Connecticut § 12-122 Selectmen to estimate town's expenses; tax levy to pay current expenses.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 12-122 — Selectmen to estimate town's expenses; tax levy to pay current expenses.

Connecticut § 12-122

Title 12Taxation

Ch. 204Local Levy and Collection of Taxes

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-122 (2026).

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The selectmen of each town, in their annual report to be submitted at the annual town meeting, shall include an itemized estimate of the current expenses of the departments of the town for the ensuing year, which estimate shall be altered or approved as the voters determine at such town meeting. Upon completion of the work of the board of assessment appeals and of the final assessment list, the town shall levy a tax on such list, payable not later than forty days prior to the end of the fiscal year for which the tax was levied. No town shall levy a tax which, in addition to the other estimated yearly income of the town, shall be insufficient to pay the estimated expenses of the town for the current year. If the estimated income, including taxes, proves insufficient to pay the current expen

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The selectmen of each town, in their annual report to be submitted at the annual town meeting, shall include an itemized estimate of the current expenses of the departments of the town for the ensuing year, which estimate shall be altered or approved as the voters determine at such town meeting. Upon completion of the work of the board of assessment appeals and of the final assessment list, the town shall levy a tax on such list, payable not later than forty days prior to the end of the fiscal year for which the tax was levied. No town shall levy a tax which, in addition to the other estimated yearly income of the town, shall be insufficient to pay the estimated expenses of the town for the current year. If the estimated income, including taxes, proves insufficient to pay the current expenses of the town, the selectmen, in their next annual estimate of current expenses, shall include a sum sufficient to pay the deficit in such expenses of the previous year. The provisions of this section shall not apply to towns which have boards or departments of finance.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 1803; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 70; P.A. 95-283, S. 59, 68.) History: P.A. 95-283 replaced board of tax review with board of assessment appeals, effective July 6, 1995. Towns are required to levy such taxes as are sufficient to pay the estimated expenses of the town for the current year. 14 CS 258.