SEEC Filing Deadlines: The Connecticut Committee Calendar

The backbone of the calendar is quarterly. Committees file statements covering four periods each year:

• Q1 — January through March
• Q2 — April through June
• Q3 — July through September
• Q4 — October through December

Each statement is due on a set date shortly after its period closes. The exact due dates are fixed by statute — confirm the current year’s dates on seec.ct.gov — but the pattern is dependable enough to plan your year around.

In an election year, candidate committees owe extra statements on top of the quarterly ones. The key additions are the “7th day preceding” statements — one filed a week before a primary and another a week before the general election — so the public can see late money before they vote. If a campaign faces a primary, it files both; if not, just the pre-election statement.

These are covered in more detail in the Form 30 guide. The practical point: an election year is not just four filings — map the whole cycle in advance.

Each statement reports a beginning and ending balance on hand. The first period’s beginning balance is set directly; after that, each period’s beginning balance carries forward from the previous period’s ending balance. That chaining is why filing periods can’t be treated as independent one-offs — an error in one flows into the next. Reconciling each period to the bank keeps the chain honest (see reconciling your bank account).

1. Put every due date on a calendar at the start of the year, including election-year statements.
2. Record activity as it happens, not in a scramble the night before — reconstructing a quarter from memory is where mistakes and late filings come from.
3. File a few days early. eCRIS uploads can hit snags, and “I tried at 11:58 PM” is not a defense.
4. Keep balances reconciled so preparing a filing is a download, not an investigation.

CT Committee Treasurer Suite generates your committee’s filing calendar automatically — quarterly periods plus, for candidate committees, the statutory pre-primary and pre-election statements — and each period is one click from a ready-to-upload eCRIS filing. See the quickstart guide to set it up.