Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-270 (2026)

Failure of employer to file report of contributions due. Appeal from action of administrator

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If an employer fails to file a report for the purpose of determining the amount of contributions due under this chapter, or if such report when filed is incorrect or insufficient and the employer fails to file a corrected or sufficient report within twenty days after the administrator has required the same by written notice, the administrator shall determine the amount of contribution due, with interest thereon pursuant to section 31-265, from such employer on the basis of such information as he may be able to obtain and he shall give written notice of such determination to the employer. Such determination shall be made not later than three years subsequent to the date such contributions became payable and shall finally fix the amount of contribution unless the employer, within thirty days after the giving of such notice, appeals to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford or for the judicial district in which the employer's principal place of business is located. Said court shall give notice of a time and place of hearing thereon to the administrator. At such hearing the court may confirm or correct the action of the administrator. If the action of the administrator is confirmed or the amount of the contribution determined by the administrator is increased, the cost of such proceedings, as in civil actions, shall be assessed against the employer. No costs shall be assessed against the state on such appeal. The amount of any judgment rendered in such proceedings, with costs, shall be collected either on execution, as provided in civil actions, or as provided in section 31-266.

(1949 Rev., S. 7540; 1953, S. 3088d; 1967, P.A. 790, S. 19; 1969, P.A. 456; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 6, 127; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6.)

History: 1967 act required determination within three years in all cases where previously determination was required within six years generally and within three years only where employer “in good faith, was not aware of the fact that he was subject to this chapter”, and required collection of costs as provided in Sec. 31-266 rather than “on execution, as in civil actions”; 1969 act restored collection of costs on execution as provided in civil actions as option; P.A. 78-280 replaced “county” with “judicial district” and “Hartford county” with “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain”; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.

See Sec. 31-272(b) re limitation on fees and costs in proceedings regarding claims for benefits.

Cited. 125 C. 302; 126 C. 115; 127 C. 176; Id., 181; 128 C. 87; 133 C. 117; 135 C. 103; 314 U.S. 569; 175 C. 269; 179 C. 507; 216 C. 237; 225 C. 99.

In appeal from the action of administrator, the court must try the issue de novo. 8 CS 144. Cited. 9 CS 237. The employer must keep accurate records of expense accounts. Id., 244. Cited. Id., 429; 11 CS 340; 22 CS 100. On appeal, court's function is only to ascertain whether administrator's conclusion was unreasonable, arbitrary or illegal. Id., 104. Cited. 42 CS 376.

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1960–2008 · leading case: Latimer v. Adm'r, 579 A.2d 497 (Conn. 1990).

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Latimer v. Adm'r, 579 A.2d 497 (Conn. 1990). · cites it 7× “This is an appeal from an assessment by the defendant administrator 1 of the Connecticut Unemployment Compensation Act pursuant to General Statutes § 31-270 2 for unpaid contributions allegedly *239 due under the act from the plaintiff, Walter N.”

Daw's Critical Care Registry, Inc. v. Dep't of Labor, 622 A.2d 622 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1992). · cites it 7× “These two cases 1 are appeals 2 from assessments by the defendant department of labor, employment security division (defendant) pursuant to General Statutes § 31-270 3 *377 for unemployment taxes based on the defendant’s determination that nurses furnished by the plaintiff,…”

Daw's Critical Care Registry, Inc. v. Dep't of Labor, 622 A.2d 518 (Conn. 1993). · cites it 2× “ch the service is performed or is performed outside of all the places of business of the enterprise for which the service is performed; and (III) such individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession or business of the same nature…”

Durkin Vill. Plainville, LLC v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 946 A.2d 916 (Conn. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 4× “2d 724 (1990); and unemployment compensation pursuant to General Statutes § 31-270. See Latimer v.”

F.A.S. Int'l, Inc. v. Reilly, 427 A.2d 392 (Conn. 1980). · cites it 2× “The plaintiff appealed to the Superior Court pursuant to General Statutes § 31-270. The trial court found that the artists, writers and photographers were not employees, as defined in General Statutes §31-222 (a) (1) (B) (ii), after July 10, 1972.”

Ogozalek v. Adm'r, Unemployment Comp. Act, 163 A.2d 114 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1960). “This is an appeal under the provisions of § 31-270 of the General Statutes from the action of the defendant, as administrator of unemployment compensation, in assessing contributions totaling $394.”

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