Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-58

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Sec. 12-58. Declaration of property of manufacturers and traders.

Official statutory text

See Sec. 12-24b re repeal of inconsistent special acts.

Business carried on here taxable though owner is nonresident and the goods are liable to taxation in another state; otherwise as to horse and wagon used in the business. 56 C. 351. Quaere, as to limitation upon amount of deduction. 76 C. 673. Scope of words “trading or mercantile business”; lumbering. 82 C. 269. Money in hands of receiver of manufacturing concern not within section. Id., 406. In case of fire district, taxing power is confined to value of goods actually within the district. 92 C. 676. Cited. 145 C. 375. Average amount of goods on hand at end of each month not exclusive method of determining taxable quantity. 146 C. 165. Buying groceries at wholesale for sale to retail grocers who are members of association held to be a trading or mercantile business. 147 C. 287. Property in plaintiff's factory, title to which passed to federal government under provisions of contract of manufacturer, may not be taxed to plaintiff who had nothing except right to its use and possession; statute does not authorize assessment of tax against possessory interests. 156 C. 33.

Where, in action to collect taxes levied under section, defendant asserted tax is unconstitutional, plaintiff is entitled to summary judgment since such a defense could not be properly made in such an action and there was no genuine issue as to any material fact; taxpayer claiming to be aggrieved may seek relief as provided by Sec. 12-118 or 12-119 or may pay the tax, under proper protest, and sue to recover such money as was illegally paid; he may not, in an action to collect the tax, contest the valuation placed on his property. 25 CS 466.

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