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Public hearing being held on proposed tax plan at state capital

State House and Senate Republicans frustrated by proposed tax hikes in the budget for the next two years are holding a public hearing today about the proposal.  Danbury Senator Mike McLachlan says there hasn't been a chance for public input on the plan approved recently by the legislature's finance committee that would hike Connecticut taxes by nearly $2.4 billion, retroactive to January 1st. 

 

Services including accounting, veterinary, engineering and dry cleaning would also be subject to the state's sales tax under the measure approved by the committee.  McLachlan says the proposal does lower the sales tax over the next two years.  But he says it's taking from here to give it back there and either way working families are going to pay more in taxes.

 

More than 3,600 people has signed a petition as of Friday morning calling for no new taxes in Connecticut. 

 

The hearing is at 1:30 this afternoon.

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