Sec. 12-437. Returns. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 12-437. Returns. Each distributor shall, on or before the last day of each month, file with the Commissioner of Revenue Services a return, on forms to be prescribed and furnished by such commissioner and signed under penalty of false statement by its treasurer or an authorized agent or officer, showing, for the preceding calendar month or any portion thereof during which such taxpayer was a distributor: (1) The total number of gallons of each kind of alcoholic beverage set forth in section 12-435 constituting the inventory of the distributor at the beginning of such calendar month or portion thereof; (2) the total number of gallons of each kind of such alcoholic beverage purchased by the distributor during such calendar month or portion thereof; (3) the total number of gallons of each kind of alcoholic beverage set forth in section 12-435 constituting the inventory of the distributor at the end of such calendar month or portion thereof; (4) the total number of gallons of alcoholic beverages disposed of by the distributor during such calendar month or portion thereof; (5) the total number of gallons of each kind of such alcoholic beverage sold by the distributor during such calendar month or portion thereof to another licensed distributor; (6) the total number of gallons of each kind of such alcoholic beverage sold by the distributor during such calendar month, or portion thereof, which, in the course of the sale, was transported outside of the state; (7) the amount of the tax payable for such calendar month or portion thereof, as provided in this chapter; and (8) such additional information as the commissioner requires for the proper administration of this chapter. The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall also prescribe and furnish a different type of form, to be used by brewers and manufacturers, on which returns shall be made to the Commissioner of Revenue Services on or before the last day of each month for the preceding calendar month or any portion thereof during which the taxpayer is engaged in business as a brewer or manufacturer.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4327; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 79-594, S. 1, 2; P.A. 06-159, S. 18.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-594 required that returns be filed on or before last day of each month rather than twentieth day; P.A. 06-159 deleted "under oath", added provision re penalty of false statement and made a technical change, effective October 1, 2006, and applicable to returns for calendar months commencing on or after that date.

      See note to Sec. 12-433.