General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5056 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 103 *00103* Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING Introduced by: REP. BELSITO, 53rd Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5056 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 103 *00103* Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING Introduced by: REP. BELSITO, 53rd Dist. AN ACT PHASING OUT THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX ON PENSION BENEFIT INCOME. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That chapter 229 of the general statutes be amended to exempt public and private pension benefit income from the personal income tax, such exemption to be phased in over a five-year period beginning July 1, 2019, at the following rates: (1) Ten per cent in the first year; (2) twenty per cent in the second year; (3) forty per cent in the third year; (4) eighty per cent in the fourth year; and (5) one hundred per cent in the fifth year. Statement of Purpose: To phase out personal income tax on public and private pension benefit income over a five-year period beginning July 1, 2019.