of taxes made in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1993, and each fiscal year thereafter; P.A. 95-160 revised effective date of May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4 but without affecting this section; P.A. 98-250 added to list of eligible institutions urgent care facilities operating under specified conditions, effective July 1, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 increased grant payment from 60% to 77%, effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2 replaced “within the previous two years” with “for at least a portion of calendar year 1996” re location of hospital, effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6 designated existing provisions as Subdivs. (1) to (3), specified that grant in lieu of taxes provided for under section is for real property exempt under Sec. 12-81 and which is owned by the specified entities, deleted definition of “private nonprofit institution of higher education”, defined “institution of higher education”, changed “nonprofit general hospital facility” to “general hospital facility” and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 redesignated Subdivs. (1) to (3) as Subsecs. (a) to (c) and repealed substantive provisions enacted by June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, effective July 1, 2001; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes, to include a campus of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs among property for which payment is made under section and to further define “private nonprofit institution of higher learning”, added new Subsec. (c) re a campus of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d), effective October 1, 2004, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after that date; P.A. 14-65 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 15-244 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “On” with “Until the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2016, on” and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 22-58 amended Subsec. (a) by redefining “freestanding chronic disease hospital”.
See Sec. 12-1c re transfer of certain functions, powers and duties under this chapter to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
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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 12-18b or 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, 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 or her 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 12-18b 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 or her 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 12-18b 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 municipal revenue sharing account established pursuant to section 4-66l, for reimbursement to towns for loss of taxes on private tax-exempt property.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12-18b 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 one million dollars, which amount shall be paid from the municipal revenue sharing account established pursuant to section 4-66l, 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; P.A. 06-148, S. 7; 06-187, S. 2; P.A. 15-244, S. 189; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 447.)
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 Sec. 12-62a(e), 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; P.A. 06-148 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 6, 2006; P.A. 06-187 amended Subsec. (c) to change amount of annual payment to New London with respect to the United States Coast Guard Academy from $500,000 to $1,000,000, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 15-244 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to grants payable under Sec. 12-18b, making technical changes and replacing reference to Sec. 12-20a re certification to the Comptroller with reference to Sec. 12-18b, and amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) by replacing references to Sec. 12-20a with references to Sec. 12-18b, effective July 1, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) by replacing references to annual appropriation with references to municipal revenue sharing account, effective July 1, 2021.
See Sec. 12-1c re transfer of certain functions, powers and duties under this chapter to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
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Sec. 12-20c. Municipal option to share payments in lieu of taxes with special services district. Any municipality may provide to a special services district within such municipality a portion of any payment from the state in lieu of property tax revenues which would have been received except for a tax credit, tax exemption or tax abatement authorized under chapter 203 or 204 if such payment is attributable to property within such district.
(P.A. 00-229, S. 2, 7.)
History: P.A. 00-229 effective June 1, 2000, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 1998.
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Sec. 12-20d. Withholding of grant in lieu of taxes to member municipality of The Metropolitan District. Failure of member municipality to pay amount assessed for sewer use. (a) A grant in lieu of taxes, payable pursuant to section 12-18b, to a member municipality of The Metropolitan District that fails to pay an amount assessed by said district for sewer use shall be withheld, in whole or in part, as follows: If any amount assessed by said district to such municipality on or after January first of a calendar year and due on or before September first of such year remains unpaid on September first of such year, a withholding of such grant equal to the sum of such unpaid amount, plus the amount due in October of such year and a surcharge equal to five per cent of the sum of such amounts. If, on or by December first of such year, such municipality remits payment for such unpaid assessment amounts, any amount withheld from such grant payment pursuant to this subsection shall be paid to such municipality. If, on or by December first of such year, such municipality fails to remit payment for such unpaid assessment amounts, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall remit to said district, on behalf of such municipality, an amount equal to such unpaid assessment amounts, and to such municipality, by December thirty-first of such year, an amount equal to the amount withheld from such grant payment pursuant to this subsection. The secretary may retain an amount equal to the five per cent surcharge withheld pursuant to this subsection.
(b) Any member municipality of The Metropolitan District that fails to timely pay an amount assessed by said district for sewer use during the current or prior fiscal year shall be ineligible for early disbursement of any grant from the municipal revenue sharing account such municipality may be entitled to pursuant to section 4-66l.
(P.A. 17-1, S. 4)
History: P.A. 17-1 effective May 16, 2017.
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Secs. 12-21 to 12-24a. Grants in lieu of taxes on property in Waterford and East Lyme; on airport property in Windsor Locks, Suffield and Hartford; on property in Chester; on Highway Department property in Wethersfield; on state pier property in New London; on property in Fire District of Warehouse Point, Voluntown; on Labor Department property in Wethersfield; on property in Preston; on state property in North Canaan; on receiving home in East Windsor; on airport property in East Granby; on state property in Sharon; on property in Kent and on property of the School Fund and the Agricultural College Fund. State reimbursement in lieu of taxes on manufacturer's inventories. Sections 12-21, 12-22 to 12-22b, inclusive, 12-23 to 12-23k, inclusive, 12-24 and 12-24a are repealed.
(1949 Rev., 1600–1701; 1951, S.A. 218, S. 5; 1951, S. 1033d; 1953, S. 1032d; 1957, P.A. 397, S. 1; S.A. 577; 1959, P.A. 535, S. 1; 537, S. 1; 539; 566, S. 2; 570, S. 2; 648, S. 1, 2; 1961, P.A. 449; 450–454; 462; 463; 1963, P.A. 627; 630; 631; 643; February, 1965, P.A. 20; 129, S. 1; 134, S. 1; 138, S. 1; 461, S. 4; 1967, P.A. 538; 540, S. 1; 541; 542; 602, S. 1; 650, S. 1; 745, S. 1; 750, S. 1, 2; 776; 813; 1969, P.A. 630, S. 1; 766, S. 4; 768, S. 66; 1971, P.A. 525, S. 1; 643, S. 1; P.A. 73-352, S. 1, 2; P.A. 74-74, S. 1, 2; 74-167, S. 1, 5; P.A. 75-494, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 81-373, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-491, S. 1, 3; P.A. 87-584, S. 17, 18.)
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Sec. 12-24b. Inconsistent special acts repealed. The provisions of any special act to the extent inconsistent with the provisions of subsection (c) of section 12-41, section 12-58 and subdivision (50) of section 12-81 are repealed.
(February, 1965, P.A. 461, S. 11; P.A. 88-364, S. 76, 123; P.A. 99-189, S. 17, 20.)
History: P.A. 88-364 made technical change, deleting reference to Sec. 12-24a; P.A. 99-189 changed reference to Subsec. (e) to Subsec. (c) of Sec. 12-41, effective June 23, 1999, and applicable to assessment years of municipalities commencing on or after October 1, 1999.
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Secs. 12-24c to 12-24e. State reimbursement in lieu of taxes on wholesale and retail business inventory; state grants in lieu of inventory taxes prorated. State grants for unrestricted use of municipality. Sections 12-24c to 12-24e are repealed.
(1969, P.A. 657, S. 1, 3; P.A. 73-658, S. 1, 2; P.A. 74-167, S. 2, 3, 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 81-373, S. 2, 3; P.A. 84-491, S. 2, 3; P.A. 87-584, S. 7, 17, 18; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 28, 30.)
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Sec. 12-25. Confirmation of amount of unpaid taxes. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, upon examination of the accounts, books and other records of any tax collector, shall have authority to request confirmation of the amount of unpaid taxes, from any person whose taxes are shown, by such books, to be unpaid.
(1949 Rev., S. 1702; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47.)
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.
See Sec. 12-1c re transfer of certain functions, powers and duties under this chapter to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
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Sec. 12-26. Equalization and adjustment of grand list. Section 12-26 is repealed, effective May 24, 1996.
(1949 Rev., S. 1703; 1957, P.A. 673, S. 3; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 96-114, S. 3, 4.)
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Sec. 12-27. Abstract book and lists. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall approve for all towns and cities the form of printed abstract book to be used by the assessing officials of such municipalities, provided no form of printed abstract shall be approved which does not provide for the inclusion of data concerning real and personal property assessments and exemptions related thereto in a manner which would allow the secretary to comply with the provisions of section 12-120a.
(1949 Rev., S. 1704; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 93-434, S. 4, 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. 93-434 provided that the secretary approve rather than prescribe the form and inserted requirement that the form be sufficient to comply with Sec. 12-120a, effective June 30, 1993.
See Sec. 12-1c re transfer of certain functions, powers and duties under this chapter to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
See Sec. 12-131 re special forms for assessment lists, abstract books and rate bills.
Lists defective as to part of property only. 23 C. 148. List “same as last year” considered. 76 C. 169. List need not state value. Id., 172. Listing property of wife in name of husband under former law. Id., 697.
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Secs. 12-28 and 12-29. Procedure to collect overdue taxes from transportation and utility companies. Returns of transportation and utility companies. Sections 12-28 and 12-29 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., 1706, 1707; 1961, P.A. 604, S. 32, 33; 1972, P.A. 294, S. 8, 9; P.A. 78-280, S. 6, 127; P.A. 85-562, S. 5.)
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Sec. 12-30. Penalty for failure to file return within time allowed in relation to an extension of time for filing. If the Commissioner of Revenue Services determines that any statute or regulation the commissioner is charged with enforcing is being adversely affected, the commissioner may impose a penalty of fifty dollars in case of a failure to file any return or report that is required by law or regulation to be filed with the commissioner on or before the date prescribed therefor, which failure is determined with regard to any extension of time for filing. The commissioner may, upon application, if it is proven to the commissioner's satisfaction that such failure is due to reasonable cause and is not due to negligence or intentional disregard of any provision of law or regulation, waive all or any part of such penalty. No taxpayer shall be subject to such penalty in relation to any tax period for which such taxpayer is subject to a penalty for late payment of a tax or to an additional amount being added to the tax imposed based on a failure to file. If the commissioner does not, upon application, waive all or any part of such penalty, any person aggrieved by such action of the commissioner may, not later than thirty days after notice of such action is mailed or delivered to such person, appeal therefrom to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford. The appeal shall be accompanied by a citation to the commissioner to appear before said court. Such citation shall be signed by the same authority, and such appeal shall be returnable at the same time and served and returned in the same manner as is required in case of a summons in a civil action. The authority issuing the citation shall take from the appellant a bond or recognizance to the state of Connecticut with surety to prosecute the appeal to effect and to comply with the orders and decrees of the court in the premises. Such appeals shall be preferred cases, to be heard, unless cause appears to the contrary, at the first session, by the court or by a committee appointed by it. Said court may grant such relief as may be equitable. If the appeal is without probable cause, the court may tax double or triple costs, as the case demands; and, upon all such appeals which may be denied, costs may be taxed against the appellant at the discretion of the court, but no costs shall be taxed against the state.
(1949, Rev., S. 1709; 1961, P.A. 604, S. 34; 1972, P.A. 294, S. 10; P.A. 88-230, S. 10, 12; P.A. 88-314, S. 1, 54; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 97-243, S. 5, 67; P.A. 19-186, S. 11.)
History: 1961 act amended chapter references to include new provisions in same act; 1972 act included reference to chapter 212a; P.A. 88-314 deleted the penalty imposed on the officer or agent of any railroad or utility company for failure to file an annual return within the time designated and substituted in lieu thereof, a penalty of $50 imposed on any taxpayer for failure to file a return or report within the time allowed in relation to any extension of time which has been granted, effective July 1, 1988, and applicable to any tax which first becomes due and payable on or after said date, to any return or report due on or after said date, or in the case of any ongoing obligation imposed in accordance with said act, to the tax period next beginning on or after said date; P.A. 97-243 made imposition of penalty permissive instead of mandatory and made applicable to regulations, and added provisions re appeal, effective July 1, 1997 (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 public and special acts of the 1997 regular and special sessions of the General Assembly, effective September 1, 1998); P.A. 19-186 replaced “one month” with “thirty days” and made technical changes, effective July 8, 2019.
See Sec. 12-268d re penalty assessed against certain public service companies and utilities for failure to pay taxes when due.
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Sec. 12-30a. Imposition of interest. Determination of basis. Regulations. (a)(1) Whenever the provisions of section 12-35, 12-204, 12-205, 12-206, 12-225, 12-226, 12-229, 12-235, 12-242d, 12-263c, 12-263d, 12-263m, 12-268d, 12-268h, 12-293a, 12-309, 12-330d, 12-330i, 12-376, 12-376a, 12-376b, 12-392, 12-414, 12-415, 12-416, 12-419, 12-419a, 12-439, 12-440, 12-458, 12-458d, 12-486a, 12-488, 12-547, 12-548, 12-590, 12-594, 12-638c, 12-638d, 12-646a, 12-647, 12-667, 12-722, 12-723, 12-728, 12-731, 12-735, 22a-132, 22a-232, 22a-237c, 38a-277 or 51-81b require interest to be paid to the Commissioner of Revenue Services at the rate of one per cent per month or fraction thereof or one per cent for each month or fraction thereof, the Commissioner of Revenue Services may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 that require interest to be paid to said commissioner at the equivalent daily rate in lieu of such monthly rate.
(2) If such regulations are adopted, such regulations shall provide that (A) if notice and demand is made by said commissioner for payment of any amount to said commissioner, and if such amount is paid within ten days after the date of such notice and demand, interest under this section on the amount so paid shall not be imposed for the period after the date of such notice and demand and (B) such regulations are applicable to interest required to be paid to the Commissioner of Revenue Services on taxes due and owing on or after the date specified in such regulations, whether or not such taxes first became due before said date.
(b) (1) Whenever the provisions of section 12-208, 12-268l, 12-312, 12-376, 12-392, 12-422, 12-448, 12-463, 12-489, 12-554, 12-638i, 12-730 or 12-732 require interest to be paid by the Commissioner of Revenue Services at the rate of two-thirds of one per cent per month or fraction thereof or two-thirds of one per cent for each month or fraction thereof, the Commissioner of Revenue Services may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 that require interest to be paid by said commissioner at the equivalent daily rate in lieu of such monthly rate.
(2) If such regulations are adopted, they shall provide that (A) interest shall be allowed and paid, in the case of a refund, from the date of the overpayment to a date, to be determined by the commissioner, preceding the date of the refund check by not more than thirty days and, in the case of a credit, from the date of the overpayment to the due date of the amount against which the credit is taken, and (B) such regulations shall be applicable to interest required to be paid by the Commissioner of Revenue Services on amounts due and owing on or after the date specified in such regulations, whether or not such amounts first became due before said date.
(P.A. 97-243, S. 50, 67; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 131.)
History: P.A. 97-243 effective June 24, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 deleted reference to Sec. 12-655 in Subsec. (a)(1), effective July 1, 2021.
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Sec. 12-30b. Limit on interest to be paid on certain tax overpayments. Notwithstanding any provision of any chapter of this title authorizing the Superior Court to grant such relief as may be equitable and, if tax has been paid prior to the granting of such relief, to order the Treasurer to pay interest on the amount of such relief, the equitable powers of the Superior Court shall not include: (1) The power to order the Treasurer to pay interest on the amount of such relief, if the provisions of the chapter pursuant to which the appeal was taken to the Superior Court do not authorize the Commissioner of Revenue Services to pay interest on tax overpayments under said chapter, or (2) the power to order the Treasurer to pay interest in an amount exceeding the amount of interest that the Commissioner of Revenue Services would be authorized to pay, if the provisions of the chapter pursuant to which the appeal was taken to the Superior Court authorize the Commissioner of Revenue Services to pay interest on tax overpayments under said chapter.
(P.A. 03-225, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 03-225 effective July 9, 2003.
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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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Sec. 12-31. Examination of books and personnel of railroad and utility companies. Section 12-31 is repealed.
(1949, Rev., S. 1708; 1961, P.A. 604, S. 35; 1972, P.A. 294, S. 11; P.A. 85-562, S. 5.)
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Sec. 12-32. Suits not barred by neglect of commissioner. No action commenced by the state against any person or corporation for the recovery of any sum in the nature of a tax, or for the recovery of the penalty for nonpayment thereof, shall be barred or defeated by reason of the omission or failure of the commissioner to perform the duties required of him.
(1949 Rev., S. 1710.)
Corporation itself is real debtor for unpaid taxes. 68 C. 311. Such a tax is valid, though nonresidents own stock and result is payment of higher tax paid by them than by resident stockholders. 185 U.S. 364.
Cited. 2 CA 303.
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Sec. 12-33. Appeals from action of Commissioner of Revenue Services. Section 12-33 is repealed, effective July 8, 2019.
(1949 Rev., S. 1711; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 19-186, S. 34.)
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Sec. 12-33a. Court waiver of interest on certain taxes due and unpaid prohibited. The court shall not waive statutory interest on any amount of tax for which any person is liable pursuant to the provisions of chapter 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 211b, 212, 212a, 214, 214a, 216, 217, 218a, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 227, 228b or 229 or section 12-263b or 22a-256j and which is not paid within the time specified by law.
(P.A. 89-343, S. 1, 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 96, 168; P.A. 93-74, S. 1, 67; P.A. 94-175, S. 27, 32; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4, S. 80, 85; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 15, 130; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-3, S. 11, 72; P.A. 95-160, S. 64, 69.)
History: P.A. 89-343, S. 1 effective June 9, 1989, and applicable to appeals taken to the superior court on and after that date; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 added references to chapters 214a, 228b and 229, effective August 22, 1991, and applicable to taxable years of taxpayers commencing on or after January 1, 1991; P.A. 93-74 added reference to Sec. 22a-256j, effective July 1, 1993 (Revisor's note: Reference to Sec. 46 of P.A. 93-74 was deleted by the Revisors to reflect its repeal in P.A. 93-324); P.A. 94-175 added references to Secs. 12-263b and 22a-256j, effective June 2, 1994; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4 and P.A. 95-160 revised effective date of P.A. 94-175 but without affecting this section; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 made technical change, eliminating obsolete reference to chapter 210a, effective July 1, 1994; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-3 added reference to chapter 211b, effective December 6, 1994.
Cited. 43 CA 744.
Cited. 44 CS 297.
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Sec. 12-34. Taking of acknowledgments by employees of Department of Revenue Services. Examiners or other employees of the Department of Revenue Services are authorized to take acknowledgments of affidavits on any report filed with the department for the collection of any state tax.
(1949 Rev., S. 1712; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted department of revenue services for tax department, effective January 1, 1979.
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Sec. 12-34a. Agreements with foreign taxing jurisdictions to furnish information. Withholding from salary of amounts due as income tax. Section 12-34a is repealed.
(1961, P.A. 264, S. 1–6; June, 1971, P.A. 5, S. 104.)
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Sec. 12-34b. Agreements with foreign taxing jurisdictions to furnish information. Withholding from salary of amounts due as income tax. Section 12-34b is repealed, effective June 18, 2003.
(June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 36; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 03-107, S. 11.)
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Sec. 12-34c. Enabling the Commissioner of Revenue Services to enter into agreements with other states for purposes of reciprocal enforcement of tax laws of participating states. (a) The Commissioner of Revenue Services may enter into agreements with other states providing for reciprocal enforcement of the tax laws of the states entering into such reciprocal arrangements. As used herein, “state” shall include the District of Columbia. The provisions of such reciprocal arrangements may include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Each participating state may require any business within such state to collect or withhold those taxes for which a person becomes liable in another state in the arrangement as a result of a transaction or employment with such business in the participating state, provided such taxes are required to be collected or withheld under such circumstances in the other state; (2) each participating state may, with regard to any business within such state, administer, enforce, audit, assess and collect, on behalf of any other state participating in the agreement, the taxes which are imposed on such business under the laws of such other participating state; (3) the appropriate official of each participating state may bring suit to collect the taxes which are imposed under the laws of such state in the courts of any other participating state; (4) each participating state shall bear the costs which are incurred by it under such reciprocal agreements, and (5) the participating states shall decide upon commencement and termination of such reciprocal agreements.
(b) For purposes of making payment of any taxes which are collected by the Commissioner of Revenue Services on behalf of any other participating state under reciprocal agreements as described in subsection (a) of this section, the Comptroller, upon certification by the commissioner, is authorized to draw on the Treasurer in the amount of such payment and the Treasurer shall pay the amount thereof from the fund to which such taxes are credited.
(P.A. 88-223, S. 1, 2.)
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Sec. 12-34d. State Tax Review Commission reports. Section 12-34d is repealed, effective June 7, 2010.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 154, 168; P.A. 93-74, S. 53, 67; P.A. 10-188, S. 17.)
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Sec. 12-34e. Collection of tax owed to other state or the District of Columbia. Certification. Notice. Protest. Agreements with other states. (a) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Taxpayer” means any person identified by a claimant state under this section as owing taxes to such claimant state;
(2) “Claimant state” means any other state or the District of Columbia that allows the commissioner, in cases where a taxpayer owes taxes to this state, to certify that such tax is owed and to request the tax officer of such other state or such district to collect such taxes owed to this state and provides for the payment of such collected amount to this state;
(3) “Taxes” means any amount of tax imposed under the laws of the claimant state, including additions to tax for penalties and interest, which is finally due and payable to the claimant state by a taxpayer, and with respect to which any administrative or judicial remedies, or both, have been exhausted or have lapsed, and which is legally enforceable under the laws of the claimant state against the taxpayer, whether or not there is an outstanding judgment for such sum;
(4) “Tax officer” means a unit or official of a claimant state, or the duly authorized agent of such unit or official, charged with the imposition, assessment or collection of taxes of that state; and
(5) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Revenue Services.
(b) (1) Upon the request and certification of the tax officer of a claimant state to the commissioner that a taxpayer owes taxes to such claimant state, the commissioner may, through the exercise of the commissioner's power and authority under section 12-35, collect such taxes in the same manner that the commissioner would collect such taxes if they were due and payable to this state, and shall pay over such collected amount to the claimant state in accordance with the provisions of this section. The commissioner shall not collect such taxes unless the laws of the claimant state (A) allow the commissioner, in cases where a taxpayer owes taxes to this state, to certify that such tax is owed and to request the tax officer of the claimant state to collect such taxes owed to this state, and (B) provide for the payment of such collected amount to this state.
(2) Such certification shall include (A) the full name and address of the taxpayer; (B) the taxpayer's Social Security number or federal employer identification number; (C) the amount of the tax for the taxable period sought to be collected, including a detailed statement for each taxable period showing tax, interest and penalty; (D) a statement whether the taxpayer filed a tax return with the claimant state for such tax, and, if so, whether such tax return was filed under protest; and (E) a statement that any administrative or judicial remedies, or both, have been exhausted or have lapsed and that the amount of taxes is legally enforceable under the laws of such state against the taxpayer.
(3) Upon receipt by the commissioner of the required certification, he or she shall notify the taxpayer by first-class mail to the taxpayer's last-known address that he or she has received a request from the claimant state to collect taxes from the taxpayer, that the taxpayer has the right to protest the collection of such taxes by the commissioner for the claimant state, that failure to file a protest in accordance with subdivision (4) of this subsection shall constitute a waiver of any demand against this state on account of the collection of such taxes and that the amount, upon collection, will be paid over to the claimant state. The notice shall include a copy of the certification by the tax officer of such claimant state. Sixty days after the date on which it is mailed, a notice under this subdivision shall be final except only for such amounts as to which the taxpayer has filed, as provided in subdivision (4) of this subsection, a written protest with the commissioner.
(4) Any taxpayer notified in accordance with subdivision (3) of this subsection may, on or before the sixtieth day after the mailing of such notice by the commissioner, protest the collection of all or a portion of such taxes by filing with the commissioner a written protest in which the taxpayer shall set forth the grounds on which the protest is based. If a timely protest is filed, the commissioner shall refrain from collecting such taxes and shall send a copy of the protest to the claimant state for determination of the protest on its merits in accordance with the laws of such state. In the case of a taxpayer that did not file a tax return for the tax for the taxable period sought to be collected and where the amount of taxes owed to the claimant state is based on an assessment made against the taxpayer by the tax officer of the claimant state, and where the taxpayer has filed a timely protest under this subdivision, the commissioner shall require the claimant state to certify that the assessment was contested before and adjudicated by an administrative or judicial tribunal of competent jurisdiction in the claimant state. If the commissioner is satisfied that the taxpayer's written protest is based on a bona fide contention that the claimant state did not have jurisdiction to tax the taxpayer, the commissioner shall require the claimant state to certify that the assessment was contested before and adjudicated by a judicial tribunal of competent jurisdiction in the claimant state. If the claimant state fails, on or before the forty-fifth day after the sending of the copy of the protest by the commissioner to such claimant state, to certify to the commissioner that the claimant state has reviewed the stated grounds on which the protest is based, and to renew the certification described in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the commissioner shall not collect such taxes. If such certifications are made within such time period, and if the commissioner is satisfied that such certifications are true, accurate and complete, the commissioner shall collect such tax.
(c) The commissioner may enter into agreements with the tax officers of claimant states relating to: (1) Procedures and methods to be employed by a claimant state with respect to the operation of this section, (2) safeguards against the disclosure or inappropriate use of any information that identifies, directly or indirectly, a particular taxpayer obtained or maintained pursuant to this section, and (3) a minimum threshold for the amount of taxes owed by a taxpayer to a claimant state that would trigger the operation of this section.
(P.A. 04-201, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 04-201 effective July 1, 2004.
See Sec. 12-35c re Attorney General's authority to bring suit in other states to recover taxes due this state or its political subdivisions and reciprocity granted to other states.
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