(a)(1) The annual report prepared by the Commissioner of Revenue Services for submission to the Governor and publication as provided in section 4-60 shall not be required to include the name of any person liable for payment of any tax which is unpaid. The commissioner shall prepare and maintain a list related to each type of tax levied by the state, containing the name and address of any person or corporation liable for payment of any such tax and the amount thereof, including any applicable interest or penalties, which tax, as of the end of the fiscal year with respect to which such report is prepared, is unpaid and a period in excess of ninety days has elapsed following the date on which such tax was due, exclusive of any tax determined to be uncollectible in accordance with section 12-37, any tax on which an appeal is pending and any tax which has been abated by said commissioner as provided in section 12-39. Such lists shall be available to the public for inspection by any person.

(2) The commissioner shall, prior to eliminating any person or corporation from the list prepared and maintained as provided in subdivision (1) of this subsection, indicate on such list whether such person or corporation is being eliminated from such list due to (A) payment in full of the tax, including applicable interest or penalties, (B) a negotiated settlement of the amount of tax due, or (C) a determination by the commissioner that such tax is uncollectible.

(b) If requested by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the commissioner shall prepare, from the list prepared pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, a list of taxpayers who are delinquent in the payment of the corporation business tax under chapter 208. The list may also include taxpayer identification numbers assigned by the commissioner.

(c) The commissioner may make available for public inspection a list of those persons who have applied to the commissioner for a license, permit or certificate and whose application has been denied, and those persons who were issued a license, permit or certificate by the commissioner and whose license, permit or certificate has been revoked, suspended or not renewed by the commissioner. The list shall be arranged by tax type and may include the date on which an application was denied or the date on which the license, permit or certificate was revoked, suspended or not renewed, and may include the reason for each such action.

(P.A. 79-168, S. 1, 2; P.A. 86-53, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-297, S. 13; P.A. 97-193, S. 3, 5; P.A. 14-155, S. 13; P.A. 17-147, S. 19.)

History: P.A. 86-53 removed the requirement that the annual report of the commissioner include a list of delinquencies and required the commissioner to maintain separate lists of delinquencies and to make them available for inspection by the public; P.A. 88-297 deleted reference to annual report as “a public document”; P.A. 97-193 designated existing section as Subsec. (a) and added a new Subsec. (b) re list of delinquent corporation business taxpayers for the Office of Policy and Management, effective June 24, 1997, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 1998; P.A. 14-155 amended Subsec. (a) by designating existing provisions re annual report and list as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re reason for elimination from list, and added Subsec. (c) re list of persons whose application for license, permit or certificate has been denied or whose license, permit or certificate has been revoked, suspended or not renewed, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 17-147 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing provision re annual preparation of list with provision re preparation of list by request of Secretary of Office of Policy and Management and replacing provision re list to be arranged in sequential order by taxpayer identification number with provision re list may include taxpayer identification numbers and making a technical change, effective July 7, 2017.