Plain English Breakdown
The official text groups eateries, caterers, and grocery stores together regarding meal taxes; separating them into individual bullet points was a stylistic choice of the candidate explanation rather than a structural distinction in the law.
Lowering Sales Tax Rates
This bill lowers the general state sales tax rate to six percent and removes an extra one-cent tax on meals from restaurants, caterers, and grocery stores.
What This Bill Does
- Decreases the state sales and use taxes rate to six per cent.
- Eliminates the additional one per cent sales and use taxes imposed on meals sold by eating establishments.
Who It Names or Affects
- People who pay sales and use taxes in Connecticut.
- Eating establishments that sell meals to customers.
Terms To Know
- Sales and use taxes
- Fees added to the price of goods when they are bought or used in the state.
- Eating establishments
- Businesses that prepare and sell food for people to eat on-site or take away.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official text does not specify when these tax changes will start.
- While the bill passed both chambers, it has been referred to a committee and its final status with the governor is unknown based on this document alone.