Connecticut adopted a $46.4 billion budget for the two-year period that commenced July 1, 2021, reflecting a 2.6% spending increase for the first year and a 3.9% spending increase for the second year. There is much to love and hate about the budget regardless of your political persuasion,
The focus of the nation in 2020, including the State of Connecticut, was first and foremost on addressing the worldwide pandemic and the resulting social and economic turmoil. From the state and local tax perspective, Connecticut, like the vast majority of states, extended deadlines for the filing of tax returns and the making of tax
In Announcement 2020(7) the Department of Revenue Services (“DRS”) announced that it was extending the time that a taxpayer has to file certain administrative protests with the DRS’s Appellate Division in response to a notice of assessment or a proposed disallowance of a claim for refund. In addition, the DRS has extended the time that
Federal and state governments have taken a number of actions in recent weeks in response to COVID-19 pandemic. Although there is certain to be additional governmental action in the near future, we thought it would be helpful to summarize the key actions that relate to our trusts and estates clients.
Automatic Postponement of Certain Federal
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services announced on April 2, 2020 that it is extending the filing and payment deadline for gift tax return until July 15, 2020. Without the extension, returns reporting gifts made during 2019 would otherwise be due on April 15, 2020. The Department noted in
During the recently concluded 2019 legislative session, the Connecticut General Assembly passed an amendment of Connecticut General Statutes § 12-391(e)(2)(B) that is of critical importance to nonresidents who own real or tangible personal property located in Connecticut.
Prior to this amendment, some nonresidents formed business entities and transferred ownership of their Connecticut real or tangible
On June 26, 2019, Governor Ned Lamont signed a $43.4 billion budget for the 2020 and 2021 fiscal years. The biennial budget addresses the projected $3.7 billion budget deficit for the period, but still increases spending by 1.7% in the 2020 fiscal year, and by 3.4% in the 2021 fiscal year. Although a letter dated
Shipman & Goodwin attorney Louis Schatz authored the article Connecticut’s Response to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017(Part II) for the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants online tax publication, Tax Stringer. An excerpt from the article is provided below.
This article is the second in a two-part series about
As part of his proposed budget presented to the General Assembly last week, Governor Lamont proposed the elimination of the Connecticut gift tax. Presently, and as noted in the Governor’s budget proposal, Connecticut is the only state with a gift tax. The Governor’s proposal would eliminate imposition of the gift tax but provide for a
While aspects of Connecticut’s income tax have received attention recently, somewhat lost in the conversation is the increase in the Connecticut estate and gift tax exemptions in 2019 and the planned increase in those exemptions over the next several years. Legislation passed during the 2018 session of the Connecticut General Assembly increased the exemption for