Ritter Supports Online Sales Tax at Business Breakfast

Betsy Ritter, a democrat who represents Waterford and Montville told U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd that the state will be better off if online retailers would collect tax that rightfully belongs to the state of Connecticut.  

Ritter is talking about the online sales tax law that recently passed through the U.S. Senate that would require big online retailers like eBay and Overstock to start charging the 6.25 percent sales tax that brick and mortar businesses in the state already charge customers, according to a report in ctmirror.com  

The report said that the state would stand to gain $150 million in tax revenue if the measure is adopted, according to Kevin Sullivan, the states commissioner of revenue services.    

Ritter attended a business breakfast in Mystic and the congressman was there to talk about tax reform and the possibility of a Base Realignment and Closure with local business people and legislators.

Courtney said the Groton military base would not likely be closed because, although the White House did author Congress to look for savings, it did request that the 300 U.S. military bases in Europe be targeted before the stateside bases, wrote the NorwichBulletin.com