Tell Your Legislator: Now is No Time to Tax Employers
WALLINGFORD — One by one, a half-dozen or so employers sitting around a table here today looked toward a bank of television news cameras and delivered a sobering message that liberal legislators in Hartford just don’t seem to get: More taxes on businesses will bring more job losses. For Republican legislators here, it was [...]
Handling the Deficit
With the state’s budget deficit looming at over $300 million, House Republican Leader Larry Cafero talks about the ways we can address this problem.
House and Senate Republicans are holding an informational budget forum on Thursday morning, September 25th at 10:00 a.m. in the Legislative Office Building.
Democrats are apparently not interested in doing anything until November 18th… [...]
Not Ready to Cut Your Taxes
If you thought that the Democrats’ unveiling of a budget yesterday that comes in lower than the one proposed by Governor M. Jodi Rell last month means they are ready to lower your taxes, think again.
The Finance Revenue and Bonding Committee today voted 29-21 to continue the Real Estate Conveyance Tax, a tax we were [...]
Business Entity Tax Moves Toward Elimination
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Today members of the House Republican caucus joined with other legislators, State Business Advocate Rob Simmons, and Connecticut business leaders and called for a full repeal of the state’s Business Entity Tax. The Business Entity tax was adopted in 2002 as a temporary measure to close a budget deficit. Six years on, the tax remains [...]
Get Rid of the Business Entity Tax
Facing a budget deficit in 2002 the General Assembly instituted the Business Entity Tax, a $250 fee that must be paid every year, regardless of profit or earnings by the business. They are taxed simply for their existance. We were told then that it was a temporary measure to get out of a budget crisis. Six [...]
House GOP Unveils Middle Class Tax Relief Plan
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This afternoon House Republican Leader Larry Cafero (R-Norwalk) and members of the House Republican caucus unveiled their “Extending a Helping Hand” plan to bring targeted tax relief directly to middle class Connecticut residents. The plan will assist those who have been hit hardest by increasing energy and health care costs.
“I believe we can and must [...]
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