Any person aggrieved by the action of the commissioner or his authorized agent in fixing the amount of any tax as provided by this chapter, or in imposing any penalty hereunder, may apply to the commissioner, in writing, within sixty days after the notice of such action was mailed to him, for a hearing and a correction of the amount of the tax or penalty so fixed, setting forth the reasons why such hearing should be granted and the amount in which such tax should be reduced. The commissioner shall promptly consider each such application and may grant or deny the hearing requested. If the hearing is denied, the applicant shall be notified thereof forthwith; if it is granted, the commissioner shall notify the applicant of the time and place fixed for such hearing. After such hearing, the commissioner may make such order in the premises as appears to him just and lawful and shall furnish a copy of such order to the applicant. The commissioner may, by notice in writing, at any time within three years after the date when any return of any taxpayer has been due, order a hearing on his own initiative and require the taxpayer or any other individual whom he believes to be in possession of information concerning any manufacture, importation or sale of alcoholic beverages which have escaped taxation to appear before him or his authorized agent with any specified books of account, papers or other documents, for examination relative thereto.
(1949 Rev., S. 4337; P.A. 82-62, S. 3; P.A. 91-236, S. 9, 25.)
History: P.A. 82-62 increased from 10 days to 30 days the period within which a taxpayer may apply for administrative hearing following mailing of notice concerning findings of the commissioner; P.A. 91-236 provided for 60, rather than 30, days to request a hearing, effective July 1, 1991, and applicable to taxes due on or after that date.
Cited. 31 CS 134.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 220 - Alcoholic Beverages Tax
Section 12-433. - Definitions.
Section 12-434. - Administration by commissioner.
Section 12-435. - Tax on sale of alcoholic beverages.
Section 12-435b. - Tax on certain untaxed alcoholic beverages.
Section 12-438. - Application for cancellation of distributor's license; inventory; return.
Section 12-439. - Payment of tax. Penalties for nonpayment.
Section 12-440. - Determination of tax.
Section 12-441. - Delinquent taxes; lien.
Section 12-442. - Power to examine.
Section 12-443. - Records to be kept.
Section 12-444. - Commissioner's records.
Section 12-445. - Oaths and subpoenas.
Section 12-446. - Taxpayer to file security.
Section 12-447. - Hearings by commissioner.
Section 12-448. - Appeals from decisions of commissioner.
Section 12-449. - Regulations and rulings.
Section 12-450. - Cooperation with Department of Consumer Protection. Suspension of permit.