Connecticut § 12-413 Exemptions from use tax.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 12-413 — Exemptions from use tax.

Connecticut § 12-413

Title 12Taxation

Ch. 219Sales and Use Taxes

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-413 (2026).

Text

(1)Where sales tax applicable. The storage, acceptance, consumption or other use in this state of services or property, the gross receipts from the sale of which are required to be included in the measure of the sales tax, is exempted from the use tax.

(2)Property purchased from United States. The storage, use or other consumption in this state of property purchased from any incorporated agency or instrumentality of the United States, except (a) any property reported to the Surplus Property Board of the United States or any successor thereto, as surplus property by any owning agency; and (b) any property included in any contractor inventory, is exempted from the use tax. “Surplus property”, “owning agency”, and “contractor inventory” as used in this section have the meanings ascribed to

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(1) Where sales tax applicable. The storage, acceptance, consumption or other use in this state of services or property, the gross receipts from the sale of which are required to be included in the measure of the sales tax, is exempted from the use tax. (2) Property purchased from United States. The storage, use or other consumption in this state of property purchased from any incorporated agency or instrumentality of the United States, except (a) any property reported to the Surplus Property Board of the United States or any successor thereto, as surplus property by any owning agency; and (b) any property included in any contractor inventory, is exempted from the use tax. “Surplus property”, “owning agency”, and “contractor inventory” as used in this section have the meanings ascribed to them in that act of the Congress of the United States known as the “Surplus Property Act of 1944”. (3) Purchase brought into state by resident. The use tax shall not apply to the purchase of any articles of tangible personal property which have been brought into this state on the person of a resident of this state when the purchase price of the same does not exceed twenty-five dollars; provided such purchase shall be for personal use or consumption in this state and not for use or consumption in carrying on a trade, occupation, business or profession. (4) Property donated to governmental entity or tax-exempt organization. The use tax shall not apply to the purchase of any articles of tangible personal property by a retailer for resale, if those articles are subsequently withdrawn from inventory and donated by the retailer to (A) the United States, the state of Connecticut or any of the political subdivisions thereof, or its or their respective agencies, or (B) any organization that is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, and that the United States Treasury Department has expressly determined, by letter, to be an organization that is described in Section 501(c)(3) of said internal revenue code.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 2097; June, 1955, S. 1169d; P.A. 75-213, S. 34, 53; P.A. 00-174, S. 13, 83.) History: P.A. 75-213 added references to “acceptance” and “services” in Subsec. (1); P.A. 00-174 added Subdiv. (4) re exemption for items donated to the government or to charity, effective October 1, 2000, and applicable on or after that date. Cited. 211 C. 246. Cited. 43 CA 744. Cited. 44 CS 1.