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 — Rep. John Piscopo and his House Republican colleagues recently unveiled their 2011 budget proposal that erases the $736 million deficit for 2011 without increasing taxes by consolidating government agencies and shrinking the public workforce. The balanced plan, released April 15, preserves municipal and school aid, and sets aside $74.5 million to stimulate job [...]
HARTFORD — Finance Committee member Rep. John Piscopo on April 1 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 [...]
