Press Release

For Immediate Release

Contact Christine Mansfield
Phone: (203) 269-2624

"No new taxes!"

HARTFORD - Overflow crowds packed the Capitol's General Asembly at CBIA's Business Day, 2009. Discovery Training Services CEO, Christine Mansfield joined a group of fellow business owners from the Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee. At the Small Business Roundtable, Rob Simmons led a boisterous discussion with several legislators, and updates on recent legislative proposals from the Commerce Committee.

Mansfield addressed the crowd, first thanking the Commerce Comittee legislators for their support of Connecticut businesses and advocacy. However, two bills emanating from the Committee stand to hurt business-- in particular HB 6349 which extends a sales tax on any professional or business service. "We ask you to stand together with Connecticut businesses-- and say "no new taxes". While my business is growing in this economy, I know many of my clients will not survive 2009 with unbudgeted expense adds like these taxes," added Mansfield. Senator Frantz acknowledged his non support of the bill, and agreed with Mansfield's comments. "I'm concerned that if you pass these bills, CBIA will need to sponsor a separate Day of employees and businesses unemployed- and out of business next year. Please stand in defense of business as you have in the past, and not touch small business in the deficit challenge."

Bills are listed below remain dangerous to our local business climate. Contact your legislators now and voice your concern!

• HB-6350 -- Eliminates virtually all exemptions to state's sales tax, including for manufacturing machinery and equipment, and intercompany transfers, and sets the tax rate at 5%.

• HB-6349  -- Extends the state sales tax to virtually all professional and business services (professional, insurance, occupational, personal).
  

• SB- 815 -- Places a two-year moratorium on the use of all corporate tax credits.

• HB-6348 -- Significantly restricts the ability of Connecticut companies to use corporate tax credits, and reduces the effectiveness of the credits

• SB-807 -- Imposes unitary reporting under Connecticut's

• HB-6350 -- Eliminates virtually all exemptions to state's sales tax, including for manufacturing machinery and equipment, and intercompany transfers, and sets the tax rate at 5%.
• HB-6349  -- Extends the state sales tax to virtually all professional and business services (professional, insurance, occupational, personal).
  Corporate tax credits
• SB 934- An Act Concerning A Corporation Tax Surcharge –Imposes, for three income years, a surcharge of thirty per cent on entities subject to the corporation business tax. This measure would place an additional burden on businesses that are already struggling to survive.
• HB 6498– An Act Concerning the Sales and Use Tax Rate – Increases the sales tax to 7%.
• HB 6187- An Act Concerning Paid Sick Leave - requires employers with fifty or more employees to provide six paid sick days to their employees for use for the employee's sickness, the employee's child's sickness, or to deal with sexual assault or family violence issues.