Towns Alerted On Tax Avoidance

HARTFORD (AP) – The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles will begin alerting towns and cities of vehicle owners who are suspected of improperly registering vehicles out of state to avoid property taxes.

The agency decided to copy notices received by alleged violators to local tax assessors after a legislative audit found the vehicles agency did not follow up on complaints.

The Connecticut General Assembly’s auditors of public accounts found that hundreds of reports from residents, tax assessors and police departments were not investigated by the agency’s compliance unit.

Spokesman William Seymour says the failure was due to staffing limits, more pressing work and the amount of time required to investigate reports of improper registration.