Bill Text: CT HB06535 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Exempting School Supplies From The Sales Tax During The Sales Tax-free Week In August.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-13 - Public Hearing 03/18 [HB06535 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB06535-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 6535
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 2916
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Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING
Introduced by:
REP. JANOWSKI, 56th Dist. REP. BOUKUS, 22nd Dist. REP. COOK, 65th Dist.			REP. JOHNSON, 49th Dist. REP. SERRA, 33rd Dist. REP. WILLIS, 64th Dist.

AN ACT EXEMPTING SCHOOL SUPPLIES FROM THE SALES TAX DURING THE SALES TAX-FREE WEEK IN AUGUST.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 12-407e of the general statutes be amended to provide that school supplies be exempt from the sales tax during the sales tax-free week that begins on the third Sunday in August.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide some tax relief to parents and teachers who make personal classroom purchases of back to school supplies to benefit individual students.