Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00725 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/25/2013

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 725
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1642
Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING
Introduced by:
SEN. MUSTO, 22nd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 725 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1642

Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING 

Introduced by:

SEN. MUSTO, 22nd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE TAXATION OF ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to exempt alcohol and tobacco products from the sales and use tax, and to instead impose a tax on the distributors, based on the state minimum price for the commodities.

Statement of Purpose: 

To remove the sales tax on alcohol and tobacco and replace it with a tax at the wholesale level.