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State of Connecticut – registrations
- AdvanceCT—businesses required by law to register with the State of Connecticut—dry cleaners / dry cleaning establishments / dry cleaning operators: AdvanceCT Connecticut Tax Registration(s) (https://www.advancect.org/licenses/connecticut-tax-registrations/)
- Business.ct.gov State of Connecticut's one-stop business portal (register your business name, register as a dry cleaning establishment, file annual report, register employees for wage-withholding, pay taxes, etc.)
State of Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP)
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Consumer Protection Complaint process: Consumers may file complaints with the Department of Consumer Protection
- Dry Cleaning complaints: where to complain if dry cleaners do not post their current prices
State of Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)
- Audit Guide for DECD programs and approved DECD-funded projects (Rev 1/1/2019)
- Dry Cleaning Establishment Remediation Fund Portfolio (to September 2019)
- Essential Businesses under Executive Order 7H: bullet 7 services – laundromats/dry cleaning
- Grantees of Dry Cleaning Establishment Remediation Fund: list of projects with executed assistance agreement projects from Fiscal Year 2005 through March 1, 2021, posted to the State’s Open Data portal.
State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)
- Pollution Prevention for the Garment Care and Dry Cleaning Industry (https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/P2/Industry/Garment-Care-Industry-Pollution-Prevention-Fact-Sheet-Index) also includes the garment care and dry cleaning industry guide and frequently asked questions (FAQs)
- DEEP “FAQs for Connecticut Dry Cleaners – Part 1” state air and waste environmental regulations ;
- Licensed Environmental Professional (LEP) Program (https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Remediation--Site-Clean-Up/Licensed-Environmental-Professional-Program/Licensed-Environmental-Professional-Program)
- Standards and Clean-up Site Remediation Guidance and Information (https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Remediation--Site-Clean-Up/Remediation-Site-Clean-Up)
State of Connecticut Department of Labor (DOL)
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Labor market information on estimated laundry and dry cleaning workers labor force statistics researched by the Job & Career ConneCTion
State of Connecticut Department of Revenue Services (DRS)
- Advisory notice (DRS) Ruling 89-40: taxable dry cleaning services ( https://portal.ct.gov/DRS/Publications/Rulings/1989/Ruling-8940-Dry-Cleaning)
- SPECIAL NOTICE Obligation of Dry Cleaners for the Dry Cleaning Establishment Surcharge and Business Use Tax SP2017(4)
- Taxes—file and pay with the Dry Cleaning Establishment Form OP-374 “Dry Cleaning Establishment Surcharge Return”
United States Department of Labor (US DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration