Municipal leaders call for local taxes
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A group of municipal leaders is calling on Connecticut legislators to allow them to impose local and regional taxes.
Members of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities today urged the General Assembly's tax-writing committee to pass bills allowing regional planning agencies to levy regional sales or hotel taxes.
They're also backing a bill that gives cities and towns more taxing power.
CCM's public policy director, Gian-Carl Casa, says municipalities need more ways to raise revenues. He says Connecticut is in the minority of states that restrict its cities and towns to a single revenue source — the local property tax.
Some lawmakers, however, said they're worried the legislation could create a patchwork of tax policy across Connecticut.
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