GOP Budget Includes New Tax On Teachers

September 9, 2017

The Republican state budget that was narrowly passed not only decimates our university system, but also hurts the lower and working middle class. As if that wasn't going far enough, hidden in the GOP budget is a new, annual tax on all public school teachers. Every teacher must contribute 1% of salary for half of this year, and 2% of all of next year's salary to state general fund! The GOP bill is cleverly worded. The word "teacher" does not appear in the legislation but it clearly pertains to teachers.

From the Republican budget:

Sec. 153. (Effective from passage) (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, one per cent of the amount of regular contributions required to be withheld during the period from January 1, 2018, to June 30, 2018, in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (7) of section 10-183b of the general statutes, shall be credited to the resources of the General Fund.

(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, two per cent of the amount of regular contributions required to be withheld during said fiscal year, in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (7) of section 10-183b of the general statutes, shall be credited to the resources of the General Fund.