HARTFORD—Reps. John Piscopo and John Rigby today voted in favor of legislation that would immediately stimulate Connecticut’s long-suffering job market by repealing the state’s Business Entity Tax and offering tax credits to companies that create full-time positions. What’s more, the proposal pushed by the two Litchfield County legislators called for Jobs Impact Statements to accompany [...]
HARTFORD—On the last day Connecticut residents had to mail in their tax bills, Rep. John Rigby and his House Republican colleagues today unveiled their 2011 budget erasing the $736 million deficit for 2011 without raising taxes by consolidating agencies and shrinking the public workforce. The balanced plan preserves municipal and school aid, and sets aside [...]
HARTFORD — Finance Committee member Rep. John Rigby today supported a measure that would have ended the business entity tax Connecticut companies have to pay each year. Sen. Andrew Roraback, R-Goshen, proposed it through an amendment to a majority party bill that would impose a nearly 9 percent tax on corporate bonuses of a million [...]
