Sec. 12-263b. Tax on gross earnings. Rate. Tax not applicable after April 1, 2000. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 12-263b. Tax on gross earnings. Rate. Tax not applicable after April 1, 2000. There is hereby imposed on the hospital gross earnings of each hospital in this state a tax (1) at the rate of eleven per cent of its hospital gross earnings in each taxable quarter for taxable quarters commencing prior to October 1, 1996; (2) at the rate of nine and one-fourth per cent of its hospital gross earnings in each taxable quarter commencing on or after October 1, 1996, and prior to October 1, 1997; (3) at the rate of eight and one-fourth per cent of its hospital gross earnings in each taxable quarter commencing on or after October 1, 1997, and prior to October 1, 1998; (4) at the rate of seven and one-fourth per cent of its hospital gross earnings in each taxable quarter commencing on or after October 1, 1998, and prior to October 1, 1999; and (5) at the rate of four and one-half per cent of its hospital gross earnings in each taxable quarter commencing on or after October 1, 1999, and prior to April 1, 2000. The hospital gross earnings of each hospital in this state shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter with respect to calendar quarters commencing on or after April 1, 2000. Each hospital shall, on or before the last day of January, April, July and October of each year, render to the Commissioner of Revenue Services a return, on forms prescribed or furnished by the Commissioner of Revenue Services and signed by one of its principal officers, stating specifically the name and location of such hospital, and the amounts of its hospital gross earnings, its net revenue and its gross revenue for the calendar quarter ending the last day of the preceding month. Payment shall be made with such return.

      (P.A. 94-9, S. 22, 41; P.A. 96-144, S. 2, 5; P.A. 98-244, S. 12, 35; P.A. 99-173, S. 32, 65; P.A. 00-170, S. 9, 42.)

      History: P.A. 94-9 effective April 1, 1994; P.A. 96-144 reduced tax from 11% to 9.25% on October 1, 1996, to 8.25% on October 1, 1997, to 7.25% on October 1, 1998, and to 6.25% on and after October 1, 1999, effective May 29, 1996; P.A. 98-244 eliminated notarization requirement, effective June 8, 1998, and applicable to calendar quarters commencing on or after October 1, 1998; P.A. 99-173 reduced rate from 6.25% to 4.5% in Subdiv. (5), effective June 23, 1999, and applicable to calendar quarters commencing on or after October 1, 1999; P.A. 00-170 discontinued to the tax for calendar quarters commencing on or after April 1, 2000, effective May 26, 2000.