Children’s Committee renews effort to get rid of diaper tax

HARTFORD, Conn. – Exempting baby diapers from Connecticut sales tax is a long overdue but necessary action, advocates told the Children’s Committee Tuesday.

The legislature’s Children’s Committee is attempting, as it has unsuccessfully before, to exempt baby diapers from Connecticut sales tax. Currently, only adult diapers are tax-free in the state of Connecticut.

There are thousands of families in the state struggling to make ends meet, and exempting diapers from sales tax could provide a bit if much-needed relief, Janet Stolfi Alfano, executive director of The Diaper Bank, said.

The North Haven-based nonprofit works to increase access to and provide diapers to those who cannot otherwise afford them.

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