Connecticut § 12-250 Definitions. Returns.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 12-250 — Definitions. Returns.

Connecticut § 12-250

Title 12Taxation

Ch. 210Railroad Companies Tax

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-250 (2026).

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“Authorized agent or officer”, as used in this chapter, includes any trustee, mortgagee or receiver in possession of or operating any such railroad in the state, and “net railway operating income” means railway operating revenues less railway operating expenses, railway tax accruals and uncollectible railway revenue, including in the computation thereof debits and credits arising from equipment rents and joint facility rents. Each such corporation, on or before the first day of July in each year, shall make a return to the Commissioner of Revenue Services, in such form as the commissioner may prescribe and signed by its treasurer or an authorized agent or officer, specifying:

(1)The name of each railroad operated by such corporation during the year ended the thirty-first day of December n

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“Authorized agent or officer”, as used in this chapter, includes any trustee, mortgagee or receiver in possession of or operating any such railroad in the state, and “net railway operating income” means railway operating revenues less railway operating expenses, railway tax accruals and uncollectible railway revenue, including in the computation thereof debits and credits arising from equipment rents and joint facility rents. Each such corporation, on or before the first day of July in each year, shall make a return to the Commissioner of Revenue Services, in such form as the commissioner may prescribe and signed by its treasurer or an authorized agent or officer, specifying: (1) The name of each railroad operated by such corporation during the year ended the thirty-first day of December next preceding; (2) the number of miles of all railroad tracks, including yard tracks, sidings, branches and spurs, which were operated by such corporation at any time during the year ended said thirty-first day of December, and the number of miles within this state of all such railroad tracks, including yard tracks, sidings, branches and spurs so operated; (3) the amount of gross earnings of such corporation from all sources from its operation, and the amount of net railway operating income of such railroad during the year ended said thirty-first day of December, or the portion of such year that such corporation has carried on business in this state; and (4) the assessed value of all real estate in this state assessed in the name of such corporation, or of a corporation all of whose property is operated by it, with a specific list of the same and the amount of taxes paid upon any such real estate in any town, in the year ended said thirty-first day of December. See Sec. 16-27 re time for filing returns and penalty for failure to meet deadline.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 1928; P.A. 75-486, S. 27, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 19, 348; P.A. 87-124, S. 2, 18; P.A. 90-28, S. 2; P.A. 98-244, S. 11, 35.) History: P.A. 75-486 substituted public utilities control authority for public utilities commission; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner and division of public utility control within the department of business regulation for public utilities control authority, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control a separate department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 87-124 changed return date from March thirty-first to July first, effective January 1, 1988, and applicable with respect to the tax imposed under chapter 210 on gross earnings in the calendar year ending December 31, 1987, and in each calendar year thereafter; P.A. 90-28 made a technical change in Subdiv. (3); P.A. 98-244 eliminated notarization requirement, effective June 8, 1998, and applicable to calendar years commencing on or after January 1, 1998. Assessment of benefits not a tax to be deducted; 36 C. 255; nor is compensation paid for street railway as an additional burden. 67 C. 198. What property regarded as used for railway purposes. 40 C. 498. Purposes of tax. 42 C. 103; 48 C. 53. As to leased lines in another state, see 48 C. 44. Tax on railroads running into another state is constitutional. 60 C. 327.