Support Main Street CT - Fix the Meals Tax!

Every town has a Main Street story. Fixing the meals tax protects it. Your Voice Matters.

We need you at the State Capitol THIS FRIDAY AT 10AM to show your support of SB2.

Senate Bill 2 takes the 1% meals and beverage tax Connecticut already collects — over $100 million a year — and returns half to the towns that generated it, while dedicating the other half to marketing Connecticut as a destination worth visiting. No new taxes. Just giving communities what they've already earned.

What is SB2?

Senate Bill 2 proposes to redirect half of the revenue generated by Connecticut's existing 1% meals and beverage tax back to the municipalities where that revenue originated — and dedicate the other half to the state's tourism fund, which supports marketing Connecticut as a destination for visitors.

This is not coming from a new tax. It does not raise taxes on consumers or businesses. It simply changes where the money already being collected goes.

SB2 redirects 50% of the 1% meals and beverage tax revenue back to the municipality where it was collected, and the remaining 50% to the tourism fund, which includes marketing the state as a vibrant place to live, work, and visit.

Where does the 1% Meals & Beverage Tax go now?

Since 2019, when the meals tax was raised from 6.35% to 7.35%, ALL additional revenue from that 1% surcharge has gone directly to the State General Fund. Towns get nothing. Tourism gets nothing. The industry gets nothing. Over $100 million is generated annual, and $0 has been reinvested into local communities, and just $4.5 million has been invested in statewide tourism marketing: $4.5 million.