Archive for April 2015

The tax bill approved by the Finance Committee last evening did not include a repeal of Connecticut’s current exemption of new, used or leased commercial vehicles from Connecticut’s sales tax. While repeal of this exemption was on the list Tuesday night, the bill drafted by the chairmen for the Wednesday committee meeting did not include the language.…

Your action is required immediately. At 11 a.m. today (April 29) the State of Connecticut’s Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee will vote to repeal Connecticut’s current exemption of new, used or leased commercial vehicles from Connecticut’s 6.35 percent sales tax. There has been speculation the committee was considering repealing several exemptions and lowering the general…

Mike Riley, president of the Motor Transport Association of Connecticut spoke at the Torrington Club on Wednesday, April 22 and discussed Gov. Dannel Malloy’s 30-year proposal to improve Connecticut’s transportation infrastructure. You can learn more about the event at the Republican American website.  

Motor Transport Association of Connecticut is proud to be affiliated with Truckers Against Trafficking. TAT is a 501(c)3 that exists to educate, equip, empower and mobilize members of the trucking and travel plaza industry to combat domestic sex trafficking. As the eyes and ears of our nation’s highways, the trucking industry has the ability to help combat…

In a recent Letter to the Editor published in the Hartford Courant, Mike Riley, President of MTAC, urges the people of the state to figure out what revenues should be part of the Special Transportation Fund and amend the State Constitution to protect the STF from raids. The letter appeared on April 16, 2015. The…