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Who Pays The Most Income Tax In CT: Results May Surprise

Officials say because one person moved out of state, Connecticut lost $30 million.

Connecticut heavily relies on its state income tax to pay the bills. It covered about half of general fund revenue in fiscal year 2017 by bringing in $8.42 billion to Connecticut’s coffers, according to the state Comptroller’s Office.

A good chunk that money comes from a handful of communities, with Greenwich, Stamford, Fairfield and Westport residents paying more than $1.2 billion in 2016.

A 2014 report by the Department of Revenue Service found that the top 357 households paid $682 million in personal income tax, which was about 11.7 percent of all Connecticut income tax collected for that year. A handful of those in the .02% moving or changing their tax filings can have a large effect on the state’s coffers.

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The Yankee Institute for Public Policy calculated that the state lost $30 million in income taxes after Greenwich hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones left the state for Florida.

Connecticut’s top income tax rate is 6.99 percent for income made over $500,000 for those filing as single and $1 million for those filing jointly. It scales up from a low rate of 3 percent across seven brackets.

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The state Commission on Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth argued that the income tax should be dropped 18 percent for the top bracket and similar or greater amounts in lower brackets in exchange for a sales tax increase of 7.25 percent.

Data from Department of Revenue Services 2016 data.

The top 10 per capita are:

  1. Greenwich: $20,282
  2. New Canaan: $20,123
  3. Darien: $18,919
  4. Westport: $17,516
  5. Weston: $14,510
  6. Wilton: $13,288
  7. Ridgefield: $10,597
  8. Woodbridge: $10,343
  9. Avon: $9,947
  10. Easton: 9,859

Top 10 towns by total amount of state income tax paid:

  1. Greenwich: $554 million
  2. Stamford: $253 million
  3. Fairfield: $210 million
  4. Westport: $203 million
  5. West Hartford: $171 million
  6. New Canaan: 165 million
  7. Darien: $158 million
  8. Norwalk: $149 million
  9. Glastonbury: $112 million
  10. Milford: $110 million

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MunicipalityNumber of Returns 2016CT Income Tax 2016Per Capita 2016
GREENWICH27,333$554,374,149.00 $20,282.00
STAMFORD61,016$253,612,830.00 $4,156.00
FAIRFIELD24,521$210,571,456.00 $8,587.00
WESTPORT11,623$203,589,633.00 $17,516.00
WEST HARTFORD 28,558$171,817,664.00 $6,016.00
NEW CANAAN8,225$165,509,512.00 $20,123.00
DARIEN8,366$158,273,075.00 $18,919.00
NORWALK41,970$149,760,507.00 $3,568.00
GLASTONBURY15,851$112,422,443.00 $7,092.00
MILFORD25,909$110,670,397.00 $4,272.00
RIDGEFIELD10,347$109,642,086.00 $10,597.00
WILTON7,519$99,915,020.00 $13,288.00
NEW HAVEN49,107$89,388,902.00 $1,820.00
AVON8,455$84,101,775.00 $9,947.00
TRUMBULL15,898$82,832,975.00 $5,210.00
HAMDEN25,212$76,948,767.00 $3,052.00
FARMINGTON12,096$76,935,508.00 $6,360.00
SOUTHINGTON 20,479$75,605,359.00 $3,692.00
SIMSBURY10,710$74,669,677.00 $6,972.00
WALLINGFORD21,777$72,362,959.00 $3,323.00
DANBURY36,562$71,479,696.00 $1,955.00
SHELTON19,370$71,114,936.00 $3,671.00
MANCHESTER28,487$68,555,730.00 $2,407.00
NEWTOWN11,857$67,865,589.00 $5,724.00
GUILFORD10,122$67,608,847.00 $6,679.00
CHESHIRE12,393$67,387,530.00 $5,438.00
BRISTOL28,599$64,236,830.00 $2,246.00
STRATFORD25,219$64,011,467.00 $2,538.00
BRIDGEPORT59,738$61,465,266.00 $1,029.00
MADISON8,080$61,038,179.00 $7,554.00
BRANFORD14,392$59,880,479.00 $4,161.00
WESTON4,087$59,302,265.00 $14,510.00
MIDDLETOWN20,824$55,835,515.00 $2,681.00
WATERBURY46,280$54,183,281.00 $1,171.00
SOUTH WINDSOR 12,201$54,021,137.00 $4,428.00
STONINGTON12,692$52,706,572.00 $4,153.00
HARTFORD49,075$51,242,224.00 $1,044.00
MERIDEN27,258$50,027,323.00 $1,835.00
WETHERSFIELD13,120$48,374,305.00 $3,687.00
NORTH HAVEN11,835$47,048,681.00 $3,975.00
NEWINGTON 15,349$42,989,401.00 $2,801.00
WOODBRIDGE4,128$42,737,698.00 $10,353.00
MONROE8,746$42,397,763.00 $4,848.00
WEST HAVEN 24,394$41,940,473.00 $1,719.00
ENFIELD19,700$41,202,453.00 $2,091.00
SOUTHBURY 8,873$41,044,340.00 $4,626.00
WINDSOR14,637$39,080,521.00 $2,670.00
BERLIN10,086$39,038,292.00 $3,871.00
NEW BRITAIN31,360$38,363,772.00 $1,223.00
NEW MILFORD 12,918$37,836,736.00 $2,929.00
ORANGE6,677$37,214,827.00 $5,574.00
REDDING3,953$37,199,731.00 $9,411.00
BLOOMFIELD10,804$37,048,237.00 $3,429.00
ROCKY HILL9,734$36,676,321.00 $3,768.00
VERNON14,576$36,128,414.00 $2,479.00
EAST HARTFORD 24,275$35,934,826.00 $1,480.00
EAST LYME 8,469$35,634,083.00 $4,208.00
BROOKFIELD8,133$33,892,504.00 $4,167.00
ELLINGTON7,538$33,298,582.00 $4,417.00
WATERTOWN10,414$32,969,740.00 $3,166.00
EASTON 3,245$31,991,827.00 $9,859.00
WATERFORD9,581$31,294,806.00 $3,266.00
TOLLAND6,594$31,209,266.00 $4,733.00
SUFFIELD6,313$31,049,245.00 $4,918.00
EAST HAVEN 13,453$30,922,610.00 $2,299.00
TORRINGTON16,108$30,616,369.00 $1,901.00
CROMWELL7,005$30,411,795.00 $4,341.00
NAUGATUCK14,358$29,742,923.00 $2,072.00
BETHEL8,750$27,308,692.00 $3,121.00
NORWICH17,788$26,912,934.00 $1,513.00
COLCHESTER7,564$26,907,189.00 $3,557.00
OLD LYME3,731$26,552,629.00 $7,117.00
GROTON11,525$25,903,860.00 $2,248.00
CANTON4,680$25,759,516.00 $5,504.00
OLD SAYBROOK5,114$25,456,799.00 $4,978.00
GRANBY5,003$25,357,702.00 $5,068.00
NORTH BRANFORD6,815$24,773,510.00 $3,635.00
MIDDLEBURY3,425$24,533,755.00 $7,163.00
OXFORD5,803$24,517,548.00 $4,225.00
BURLINGTON4,285$23,265,298.00 $5,429.00
WOLCOTT7,759$23,258,044.00 $2,998.00
EAST HAMPTON 6,139$23,137,252.00 $3,769.00
SEYMOUR7,922$22,568,291.00 $2,849.00
CLINTON6,343$22,095,898.00 $3,484.00
PLAINVILLE8,848$21,661,566.00 $2,448.00
WOODBURY4,712$21,658,768.00 $4,597.00
DURHAM3,468$20,680,305.00 $5,963.00
ESSEX3,202$20,666,271.00 $6,454.00
NEW FAIRFIELD6,128$20,358,833.00 $3,322.00
COVENTRY5,860$19,839,776.00 $3,386.00
MANSFIELD5,379$19,822,706.00 $3,685.00
HEBRON4,287$19,562,411.00 $4,563.00
LEDYARD6,676$19,153,173.00 $2,869.00
MONTVILLE8,321$18,835,422.00 $2,264.00
LITCHFIELD3,861$17,730,789.00 $4,592.00
PORTLAND4,477$17,513,743.00 $3,912.00
SOMERS4,393$17,457,651.00 $3,974.00
HADDAM3,956$17,227,416.00 $4,355.00
WESTBROOK 3,237$16,555,014.00 $5,114.00
PROSPECT4,508$15,450,487.00 $3,427.00
MARLBOROUGH2,865$15,183,666.00 $5,300.00
ANSONIA8,659$15,009,944.00 $1,733.00
NEW LONDON 11,247$14,707,239.00 $1,308.00
BETHANY2,455$14,521,773.00 $5,915.00
KILLINGWORTH2,872$14,444,703.00 $5,029.00
NEW HARTFORD3,315$14,119,121.00 $4,259.00
EAST WINDSOR 5,597$13,875,142.00 $2,479.00
EAST HADDAM 3,901$13,811,346.00 $3,540.00
WINDSOR LOCKS6,444$13,790,875.00 $2,140.00
PLYMOUTH5,704$13,478,650.00 $2,363.00
WINDHAM9,508$12,456,754.00 $1,310.00
KILLINGLY7,753$12,436,306.00 $1,604.00
STAFFORD5,465$12,396,538.00 $2,268.00
DERBY5,853$11,677,813.00 $1,995.00
GRISWOLD5,492$11,202,322.00 $2,040.00
DEEP RIVER2,182$10,532,601.00 $4,827.00
WOODSTOCK3,592$10,501,766.00 $2,924.00
BOLTON2,384$10,382,142.00 $4,355.00
PLAINFIELD6,481$10,351,636.00 $1,597.00
EAST GRANBY 2,482$10,047,295.00 $4,048.00
LEBANON3,289$10,032,193.00 $3,050.00
WINCHESTER4,885$9,982,823.00 $2,044.00
HARWINTON2,559$9,867,776.00 $3,856.00
WASHINGTON1,820$9,663,686.00 $5,310.00
THOMASTON3,715$9,497,967.00 $2,557.00
COLUMBIA2,602$9,435,636.00 $3,626.00
BEACON FALLS2,876$8,617,547.00 $2,996.00
SALISBURY1,640$8,148,354.00 $4,969.00
MIDDLEFIELD2,024$8,112,628.00 $4,008.00
CHESTER1,879$7,958,072.00 $4,235.00
BROOKLYN3,459$7,949,640.00 $2,298.00
WILLINGTON2,636$7,934,980.00 $3,010.00
NORTH STONINGTON2,413$7,758,350.00 $3,215.00
SALEM1,880$7,635,934.00 $4,062.00
ROXBURY997$7,612,484.00 $7,635.00
LYME962$7,449,806.00 $7,744.00
SHARON1,025$7,021,759.00 $6,850.00
GOSHEN1,339$6,631,283.00 $4,952.00
SHERMAN1,589$6,612,861.00 $4,162.00
POMFRET1,874$6,551,207.00 $3,496.00
BRIDGEWATER812$6,126,378.00 $7,545.00
BETHLEHEM1,687$5,960,149.00 $3,533.00
BARKHAMSTED1,816$5,787,917.00 $3,187.00
PRESTON2,142$5,678,125.00 $2,651.00
CANTERBURY2,326$5,485,537.00 $2,358.00
ASHFORD2,105$5,450,457.00 $2,589.00
PUTNAM4,018$5,383,891.00 $1,340.00
THOMPSON4,172$5,375,262.00 $1,288.00
ANDOVER1,522$5,276,011.00 $3,466.00
MORRIS1,078$4,592,874.00 $4,261.00
LISBON1,702$4,481,531.00 $2,633.00
KENT1,306$4,364,093.00 $3,342.00
BOZRAH1,211$3,708,101.00 $3,062.00
CANAAN1,733$3,384,118.00 $1,953.00
SPRAGUE1,498$3,214,867.00 $2,146.00
HAMPTON1,107$3,053,280.00 $2,758.00
NORFOLK739$3,051,275.00 $4,129.00
HARTLAND839$2,810,461.00 $3,350.00
FRANKLIN899$2,740,373.00 $3,048.00
VOLUNTOWN1,211$2,648,992.00 $2,187.00
CORNWALL741$2,565,009.00 $3,462.00
STERLING1,433$2,492,798.00 $1,740.00
CHAPLIN1,037$2,352,237.00 $2,268.00
WARREN428$2,241,212.00 $5,236.00
EASTFORD 682$1,866,401.00 $2,737.00
COLEBROOK575$1,823,173.00 $3,171.00
UNION292$1,070,040.00 $3,665.00
SCOTLAND328$756,924.00 $2,308.00
NORTH CANAAN362$603,297.00 $1,667.00

2015 data

MunicipalityNumber of Returns 2015CT Income Tax 2015Tax Per Capita 2015
GREENWICH26,471$650,278,422.00 $24,566.00
STAMFORD60,309$264,165,119.00 $4,380.00
NEW CANAAN7,962$218,726,307.00 $27,471.00
WESTPORT11,464$218,488,472.00 $19,059.00
FAIRFIELD24,037$200,871,026.00 $8,357.00
DARIEN8,261$199,806,652.00 $24,187.00
WEST HARTFORD 28,342$174,278,984.00 $6,149.00
NORWALK41,452$149,474,657.00 $3,606.00
MILFORD25,635$118,052,967.00 $4,605.00
RIDGEFIELD10,107$112,915,138.00 $11,172.00
GLASTONBURY15,681$112,636,562.00 $7,183.00
WILTON7,374$104,403,853.00 $14,158.00
NEW HAVEN48,740$89,753,561.00 $1,841.00
AVON8,361$85,485,184.00 $10,224.00
SIMSBURY10,588$81,431,034.00 $7,691.00
FARMINGTON12,017$81,299,784.00 $6,765.00
TRUMBULL15,631$80,399,259.00 $5,144.00
HAMDEN25,207$75,967,233.00 $3,014.00
SOUTHINGTON 20,307$74,171,095.00 $3,652.00
MANCHESTER28,179$72,050,315.00 $2,557.00
DANBURY35,981$71,453,560.00 $1,986.00
WALLINGFORD21,600$70,425,658.00 $3,260.00
NEWTOWN11,621$68,645,347.00 $5,907.00
CHESHIRE12,241$67,954,800.00 $5,551.00
SHELTON19,144$67,798,866.00 $3,542.00
GUILFORD9,999$67,013,872.00 $6,702.00
WESTON4,005$66,758,635.00 $16,669.00
BRISTOL28,518$64,129,600.00 $2,249.00
STRATFORD24,976$63,238,824.00 $2,532.00
MADISON7,963$61,856,832.00 $7,768.00
BRIDGEPORT59,246$59,200,924.00 $999.00
BRANFORD14,144$58,571,911.00 $4,141.00
MIDDLETOWN20,942$56,008,120.00 $2,674.00
WATERBURY45,988$54,307,818.00 $1,181.00
SOUTH WINDSOR 12,133$53,373,812.00 $4,399.00
STONINGTON12,536$51,729,104.00 $4,126.00
HARTFORD48,890$51,036,073.00 $1,044.00
MERIDEN27,235$50,407,193.00 $1,851.00
WETHERSFIELD13,025$45,085,227.00 $3,461.00
NORTH HAVEN11,596$44,591,181.00 $3,845.00
WOODBRIDGE4,017$44,178,917.00 $10,998.00
NEWINGTON 15,274$42,278,963.00 $2,768.00
MONROE8,743$42,105,708.00 $4,816.00
WEST HAVEN 24,306$41,420,527.00 $1,704.00
ENFIELD19,695$40,634,279.00 $2,063.00
SOUTHBURY 8,890$39,433,542.00 $4,436.00
REDDING3,873$38,950,565.00 $10,057.00
WINDSOR14,572$38,891,913.00 $2,669.00
BERLIN10,021$38,842,493.00 $3,876.00
NEW MILFORD 12,813$37,417,012.00 $2,920.00
NEW BRITAIN31,104$36,624,164.00 $1,177.00
ORANGE6,502$36,027,567.00 $5,541.00
ROCKY HILL9,653$35,811,046.00 $3,710.00
BLOOMFIELD10,750$35,172,834.00 $3,272.00
EAST HARTFORD 24,317$34,986,675.00 $1,439.00
VERNON14,373$34,786,609.00 $2,420.00
EAST LYME 8,302$34,687,768.00 $4,178.00
BROOKFIELD7,896$32,729,473.00 $4,145.00
WATERTOWN10,415$32,521,757.00 $3,123.00
TOLLAND6,616$31,849,219.00 $4,814.00
EASTON 3,158$31,800,534.00 $10,070.00
ELLINGTON7,509$31,746,750.00 $4,228.00
EAST HAVEN 13,385$30,634,133.00 $2,289.00
WATERFORD9,485$30,581,837.00 $3,224.00
TORRINGTON16,049$30,244,437.00 $1,885.00
NAUGATUCK14,380$29,765,161.00 $2,070.00
CROMWELL7,020$28,735,102.00 $4,093.00
SUFFIELD6,257$27,804,293.00 $4,444.00
BETHEL8,657$26,778,122.00 $3,093.00
NORWICH17,587$26,506,224.00 $1,507.00
CANTON4,629$26,369,747.00 $5,697.00
GRANBY4,976$26,255,555.00 $5,276.00
COLCHESTER7,449$26,116,776.00 $3,506.00
GROTON11,373$25,656,481.00 $2,256.00
BURLINGTON4,224$24,348,800.00 $5,764.00
OLD LYME3,645$24,035,235.00 $6,594.00
CLINTON6,241$23,900,204.00 $3,830.00
OXFORD5,679$23,723,023.00 $4,177.00
ESSEX3,219$23,507,026.00 $7,303.00
NORTH BRANFORD6,867$23,407,377.00 $3,409.00
OLD SAYBROOK4,985$23,230,008.00 $4,660.00
MANSFIELD5,415$23,070,524.00 $4,260.00
WOODBURY4,640$22,679,944.00 $4,888.00
WOLCOTT7,673$22,458,690.00 $2,927.00
EAST HAMPTON 6,056$22,418,555.00 $3,702.00
SEYMOUR7,777$21,948,975.00 $2,822.00
MIDDLEBURY3,339$21,424,082.00 $6,416.00
PLAINVILLE8,721$20,660,199.00 $2,369.00
NEW FAIRFIELD6,097$20,625,961.00 $3,383.00
DURHAM3,365$20,531,535.00 $6,101.00
COVENTRY5,812$19,654,251.00 $3,382.00
LITCHFIELD3,831$19,492,047.00 $5,088.00
HEBRON4,173$19,324,454.00 $4,631.00
LEDYARD6,684$18,966,430.00 $2,838.00
MONTVILLE8,319$18,585,054.00 $2,234.00
PORTLAND4,474$17,743,342.00 $3,966.00
HADDAM3,848$17,147,150.00 $4,456.00
SOMERS4,328$16,559,782.00 $3,826.00
PROSPECT4,465$16,267,046.00 $3,643.00
EAST HADDAM 3,797$15,305,704.00 $4,031.00
ANSONIA8,619$15,276,355.00 $1,772.00
KILLINGWORTH2,813$14,962,345.00 $5,319.00
NEW LONDON 11,150$14,208,131.00 $1,274.00
MARLBOROUGH2,822$14,070,154.00 $4,986.00
PLYMOUTH5,684$13,641,566.00 $2,400.00
WINDSOR LOCKS6,396$13,589,930.00 $2,125.00
DEEP RIVER2,209$13,547,950.00 $6,133.00
BETHANY2,397$13,537,388.00 $5,648.00
EAST WINDSOR 5,510$13,136,116.00 $2,384.00
NEW HARTFORD3,262$13,084,321.00 $4,011.00
WESTBROOK 3,206$12,607,135.00 $3,932.00
WINDHAM9,418$12,590,643.00 $1,337.00
WASHINGTON1,799$12,475,157.00 $6,934.00
KILLINGLY7,741$12,277,839.00 $1,586.00
STAFFORD5,446$11,948,350.00 $2,194.00
DERBY5,896$11,448,191.00 $1,942.00
GRISWOLD5,533$11,169,441.00 $2,019.00
WOODSTOCK3,581$10,673,207.00 $2,981.00
BOLTON2,351$10,301,795.00 $4,382.00
PLAINFIELD6,411$10,209,696.00 $1,593.00
EAST GRANBY 2,472$9,896,488.00 $4,003.00
HARWINTON2,488$9,840,202.00 $3,955.00
WINCHESTER4,944$9,737,322.00 $1,970.00
LEBANON3,235$9,555,307.00 $2,954.00
SHARON1,006$9,465,210.00 $9,409.00
LYME926$9,442,865.00 $10,197.00
THOMASTON3,669$9,380,075.00 $2,557.00
COLUMBIA2,613$9,267,192.00 $3,547.00
ROXBURY985$8,520,971.00 $8,651.00
BEACON FALLS2,820$8,329,033.00 $2,954.00
SALEM1,877$8,167,548.00 $4,351.00
WILLINGTON2,646$8,084,864.00 $3,056.00
MIDDLEFIELD2,040$7,956,353.00 $3,900.00
BROOKLYN3,350$7,924,397.00 $2,365.00
SHERMAN1,601$7,818,459.00 $4,883.00
CHESTER1,855$7,575,384.00 $4,084.00
NORTH STONINGTON2,360$7,529,450.00 $3,190.00
SALISBURY1,618$7,457,918.00 $4,609.00
GOSHEN1,320$6,329,607.00 $4,795.00
POMFRET1,840$6,215,955.00 $3,378.00
BARKHAMSTED1,793$5,961,156.00 $3,325.00
PUTNAM4,010$5,867,695.00 $1,463.00
BRIDGEWATER783$5,616,521.00 $7,173.00
BETHLEHEM1,648$5,575,338.00 $3,383.00
PRESTON2,110$5,543,357.00 $2,627.00
THOMPSON4,188$5,530,218.00 $1,320.00
ASHFORD2,112$5,497,095.00 $2,603.00
ANDOVER1,498$5,404,333.00 $3,608.00
CANTERBURY2,287$5,237,828.00 $2,290.00
KENT1,294$5,041,993.00 $3,896.00
LISBON1,671$4,410,340.00 $2,639.00
MORRIS1,035$4,091,300.00 $3,953.00
CANAAN1,732$3,468,291.00 $2,002.00
BOZRAH1,194$3,455,854.00 $2,894.00
NORFOLK709$3,138,751.00 $4,427.00
SPRAGUE1,499$3,072,378.00 $2,050.00
HAMPTON1,093$2,857,793.00 $2,615.00
CORNWALL736$2,773,654.00 $3,769.00
HARTLAND816$2,671,321.00 $3,274.00
FRANKLIN911$2,617,736.00 $2,873.00
VOLUNTOWN1,195$2,518,580.00 $2,108.00
STERLING1,438$2,489,927.00 $1,732.00
CHAPLIN983$2,158,328.00 $2,196.00
WARREN413$1,856,528.00 $4,495.00
EASTFORD 682$1,814,291.00 $2,660.00
COLEBROOK498$1,554,511.00 $3,122.00
UNION274$854,325.00 $3,118.00
SCOTLAND332$790,791.00 $2,382.00
NORTH CANAAN361$633,889.00 $1,756.00

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