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
Sales and Use Tax
Lou Schatz to Present at 2021 NCCPAP Virtual Accounting and Tax Symposium
Louis Schatz and Alan Preis, CPA, will present the session “Current Developments in NJ/CT Taxation” during the 2021 NCCPAP Virtual Accounting and Tax Symposium.
Lou will review recent Connecticut tax developments, including legislative, judicial, and administrative changes. Particular emphasis will be placed on Connecticut’s 2021 legislative changes, including new legislation impacting the treatment of teleworking…
2021 Connecticut Tax Developments
Opportunity Lost? The New State Biennial Budget
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,…
Incentives for Qualified Data Centers to Locate in the State
In early March, Connecticut took a competitive step to encourage the investment in data centers and colocation facilities, an industry that has had substantial growth in recent years throughout the nation, especially as the data needs of every business have increased during the pandemic. Such investment can be an attractive alternative to revive properties whose…
2020 Connecticut Tax Developments
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…
Tax on Plastic Bags Starting July 1
As was previously reported on this blog, due to COVID-19 there is a temporary suspension of the ten-cent fee on the distribution of each single-use plastic bag effective through June 30, 2020. The Department of Revenue Services has indicated that the suspension of the tax to June 30 will not be extended and taxpayers…
DRS Announces COVID-19 Related Extension of Deadlines for Filing Administrative Protests and Suspension of Deadlines for Filing Tax Appeals
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…
Connecticut DRS Extends March and April 2020 Filing and Payment Deadlines for Some Sales/Use and Room Occupancy Tax Returns
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Revenue Services announced on March 30, 2020 that the March and April due date (and associated payment) for sales and use tax returns or room occupancy tax returns to be filed by taxpayers with $150,000 or less of annual tax liability has been extended to May…
Plastic Bag Fee Suspended Through May 15, 2020
In a joint statement issued Friday by three State agencies, including the Department of Revenue Services, the agencies announced the temporary suspension, through May 15, 2020, of the ten-cent fee that became effective during the summer of 2019 on the distribution of each single-use plastic bag in Connecticut. The suspension of the fee…
Charity Auctions and Connecticut Sales Tax
Auctions are a fun way for a charity to raise money. In a Connecticut auction, the auctioneer is deemed to be the retailer for sales tax purposes. Sales of tangible personal property or enumerated services at an auction are subject to Connecticut sales taxation to the same extent as any other retail sale in the…