New Car Tax Proposal Could Raise Millions: How Much Does Your Town Stand To Get?

By Jack Kramer, Patch Correspondent

HARTFORD, CT — One of the tax-generating bills being debated in the General Assembly would allow towns to impose a fee of $50 per vehicle registered in the town. The language is part of a bill that would also raise the sales tax from 6.35 to 6.99 percent – and having the towns take the estimated $400 million it would bring in to spend on town – not state – projects.

The car fee tax hasn’t gotten a lot of attention, but if passed it would raise millions for many of the largest municipalities in the state. Stamford, which has more cars registered in its borders than any other municipality, would stand to collect more than $4 million.

In total, more than 35 cities and towns in the state would collect more than $1 million. Those municipalities are the top 35 on the list below. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

To see how much money your town would generate from the tax – the entire list is below.

(One note: the list was compiled by the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities – so only towns and cities that are part of CCM are included in the list.)

1. Stamford ($4.1 million)
2. Bridgeport (3.3 million)
3. Norwalk ($3 million)
4. Danbury (2.9 million)
5. New Haven (2.6 million)
6. Greenwich ($2.35 million)
7. Bristol ($2.18 million)
8. Fairfield ($2.15 million)
9. Hartford ($2.06 million)
10. Milford ($2.03 million)
11. Meriden ($1.93 million)
12. New Britain ($1.91 million)
13. Stratford ($1.895 million)
14. Wallingford ($1.83 million)
15. Hamden ($1.82 million)
16. Southington ($1.81 million)
17. East Hartford ($1.68 million)
18. Shelton ($1.64 million)
19. Enfield ($1.57 million)
20. Middletown ($1.54 million)
21. Trumbull ($1.38 million)
22. Glastonbury ($1.35 million)
23. Torrington ($1.29 million)
24. Newington ($1.25 million)
25. Norwich ($1.19 million)
26. New Milford ($1.18 million)
27. Branford ($1.16 million)
28. Naugatuck ($1.13 million)
29. Cheshire ($1.08 million)
30. Vernon ($1.08 million)
31. Newtown ($1.08 million)
32. South Windsor ($1.06 million)
33. East Haven ($1.03 million)
34. Farmington ($1.03 million)
35. North Haven ($1.03 million)
36. Berlin ($953,150)
37. Ridgefield ($943,100)
38. Simsbury ($890,900)
39. Guilford ($884,000)
40. Bloomfield ($811,950)
41. Monroe ($805,850)
42. Rocky Hill ($797,750)
43. Southbury ($777,700)
44. Stonington ($772,400)
45. Darien ($759,650)
46. Madison ($748,950)
47. New Canaan ($741,500)
48. Plainville ($740,950)
49. Avon ($731,950)
50. New London ($704,150)
51. East Lyme ($701,900)
52. Montville ($700,800)
53. Brookfield ($689,200)
54. Seymour ($660,450)
55. Colchester ($641,900)
56. Ellington ($638,100)
57. Tolland ($626,200)
58. Orange ($602,200)
59. North Branford ($599,200)
60. Ledyard ($589,750)
61. Cromwell ($576,250)
62. Oxford ($570,000)
63. Plainfield ($559,250)
64. New Fairfield ($559,100)
65. Suffield ($551,250)
66. Clinton ($544,050)
67. East Hampton ($538,500)
68. Coventry ($507,450)
69. Old Saybrook ($500,200)
70. Plymouth ($495,700)
71. Stafford ($489,250)
72. East Windsor ($466,700)
73. Granby ($458,850)
74. Griswold ($453,900)
75. Derby ($423,850)
76. Mansfield ($443,600)
77. Prospect ($416,450)
78. Canton ($407,500)
79. Burlington ($394,400)
80. East Haddam ($389,850)
81. Hebron ($385,800)
82. Thompson ($381,150)
83. Portland ($377,150)
84. Litchfield ($373,150)
85. Putnam ($366,650
86. Redding ($366,300)
87. Haddam ($360,200)
88. Old Lyme ($353,300)
89. Lebanon ($318,550)
90. Durham ($318,200)
91. Brooklyn ($309,450)
92. Middlebury ($308,550)
93. Easton ($298,750)
94. Essex ($293,900)
95. New Hartford ($292,300)
96. Killingworth ($280,650)
97. Harwinton ($258,350)
98. East Granby (240,550)
99. Bolton ($210,850)
100. Preston ($204,750)
101. Ashford ($183,600)
102. Lisbon ($182,600)
103. Salem ($179,100)
104. Salisbury ($165,650)
105. Pomfret ($169,250)
106. Barkhamsted ($162,200)
107. Sherman ($159,750)
108. Chester ($158,850)
109. Goshen ($143,800)
110. Sterling ($143,650)
111. Kent ($126,600)
112. Sprague ($119,950)
113. Bozrah ($119,800)
114. Sharon ($116,400)
115. Roxbury ($112,350)
116. Morris ($104,500)
117. Lyme ($102,850)
118. Franklin ($96,800)
119. Chaplin ($94,200)
120. Hampton ($90,450)
121. Hartland ($88,150)
122. Bridgewater ($79,250)
123. Cornwall ($76,850)
124. Eastford ($74,350)
125. Norfolk ($73,900)
126. Canaan ($69,000)
127. Scotland ($63,250)
128. Warren ($60,150)
129. Union ($38,600)