Stamford resident's idea inspired legislation
Legislation (HB6270), introduced by State Representative Gerald Fox III (D-Stamford) requiring the Connecticut Lottery to deduct delinquent taxes and penalties before distributing a lottery prize of $5,000 or more to a winner, was ceremoniously signed into law Friday by Governor Dannel Malloy at the State Capitol.
The new law applies to winning lottery tickets redeemed on or after January 1, 2012. There is currently about $400 million in state tax delinquencies eligible for collection and Fox said the legislation will serve as an avenue to garner revenue that is past due.
"It makes sense that someone who owes back taxes to the state should pay those taxes if they are lucky enough to win a lottery," said Fox, who serves as House Chair of the Judiciary Committee. "This will not only raise needed revenue for the state, but will help create greater confidence and fairness in our tax system."
Current state statute already requires the Connecticut Lottery Corp. to check winning tickets valued at $5,000 or more against a list of individuals delinquent on child support payments. The lottery child support collection program, begun in 2004, has brought in about $1.5 million in delinquent payments.
Fox said Stamford resident Anthony Martino suggested the idea and testified at a public hearing on the bill before the legislature's Public Safety Committee.
"Winners are checked against a database of obligors owing child support, so I suggested the state could apply the same process to those owing delinquent taxes," Martino testified in February. "The concept could be further extended to casino winnings."
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wow..what brainiacs
I can imagine how much it cost per hour for the amount of people it took to come up with that idea
Won't be shocked when they start handing out complimentary KY jelly at the lottery entrance
If they also got rid of the deadbeats in the Senate and Congress their wouldn't be such a delinquentcy in taxes also> Pay these officials for work done, and Conn would be one healthy state. Forrest Gump is really proud of you guys....!
I love it: Stanford resident suggest this??? Are these individuals drinking to much creek water??/ Pathetic to say the least...!
I hope they never do that with back alimony.
Not that I'd care.
That's what a friend of mine says.
careful,there the dragon lady may be lurking.LOL
Just have someone who doesn't owe back taxes collect it.
Apparently, the five posters previous to me believe that people with tax delinquencies should get a free ride. That's fine with me as long as these five people and all who agree with them are willing to accept higher taxes for themselves to make up for those who don't pay.
not all 5,this one disagrees w/ alimony,or any other extortion for that matter.
Sounds like a common sense idea.
Were you the classroom stool pigeon in school, Nancy?
Did the normal kids lock you in your locker all the time?
All you ever do is piss and moan, whine and complain.
We all know you're a liberal but must you act like one every minute of the day?
Pretend you're not the geek-weasel you are once in a while and just mind your own business.
I think you might find it to be a liberating experience to hear of someone doing something you think might be wrong and not having to run to some authority to rat them out.
Try it once, for the first time in your life.
Mind your own business dimwit.
He's no geek weasel, he's a twerp punk.
I thought this was something that was done by all States already....
I also thought that as well. It makes sense that they would.
I never said that...I was actually appauled it took all this time for these mental martyrs to come up with such a plan.
as for the KY comment,that was just for CT lottery in general with regards to options for their prizes
When I observe you contributing something that indicates your purpose for posting here goes beyond fulfilling your duties as a resident LP moderator / police-person, attempting comedy, I'll consider giving fallacious reasoning a pass once in a while.
Don't have a full-blown fluster-fit, Nancy.
You're still my favorite little toe-tapper.
Slow night at the Greyhound Station?
Looks like you've got the graveyard shift tonight. Bummer. Well, you're really Johnny on the Spot! Only twelve minutes to complete a feeble attempt at gutter humor to draw attention away from my point. How long will it take you to have this post expunged like my thread 235384? BTW, it still pops up in your search facility; you'd better fix that! When the moderator[s] of a website like this are so thin-skinned that they must resort to deleting posts or entire threads that either don't fit with their politics, or give the slightest hint that said moderator[s] put profit before the online safety of their subscribers, I can think of only one word to describe them - deplorable!
Be quick now! I'm not the only one taking screen shots and observing subsequent deletions of posts that don't violate any of the LP rules.
OH i definetly agree yes yes yeeees!!!!!
Now u have the money to pay it!!!!
Your point is dull, all your points are dull, you are a dullard. You are a self righteous sanctimonious tattletale dimwit. Your avatar should be Gladys Kravitz.
jarasan says, "Your point is dull, all your points are dull, you are a dullard. You are a self righteous sanctimonious tattletale dimwit. Your avatar should be Gladys Kravitz."
OH MY! (I MUST HAVE HIT A NERVE)
If this is truly his opinion of my posts, I wonder why he replies to them, or even pays attention to them?
And since he has such a STRONG opinion of my "point," I wonder if he would be willing to explain to everyone, JUST WHAT IT IS HE THINKS MY POINT IS IN THIS INSTANCE?
--Jimmy4164
Dull dull dull dull dull Gladys.
No, dullard you didn't hit a nerve.
You're just another busy-body group-think kool-aid drinking leftist that doesn't have a frinking clue, mind your own business and don't worry about who does and who doesn't pay taxes you little biachie.
Trust me, everybody knows exactly what I am talking about, dimwit. No explanation necessary, everybody knows who Glady Kravitz is.
Go ahead screen shot all you want.
Nancy, Nancy, Nancy. What am I gonna do with you, you little rapscallion?
Are you off your meds again?
You think I'm a moderator now, LOL? You think I can expunge things or have them expunged?
Listen Nancy, if I could expunge anything it would be all your paranoia and fears and psychoses.
Nobody is out to get you, Nancy. There's no boogie man under your bed, there's no monster in the closet, so relax, it's all in your twisted, paranoid little mind.
You're taking screen shots? I don't even know what a screen shot is Nancy, the only shots I take come out of a Jack Daniels bottle..
This reminds me of when you thought I discovered a "secret code" in the html so I could install a keylog on you. Now isn't that just a little bit ridiculous, Nancy? Why in the world would anybody want to keylog you? Here's my reaction to that notion. --------->
That's me laughing, Nancy, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! So as you can see, the thought of me keylogging you is utterly ludicrous. You saw how it made me laugh so now you know there's no way I would waste my time on that. And needless to say, I don't know how to do that anyway.
I just wish I could convince you that there's nobody following you around and that the whole world isn't out to get you, Nancy, but you have to get back on your meds and work with me, little clunkhead.
You're hearing the voices again, aren't you?
Don't listen to them Nancy!
Get back on your meds!
We're all pulling for your recovery, Nancy. Back to yourself, talking your crazy nonsense about your ridiculous theories on winning the lottery. Yes, your ideas may have been stupid but at least you weren't torturing yourself with this paranoia about everybody being out to get you. We want the old "Crazy Nancy" with the dopey theories back, not the paranoid schizophrenic weirdo you become when you're off your meds.
Please give this serious consideration, Nancy. I am willing to take you under my wing and mentor you if necessary but I am no doctor. You must follow your doctor's orders and take those meds.
Now scat, you little munchkin!
You illustrate very clearly the contrast between how an undereducated right winger expresses himself verbally compared to a more typical liberal. I'll bet you're proud of your style too.
So, who does or does not pay taxes is none of my business, but, of course, it IS yours. Is that correct? If it is, it's a very curious arrangement. Don't you think?
You'll have to try another spelling of "biachie." I can't ascertain what warm sentiments you sent me.
Trust you, Everybody knows what my point was? I don't think so. The thread was deleted too quickly.
If you know what the point was in my deleted thread, I'd really like to see how you would explain it without using one of the key words or links that are not allowed to be mentioned at LP.
Indulge me, and the others who I'm sure are curious now about what we're talking about!
No, I meant cork soaker you're a cork soaker. You're a natural born cork soaker. Sorry.
That is very close..maybe to close...
Same here.
Anyone know offhand which states do and don't do this?
I know that Ohio can deduct back child support out of taxes. (There was a big scandal in my area a few years ago. A guy hit a huge scratch-off prize, and it turned out that he owed $50K in back child support.)
But I'm not sure what Ohio does about back taxes?
How many delinquents can they recover back payments from by placing so much focus on confiscating lottery winnings? Why don't they really
get their heads together and find another plan to make sure at least something is recovered from any source of income the deadbeats collect.
Why sit around patting themselves on the back for initiating confiscations on the small amount of individuals who ACTUALLY win a lottery prize large
enough to pay attention to?...For crying out loud, if they could find a way to take all wins they should but since only over a certain amount is required
for a claim form, then take the whole thing once they do report it, not just amounts over $5,000. Once a bum always a bum and really, how
many times are they going to win?...Get them while the getting is good - on a win starting at $600 and up.
Bravo ladies and gents..it only appears you're making progress. $1.5 Million since 2004 for the child support collection program?...
How much
more in 7 years for the back tax collection program?
Easy way out on the path of least resistance.