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Sale Of Hartford Property For Delinquent Real Estate Taxes Whets Appetite For Rest Of The Story Peter J Reilly, Contributor September 11, 2012 Forbes‎ - 8 hours ago Some tax matters are pretty simple

September 11, 2012

 

From:  The Federation of Connecticut Taxpayer Organizations
Contact:  Susan Kniep, President
Website:
http://ctact.org/
Email:
fctopresident@aol.com
Telephone: 860-841-8032

 

 

 

Sale Of Hartford Property For Delinquent Real Estate Taxes Whets Appetite For Rest Of The Story  Peter J Reilly, Contributor  September 11, 2012  Forbes‎ - 8 hours ago Some tax matters are pretty simple.  For example, if you don’t pay real estate taxes on property you own, sooner or later you will lose the property.  Also, real estate taxes are close to universal and at least in every state I am familiar with payable at least annually.  So how is somebody like Frederick Cornelius, a sophisticated real estate investor according to to the Appellate Court of Connecticut, surprised when property that he never paid taxes on is lost in a tax sale ?  Continued at ….. http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/09/11/sale-of-hartford-property-for-delinquent-real-estate-taxes-whets-appetite-for-rest-of-the-story/

 

 

 

 

Mill Rates By CT Town for Fiscal Years 2011 vs 2012

The Mill Rates for the 2011 Grand List Have Not Yet Been Posted by the State's Office of Policy and Management.  The Federation obtained the figures and have included them within the following chart to provide you with a comparison of 2010 figures.  If you have any questions contact fctopresident@aol.com.  To obtain more information on mill rates go to OPM: Mill Rates at http://www.ct.gov/opm/cwp/view.asp?a=2987&q=385976. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Code

Municipality

Millrate 2011 Grand List

Municipality

Millrate 2010 Grand List

Difference

0

Andover

30.80

Andover

27.60

3.20

0

Ansonia

27.65

Ansonia

26.25

1.40

0

Ashford

31.05

Ashford

25.60

5.45

0

Avon

25.65

Avon

25.04

0.61

0

Barkhamsted

23.39

Barkhamsted

22.67

0.72

1

Barkhamsted - Fire District

1.40

Barkhamsted Fire District

1.35

0.05

0

Beacon Falls

31.10

Beacon Falls

26.10

5.00

0

Berlin

25.15

Berlin

24.50

0.65

1

Berlin - Kensington Fire District

1.00

Berlin - Kensington Fire District

Not Avail.

 

2

Berlin - Worthington Fire District

1.98

Berlin -Worthington Fire District

1.974

0.01

0

Bethany

28.54

Bethany

28.06

0.48

0

Bethel

24.07

Bethel

23.24

0.83

0

Bethlehem

20.50

Bethlehem

20.67

-0.17

0

Bloomfield

34.55

Bloomfield

33.70

0.85

1

Bloomfield - Center Fire District

0.90

Bloomfield, Center Fire District

0.875

0.03

2

Bloomfield - Blue Hill Fire District

2.50

Bloomfield, Blue Hill Fire District

2.20

0.30

0

Bolton

29.80

Bolton

29.33

0.47

0

Bozrah

22.50

Bozrah

22.00

0.50

0

Branford

24.95

Branford

24.27

0.68

0

Bridgeport

41.11

Bridgeport

39.64

1.47

0

Bridgewater

17.50

Bridgewater

16.25

1.25

0

Bristol

28.75

Bristol

27.24

1.51

0

Brookfield

24.54

Brookfield

19.94

4.60

0

Brooklyn

23.19

Brooklyn

22.38

0.81

0

Burlington

26.80

Burlington

26.75

0.05

0

Canaan

20.50

Canaan

20.50

0.00

0

Canterbury

21.20

Canterbury

21.20

0.00

0

Canton

26.42

Canton

26.28

0.14

0

Chaplin

30.15

Chaplin

30.15

0.00

0

Cheshire

27.23

Cheshire

26.85

0.38

0

Chester

22.45

Chester

22.11

0.34

0

Clinton

25.18

Clinton

24.92

0.26

0

Colchester

28.80

Colchester

25.85

2.95

0

Colebrook

26.82

Colebrook

26.00

0.82

0

Columbia

27.13

Columbia

23.55

3.58

0

Cornwall

14.60

Cornwall

12.50

2.10

0

Coventry

27.00

Coventry

27.00

0.00

0

Cromwell

27.06

Cromwell

26.80

0.26

1

Cromwell - Fire District

1.89

Cromwell Fire District

Not Avail.

 

0

Danbury

22.45

Danbury

21.69

0.76

0

Darien

12.68

Darien

12.20

0.48

0

Deep River

24.68

Deep River

24.28

0.40

0

Derby

35.50

Derby

27.90

7.60

0

Durham

32.19

Durham

30.46

1.73

0

Eastford

21.50

Eastford

21.25

0.25

0

East Granby

27.30

East Granby

27.00

0.30

0

East Haddam

21.52

East Haddam

21.10

0.42

0

East Hampton

25.97

East Hampton

25.68

0.29

0

East Hartford

42.79

East Hartford

34.42

8.37

0

East Haven

30.95

East Haven

26.59

4.36

0

East Lyme

22.78

East Lyme

19.472

3.31

0

Easton

29.10

Easton

22.95

6.15

0

East Windsor

24.7263

East Windsor

24.3756

0.35

0

Ellington

27.90

Ellington

27.50

0.40

0

Enfield

27.84

Enfield

23.88

3.96

1

Enfield - Fire District #1

3.05

Enfield Fire District #1

2.65

0.40

2

Enfield - Thompsonville Fire Dist. #2

6.60

Enfield Thompsonville Fire Dist. #2

5.60

1.00

3

Enfield - Hazardville Fire Dist.#3

2.10

Enfield, Hazardville Fire Dist.#3

1.75

0.35

4

Enfield - No. Thompsonville Fire Dist. #4

2.90

Enfield, No. Thompsonville Fire Dist. #4

2.40

0.50

5

Enfield - Shaker Pines Fire Dist #5

2.20

Enfield Shaker Pines Fire Dist #5

1.70

0.50

0

Essex

18.47

Essex

17.98

0.49

0

Fairfield

23.37

Fairfield

22.47

0.90

0

Farmington

21.90

Farmington

21.27

0.63

0

Franklin

21.04

Franklin

20.54

0.50

0

Glastonbury

30.50

Glastonbury

30.05

0.45

0

Goshen

15.00

Goshen

15.00

0.00

0

Granby

30.69

Granby

30.10

0.59

0

Greenwich

10.389

Greenwich

10.111

0.28

1

Greenwich + Sewer

0.612

Greenwich + Sewer

10.641

-10.03

0

Griswold

24.80

Griswold

18.73

6.07

0

Groton

20.22

Groton

18.89

1.33

1

Groton - Sewer District

0.25

Groton Sewer District

0.25

0.00

2

Groton - City of Groton

4.595

Groton, City of Groton

4.135

0.46

3

Groton - Poquonock Bridge Fire Dist.

5.90

Groton, Poquonock Bridge Fire

5.50

0.40

4

Groton - Mystic Fire Dist.

2.05

Groton, Mystic Fire

1.94

0.11

5

Groton - Noank Fire Dist.

1.19

Groton, Noank Fire

1.14

0.05

6

Groton - Old Mystic Fire Dist.

2.40

Groton, Old Mystic Fire

2.20

0.20

13

Groton - Long Point Assoc.

2.835

Center Groton Fire

3.00

-0.17

8

Groton - Center Fire Dist.

3.50

Groton, W. Pleasant Valley Fire

2.75

0.75

9

Groton - West Pleasant Valley Fire Dist.

2.82

Groton, Mumford Cove

0.279

2.54

10

Groton - Mumford Cove

0.305

Groton, Long Point Assoc.

2.78

-2.48

0

Guilford

22.36

Guilford

21.52

0.84

0

Haddam

28.99

Haddam

28.23

0.76

0

Hamden

37.137

Hamden

34.7671

2.37

0

Hampton

24.80

Hampton

24.80

0.00

0

Hartford

74.29

Hartford

Not Avail.

 

0

Hartland

24.00

Hartland

23.50

0.50

0

Harwinton

24.60

Harwinton

23.90

0.70

0

Hebron

33.55

Hebron

30.26

3.29

0

Kent

14.27

Kent

14.27

0.00

0

Killingly

19.70

Killingly

19.20

0.50

1

Killingly - Attawaugan Fire District

2.40

Killingly Attawaugan FD

1.945

0.46

2

Killingly - Dayville Fire District

1.50

Killingly Dayville FD

1.60

-0.10

3

Killingly - Dyer Manor

0.45

Killingly Dyer Manor

0.45

0.00

4

Killingly - East Killiingly Fire District

1.45

Killingly E. Killiingly FD

1.10

0.35

5

Killingly - So. Killingly Fire District

0.90

Killingly So. Killingly FD

0.90

0.00

6

Killingly - Orient Heights Fire Dist. # 5

0.55

Killingly District 5 Orient Heights

0.56

-0.01

7

Killingly -  Williamsville

1.98

Killingly Williamsville

1.98

0.00

0

Killingworth

24.78

Killingworth

22.77

2.01

0

Lebanon

23.60

Lebanon

22.80

0.80

0

Ledyard

27.93

Ledyard

27.93

0.00

0

Lisbon

19.60

Lisbon

16.90

2.70

0

Litchfield

22.20

Litchfield

22.20

0.00

0

Lyme

13.50

Lyme

13.50

0.00

0

Madison

19.77

Madison

19.43

0.34

3

Manchester 8th - Buckland Section Fire

1.90

Manchester 8th Buckland Section Fire

2.49

-0.59

1

Manchester + Special

41.37

Manchester + Special

41.26

0.11

2

Manchester 8th Fire + Sewer

3.80

Manchester 8th Fire + Sewer

4.98

-1.18

4

Manchester Eighth District Base

31.58

Manchester Eighth District Base

28.18

3.40

0

Manchester (Town)

35.83

Manchester (Town)

31.98

3.85

0

Mansfield

27.16

Mansfield

26.68

0.48

0

Marlborough

31.03

Marlborough

27.20

3.83

1

Meriden Second

36.80

Meriden Second

31.65

5.15

0

Meriden

34.70

Meriden

29.83

4.87

0

Middlebury

28.07

Middlebury

23.79

4.28

0

Middlefield

32.15

Middlefield

28.16

3.99

1

Middletown + City Fire

32.70

Middletown + City Fire

31.60

1.10

2

Middletown - South Fire

3.648

Middletown, South Fire

3.574

0.07

3

Middletown - Westfield Fire

1.237

Middletown, Westfield Fire

1.179

0.06

4

Middletown - City Fire

5.80

Middletown, City Fire

5.50

0.30

0

Middletown

26.90

Middletown

26.10

0.80

0

Milford

25.60

Milford

28.89

-3.29

0

Monroe

29.26

Monroe

28.79

0.47

0

Montville

29.33

Montville

23.00

6.33

0

Morris

21.90

Morris

20.83

1.07

0

Naugatuck

33.55

Naugatuck

Not Avail.

 

0

New Britain

36.63

New Britain

Not Avail.

 

1

New Britain + Downtown

3.70

New Britain + Downtown

Not Avail.

 

0

New Canaan

14.076

New Canaan

13.853

0.22

1

New Canaan - Sewer

0.623

New Canaan Sewer

0.623

0.00

0

New Fairfield

24.66

New Fairfield

23.95

0.71

0

New Hartford

24.80

New Hartford

24.20

0.60

1

New Hartford - Village Fire District #1

1.00

New Hartford Village FD #1

Not Avail.

 

3

New Hartford - Pine Meadow Fire Dist. #3

1.50

New Hartford Pine Meadow #3

1.50

0.00

4

New Hartford - South End Fire District #4

0.60

New Hartford South End FD #4

Not Avail.

 

4

New Haven + Whalley Ave. WASS

40.73

New Haven + Whalley Ave. WASS

45.73

-5.00

3

New Haven + Whalley Ave. WASF

Not Avail.

New Haven + Whalley Ave. WASF

Not Avail.

 

0

New Haven

38.88

New Haven

43.90

-5.02

1

New Haven+Town Green (FKA Downtown)

40.68

New Haven+Town(FKA Downtown)Green

45.75

-5.07

2

New Haven + Chapel West (CWSS)

41.38

New Haven + Chapel West

46.40

-5.02

5

New Haven + Grand Ave GAVA

40.13

New Haven + Grand Ave GAVA

44.90

-4.77

0

Newington

32.64

Newington

30.02

2.62

0

New London

Not Avail.

New London

25.31

 

1

New London + Center District

Not Avail.

New London + Center District

26.45

 

2

New London - Personal Property

Not Avail.

New London Personal Property

0.00

 

0

New Milford

25.37

New Milford

24.75

0.62

1

New Milford - Fire District

Not Avail.

New Milford Fire District

Not Avail.

 

0

Newtown

24.54

Newtown

24.37

0.17

0

Norfolk

20.18

Norfolk

20.11

0.07

0

North Branford

27.77

North Branford

27.77

0.00

0

North Canaan

21.50

North Canaan

21.00

0.50

1

North Canaan + Fire District

23.25

North Canaan + Fire District

22.75

0.50

2

North Canaan, Canaan Fire Dist.

1.75

North Canaan, Canaan Fire Dist.

1.75

0.00

0

North Haven

26.54

North Haven

26.54

0.00

0

North Stonington

25.25

North Stonington

20.29

4.96

1

Norwalk 1st  - Downtown

21.331

Norwalk 1st  - Downtown

20.742

0.59

2

Norwalk 2nd  - South

21.331

Norwalk 2nd  - South

20.742

0.59

3

Norwalk 3rd  - East

21.331

Norwalk 3rd  - East

20.742

0.59

4

Norwalk 4th  - Sewered Main Area

21.377

Norwalk 4th  - Sewered Main Area

20.795

0.58

5

Norwalk 5th - No Garbage Main Area

20.889

Norwalk 5th - No Garbage Main Area

20.304

0.59

6

Norwalk 6th - Rowayton

19.483

Norwalk 6th - Rowayton

19.022

0.46

7

Norwalk 7th

19.483

Norwalk 7th

19.022

0.46

8

Norwalk 8th

21.331

Norwalk 8th

20.742

0.59

9

Norwalk 9th

21.331

Norwalk 9th

20.742

0.59

10

Norwalk - Motor Vehicle Rate

26.186

Norwalk Motor Vehicle Rate

25.448

0.74

1

Norwalk 1st - No Garbage

20.843

Norwalk 1st No Garbage

20.251

0.59

2

Norwalk 2nd - No Garbage

20.843

Norwalk 2nd No Garbage

20.251

0.59

3

Norwalk 3rd - No Garbage

20.843

Norwalk 3rd No Garbage

20.251

0.59

4

Norwalk 4th - No Garbage

20.889

Norwalk 4th No Garbage

20.304

0.59

0

Norwich City (Vol Fire)(Town)

26.90

Norwich City (Vol Fire)(Town)

25.12

1.78

1

Norwich (Paid Fire)

31.10

Norwich (Fire)

28.83

2.27

0

Old Lyme

19.26

Old Lyme

18.80

0.46

0

Old Saybrook

14.62

Old Saybrook

14.06

0.56

0

Orange

31.20

Orange

30.20

1.00

0

Oxford

24.10

Oxford

23.21

0.89

0

Plainfield

21.52

Plainfield

20.79

0.73

1

Plainfield - Fire District # 255

1.25

Plainfield FD # 255

Not Avail.

 

2

Plainfield - Moosup Fire District

1.56

Plainfield Moosup FD

Not Avail.

 

3

Plainfield - Central Village Fire Distr.

2.35

Plainfield Central Village

2.125

0.23

4

Plainfield - Wauregan Fire District

1.80

Plainfield Wauregan

Not Avail.

 

0

Plainville

30.89

Plainville

28.98

1.91

0

Plymouth

34.90

Plymouth

31.50

3.40

0

Pomfret

22.98

Pomfret

22.26

0.72

1

Pomfret + Fire District

23.98

Pomfret + Fire District

23.06

0.92

2

Pomfret - Fire District

1.00

Pomfret Fire District

0.80

0.20

0

Portland

30.73

Portland

28.15

2.58

0

Preston

19.43

Preston

19.43

0.00

0

Prospect

27.58

Prospect

25.20

2.38

0

Putnam

14.94

Putnam

13.94

1.00

1

Putnam + Special Service District

22.34

Putnam + Special District

21.34

1.00

2

Putnam - West Putnam District

1.00

Putnam West Putnam District

1.00

0.00

3

Putnam - East Putnam District

1.20

Putnam East Putnam District

1.00

0.20

0

Redding

23.28

Redding

22.79

0.49

0

Ridgefield

20.37

Ridgefield

20.61

-0.24

0

Rocky Hill

25.90

Rocky Hill

24.50

1.40

0

Roxbury

12.10

Roxbury

11.90

0.20

0

Salem

29.60

Salem

24.50

5.10

0

Salisbury

10.20

Salisbury

10.00

0.20

0

Scotland

30.07

Scotland

30.07

0.00

0

Seymour

32.83

Seymour

27.62

5.21

0

Sharon

11.35

Sharon

11.35

0.00

0

Shelton

22.40

Shelton

18.57

3.83

0

Sherman

16.10

Sherman

15.80

0.30

0

Simsbury

31.37

Simsbury

30.86

0.51

1

Simsbury + Fire District

32.40

Simsbury + Fire District

31.88

0.52

2

Simsbury - Fire District

1.03

Simsbury, Fire District

1.02

0.01

0

Somers

23.12

Somers

22.12

1.00

0

Southbury

21.20

Southbury

21.40

-0.20

0

Southington

27.48

Southington

24.28

3.20

0

South Windsor

29.43

South Windsor

28.78

0.65

0

Sprague

26.75

Sprague

25.75

1.00

0

Stafford

32.29

Stafford

28.96

3.33

1

Stafford - Special Service District

2.16

Stafford, Special Service District

1.96

0.20

0

Stamford - Motor Vehicles

26.50

Stamford Motor Vehicles

26.50

0.00

1

Stamford - "A"

17.89

Stamford "A"

17.49

0.40

2

Stamford - "B"

17.49

Stamford "B"

17.10

0.39

3

Stamford - "C"

16.73

Stamford "C"

16.31

0.42

4

Stamford - "CS"

17.08

Stamford "CS"

16.64

0.44

5

Stamford - Pprop Other than MV

17.89

Stamford Pprop Other than MV

17.49

0.40

0

Sterling

21.34

Sterling

21.11

0.23

1

Sterling - Fire District

1.10

Sterling, Fire District

1.10

0.00

0

Stonington

15.89

Stonington

15.63

0.26

2

Stonington - Pawcatuck Fire District

1.163

Stonington Mystic FD

Not Avail.

 

4

Stonington - Fire District

0.55

Stonington Pawcatuck FD

1.163

-0.61

1

Stonington - Mystic Fire District

1.50

Stonington Quiambaug FD

0.60

0.90

5

Stonington - Wequetequock Fire District

0.60

Stonington FD

0.55

0.05

3

Stonington - Quiambaug Fire District

0.65

Stonington Wequetequock FD

Not Avail.

 

6

Stonington - Old Mystic Fire District

2.40

Stonington Old Mystic FD

2.20

0.20

7

Stonington - Lords Point Fire District

1.726

Stonington Lords Point FD

1.678

0.05

8

Stonington - Mason's Island

1.32

Stonington Mason's Island

Not Avail.

 

9

Stonington - Wamphassuc Point

0.346

Stonington Wamphassuk

0.347

0.00

10

Stonington - Latimer Point

1.60

Stonington Latimer Point

Not Avail.

 

0

Stratford

34.48

Stratford

34.15

0.33

0

Suffield

24.84

Suffield

24.17

0.67

0

Thomaston

32.83

Thomaston

Not Avail.

 

0

Thompson

22.20

Thompson

21.01

1.19

0

Tolland

29.99

Tolland

29.73

0.26

0

Torrington

33.47

Torrington

32.50

0.97

0

Trumbull

30.71

Trumbull

25.00

5.71

1

Trumbull - Long Hill Fire District

Not Avail.

Trumbull Long Hill FD

Not Avail.

 

2

Trumbull - Center Fire District

Not Avail.

Trumbull Center

Not Avail.

 

3

Trumbull - Nichols Center Fire District

Not Avail.

Trumbull Nichols Center

Not Avail.

 

0

Union

23.59

Union

23.05

0.54

0

Vernon

33.63

Vernon

29.90

3.73

0

Voluntown

24.25

Voluntown

24.17

0.08

0

Wallingford

25.98

Wallingford

25.22

0.76

0

Warren

13.00

Warren

12.25

0.75

0

Washington

11.50

Washington

11.00

0.50

0

Waterbury

41.8184

Waterbury

41.8184

0.00

0

Waterford

19.77

Waterford

18.79

0.98

0

Watertown

24.23

Watertown

23.32

0.91

0

Westbrook

20.98

Westbrook

16.96

4.02

 

 

 

 

 

0.00

0

West Hartford

35.75

West Hartford

39.44

-3.69

0

West Haven

31.25

West Haven

31.25

0.00

1

West Haven - First Center

8.50

West Haven, First Center

8.50

0.00

0

West Haven -  West Shore (2d)

8.63

West Haven, West Shore (2d)

8.63

0.00

0

West Haven - Allingtown (Third)

8.38

West Haven, Allingtown (Third)

7.55

0.83

0

Weston

24.02

Weston

23.94

0.08

0

Westport

17.91

Westport

17.43

0.48

0

Wethersfield

32.58

Wethersfield

31.42

1.16

0

Willington

23.96

Willington

23.58

0.38

0

Wilton

21.0555

Wilton

20.85

0.21

0

Winchester

Not Avail.

Winchester

25.43

 

1

Windham - Special Service Dist. #2

38.67

Windham, Special Service Dist. #2

Not Avail.

 

0

Windham - 1

28.63

Windham 1

Not Avail.

 

2

Windham - 1st Taxing District

1.55

Windham 1st Taxing District

Not Avail.

 

0

Windsor

27.95

Windsor

28.03

-0.08

1

Windsor - Wilson Fire District

2.80

Windsor, Wilson Fire District

Not Avail.

 

2

Windsor - Windsor Fire District

1.25

Windsor, Windsor Fire District

Not Avail.

 

0

Windsor Locks

24.27

Windsor Locks

23.40

0.87

0

Wolcott

25.27

Wolcott

22.68

2.59

0

Woodbridge

33.73

Woodbridge

33.08

0.65

0

Woodbury

22.58

Woodbury

22.46

0.12

0

Woodstock

21.78

Woodstock

18.42

3.36

0

Borough of Bantam (Litchfield)

1.50

Borough of Bantam (Litchfield)

Not Avail.

 

0

Borough of Danielson (Killingly)

3.20

Borough of Danielson

3.00

0.20

0

Borough of Fenwick (Old Saybrook)

2.45

Borough of Fenwick (Old Saybrook)

Not Avail.

 

0

Borough of Jewett City (Griswold)

3.50

Borough of Jewett City (Griswold)

Not Avail.

 

0

Borough of Litchfield

1.19

Borough of Litchfield

1.190

0.00

0

Borough of Newtown

0.61

Borough of Newtown

0.61

0.00

0

Borough of Stonington

1.90

Borough of Stonington

1.90

0.00

0

Borough of Woodmont (Milford)

Not Avail.

Borough of Woodmont (Milford)

Not Avail.