Tax Cuts

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont presented his next two-year budget plan to a joint session of the state General Assembly on Wednesday.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont will present his next two-year state budget proposal to lawmakers on Wednesday. It includes tax cuts for more than a million state residents — the largest since the state’s graduated income tax rate was introduced in 1996.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced Monday his new two-year budget plan will include the state's first personal income tax rate reduction since 1996, one of several tax relief proposals he will officially unveil to the General Assembly on Wednesday.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont unveiled plans Monday to cut state income taxes for more than 211,000 working poor families by an average of $211 over the next year.

Connecticut Democrats are taking advantage of the state’s current fiscal buoyancy to push a legislative agenda that includes a number of socially liberal programs this year.

Stefanowski said he would cancel small taxes and fees himself, rather than waiting for the legislature to suspend them.

Connecticut Republican leaders unveiled a package of bills they said will help make Connecticut more affordable for working and middle class families.

Surging state tax collections have pushed Connecticut’s budget surplus to nearly $4 billion. That has prompted Republicans to call for $1.2 billion in new tax cuts; Democrats dismiss that.

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