Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 201 - State and Local Revenue Services. Department of Revenue Services
Section 12-30a. - Imposition of interest. Determination of basis. Regulations.

(a)(1) Whenever the provisions of section 12-35, 12-204, 12-205, 12-206, 12-225, 12-226, 12-229, 12-235, 12-242d, 12-263c, 12-263d, 12-263m, 12-268d, 12-268h, 12-293a, 12-309, 12-330d, 12-330i, 12-376, 12-376a, 12-376b, 12-392, 12-414, 12-415, 12-416, 12-419, 12-419a, 12-439, 12-440, 12-458, 12-458d, 12-486a, 12-488, 12-547, 12-548, 12-590, 12-594, 12-638c, 12-638d, 12-646a, 12-647, 12-667, 12-722, 12-723, 12-728, 12-731, 12-735, 22a-132, 22a-232, 22a-237c, 38a-277 or 51-81b require interest to be paid to the Commissioner of Revenue Services at the rate of one per cent per month or fraction thereof or one per cent for each month or fraction thereof, the Commissioner of Revenue Services may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 that require interest to be paid to said commissioner at the equivalent daily rate in lieu of such monthly rate.

(2) If such regulations are adopted, such regulations shall provide that (A) if notice and demand is made by said commissioner for payment of any amount to said commissioner, and if such amount is paid within ten days after the date of such notice and demand, interest under this section on the amount so paid shall not be imposed for the period after the date of such notice and demand and (B) such regulations are applicable to interest required to be paid to the Commissioner of Revenue Services on taxes due and owing on or after the date specified in such regulations, whether or not such taxes first became due before said date.
(b) (1) Whenever the provisions of section 12-208, 12-268l, 12-312, 12-376, 12-392, 12-422, 12-448, 12-463, 12-489, 12-554, 12-638i, 12-730 or 12-732 require interest to be paid by the Commissioner of Revenue Services at the rate of two-thirds of one per cent per month or fraction thereof or two-thirds of one per cent for each month or fraction thereof, the Commissioner of Revenue Services may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 that require interest to be paid by said commissioner at the equivalent daily rate in lieu of such monthly rate.
(2) If such regulations are adopted, they shall provide that (A) interest shall be allowed and paid, in the case of a refund, from the date of the overpayment to a date, to be determined by the commissioner, preceding the date of the refund check by not more than thirty days and, in the case of a credit, from the date of the overpayment to the due date of the amount against which the credit is taken, and (B) such regulations shall be applicable to interest required to be paid by the Commissioner of Revenue Services on amounts due and owing on or after the date specified in such regulations, whether or not such amounts first became due before said date.
(P.A. 97-243, S. 50, 67; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 131.)
History: P.A. 97-243 effective June 24, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 deleted reference to Sec. 12-655 in Subsec. (a)(1), effective July 1, 2021.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 12 - Taxation

Chapter 201 - State and Local Revenue Services. Department of Revenue Services

Section 12-1. - Definitions.

Section 12-1a. - Department of Revenue Services. Commissioner. Successor department to state Tax Department.

Section 12-1b. - Terms “Tax Commissioner”, “state Tax Commissioner”, “Tax Department”, and “state Tax Department” deemed to mean Commissioner or Department of Revenue Services. Excepted chapters.

Section 12-1c. - Transfer of certain functions, powers and duties under this chapter to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.

Section 12-1d. - Transfer of certain functions, powers and duties re property tax assessment under chapter 203, local levy and collection of taxes under chapter 204 and relief for elderly homeowners and renters under chapter 204a to the Secretary of...

Section 12-2. - Appointment, powers and duties of Commissioner of Revenue Services. Administrative pronouncements. Contracts for the collection of municipal taxes.

Section 12-2a. - Municipal assessment section within Office of Policy and Management. Board of assessment advisors.

Section 12-2b. - Duties of Secretary of Office of Policy and Management re municipal assessment.

Section 12-2c. - Certification of revaluation companies.

Section 12-2d. - Compromises.

Section 12-2e. - Closing agreements.

Section 12-2f. - Service of notice by the commissioner.

Section 12-2g. - Sales tax rebate for eligible individuals.

Section 12-3. - Appointment and duties of Deputy Commissioner of Revenue Services.

Section 12-3a. - Penalty Review Committee. Waiver of penalties; appeals.

Section 12-3b. - Abatement Review Committee.

Section 12-3c. - Criminal history records checks.

Section 12-3d. - Deadline for penalty waiver request.

Section 12-3f. - Small and Medium-Sized Business Users Committee.

Section 12-4. - Proceedings against delinquent tax officers.

Section 12-5. - Fees for witnesses and service of subpoenas.

Section 12-6. - Audit of municipal accounts upon application of state's attorney.

Section 12-7. - Reports concerning assessments and collections.

Section 12-7a. - List of state taxes levied and delinquent taxpayers.

Section 12-7b. - Reports of certain tax data by the commissioner to the Office of Fiscal Analysis. Tax expenditure report by the Office of Fiscal Analysis.

Section 12-7c. - Report on the overall incidence of certain taxes.

Section 12-8. - Recording and deposit of funds.

Section 12-9. - Local officials to file statements concerning taxes. Penalty.

Section 12-10 to 12-14. - Quadrennial return of municipal debt, receipts and expenditures. Secretary to furnish blanks and publish returns. Quadrennial return of real estate exempt from taxation. Annual return by town treasurers of amount of taxes re...

Section 12-15. - Limitations on inspection or disclosure of tax returns or return information available to the commissioner.

Section 12-15a. - Disclosure of tax returns or return information to authorized member of organized local police department.

Section 12-16. - Procedure against judge of probate for failure to furnish copies.

Section 12-17. - Inquiries concerning records of probate court.

Section 12-18. - Superior court may order compliance with statute.

Section 12-18a. - Grants to towns for property tax relief based on population.

Section 12-18b. - Grants in lieu of taxes for certain property.

Section 12-18c. - Select payment in lieu of taxes account. Distribution of funds.

Section 12-18d. - Transfers from the General Fund to the Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund.

Section 12-19. - Grants in lieu of taxes on state-owned property; land taken for flood control.

Section 12-19a. - Grants in lieu of taxes on state-owned real property, reservation land held in trust by the state for an Indian tribe, certain airports and land taken into trust by the federal government for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation an...

Section 12-19b. - Valuation of land and buildings for grants under section 12-18b or 12-19a. Revaluation. Appeals. State-owned forest in Voluntown.

Section 12-19c. - Certification and payment to each town or borough.

Section 12-19d and 12-19e. - Appropriation. Grants in lieu of taxes to fire district of Warehouse Point.

Section 12-19f. - Allocation of payments in lieu of taxes for Torrington courthouse.

Section 12-20. - Grant in lieu of taxes on property in Madison.

Section 12-20a. - Grants in lieu of taxes on real property of private colleges, general hospitals, chronic disease hospitals and certain urgent care facilities.

Section 12-20b. - Valuation of property of private colleges and general hospitals for purposes of state grants in lieu of taxes. Revaluation. Appeals. Connecticut Hospice in Branford. United States Coast Guard Academy in New London.

Section 12-20c. - Municipal option to share payments in lieu of taxes with special services district.

Section 12-20d. - Withholding of grant in lieu of taxes to member municipality of The Metropolitan District. Failure of member municipality to pay amount assessed for sewer use.

Section 12-21 to 12-24a. - Grants in lieu of taxes on property in Waterford and East Lyme; on airport property in Windsor Locks, Suffield and Hartford; on property in Chester; on Highway Department property in Wethersfield; on state pier property in...

Section 12-24b. - Inconsistent special acts repealed.

Section 12-24c to 12-24e. - State reimbursement in lieu of taxes on wholesale and retail business inventory; state grants in lieu of inventory taxes prorated. State grants for unrestricted use of municipality.

Section 12-25. - Confirmation of amount of unpaid taxes.

Section 12-26. - Equalization and adjustment of grand list.

Section 12-27. - Abstract book and lists.

Section 12-28 and 12-29. - Procedure to collect overdue taxes from transportation and utility companies. Returns of transportation and utility companies.

Section 12-30. - Penalty for failure to file return within time allowed in relation to an extension of time for filing.

Section 12-30a. - Imposition of interest. Determination of basis. Regulations.

Section 12-30b. - Limit on interest to be paid on certain tax overpayments.

Section 12-30c. - Penalty imposed on promoters of abusive tax shelters.

Section 12-31. - Examination of books and personnel of railroad and utility companies.

Section 12-32. - Suits not barred by neglect of commissioner.

Section 12-33. - Appeals from action of Commissioner of Revenue Services.

Section 12-33a. - Court waiver of interest on certain taxes due and unpaid prohibited.

Section 12-34. - Taking of acknowledgments by employees of Department of Revenue Services.

Section 12-34a. - Agreements with foreign taxing jurisdictions to furnish information. Withholding from salary of amounts due as income tax.

Section 12-34b. - Agreements with foreign taxing jurisdictions to furnish information. Withholding from salary of amounts due as income tax.

Section 12-34c. - Enabling the Commissioner of Revenue Services to enter into agreements with other states for purposes of reciprocal enforcement of tax laws of participating states.

Section 12-34d. - State Tax Review Commission reports.

Section 12-34e. - Collection of tax owed to other state or the District of Columbia. Certification. Notice. Protest. Agreements with other states.