On February 8, 2023, Governor Ned Lamont presented Connecticut lawmakers with a $50.5 billion two-year budget that called for more than $500 million in tax relief to Connecticut taxpayers. At this point it is unclear how much of the Governor’s tax cut proposals will be adopted by the Legislature, but since the Democrats control both the
This newsletter summarizes Connecticut tax legislation enacted, court decisions rendered, and administrative guidance published by the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services (DRS) during calendar year 2022. Please contact a member of our State and Local Tax Practice Group if you have any questions regarding the new tax law changes and how they may affect you and
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