Each municipality adopting the provisions of this chapter shall publish, as provided in § 7-344, a budget statement which shall show, in addition to the items set forth in said § 7-344, (1) an estimate of the receipts and expenditures of the year during which the budget is being prepared, (2) a statement of the actual receipts and expenditures of the year prior to the year in which the budget is being prepared and (3) an estimate of the receipts and expenditures for the ensuing year. Each such municipality shall absorb any deficit which exists at the beginning of the fiscal year in which the budget is being prepared.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 7-390

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Municipality: means any political subdivision of the state having the power to make appropriations or to levy taxes, including any town, city or borough, whether consolidated or unconsolidated, any village, school, sewer, fire or lighting district, beach or improvement association, and any other tax district or association, but not including The Metropolitan District of Hartford County. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-381