AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING TO HIRE AUDITORS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE SERVICES.

Plain English Breakdown

The exact dollar amount for funding has not been determined and remains blank in the provided text.

Funding to Hire Auditors at the Department of Revenue Services

This bill proposes setting aside money from the state budget to let the Department of Revenue Services hire fifty new auditors.

What This Bill Does

• Proposes appropriating a specific dollar amount, currently left blank in the text, from the General Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.
• Funds the hiring of fifty additional in-house auditors at the Department of Revenue Services.
• Directs these new staff to help close the state's tax gap by collecting taxes and assessing penalties and interest as applicable.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Connecticut General Assembly, which would provide funding from the General Fund if passed.
• The Department of Revenue Services, which would receive money to hire new staff.
• Taxpayers whose tax accounts may be reviewed by the new auditors.

Terms To Know

Appropriation

An official act that sets aside a specific amount of money for a government purpose.

General Fund

The main account where the state keeps most of its tax revenue to pay for services.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill text leaves a blank space for the exact dollar amount to be appropriated.
• No specific effective date is listed in the provided source material.
• The bill was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, so further legislative action may still occur.

Official Summary Text

To increase appropriation to hire auditors to work for the Department of Revenue Services.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 969 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5175
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 969

Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS

Introduced by:
REP. FARRAR, 20th Dist.
REP. DOUCETTE, 13th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING TO HIRE AUDITORS AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That the sum of ____ dollars be appropriated to the Department of 1
Revenue Services, from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 2
30, 2027, for the purpose of hiring fifty additional in -house auditors to 3
assist in the closing of the state's tax gap by collecting taxes and 4
assessing penalties and interest as applicable. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To increase appropriation to hire auditors to work for the Department
of Revenue Services.