Title 39 · WY

39-13-109(c)(v) or a property tax credit under W.S. 39-13-109(d)

Citation: Wyo. Stat. § 39-13-109

Section: 39-13-109

39-13-109(c)(v) or a property tax credit under W.S. 39-13-109(d) for the same calendar year. Subject to legislative appropriation for the program, a qualified single person whose actual income is less than seventeen thousand five hundred dollars ($17,500.00) shall receive eight hundred dollars ($800.00) reduced by the percentage that his actual income exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) per year and qualified married persons, at least one (1) of whom is at least sixty-five (65) years of age or totally disabled, whose actual income is less than twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars ($28,500.00) shall receive nine hundred dollars ($900.00) reduced by the percentage that their actual income exceeds sixteen thousand dollars ($16,000.00) per year. Until remarriage a person sixty (60) years or older once qualified through marriage remains eligible individually for single person benefits, subject to income limitations, after the death of his spouse;

(iii) Qualified residents shall apply to the department, or its designee, in the county of their residence, on or before the last working day in August of each year for a refund of exempted sales and use taxes, certifying age, residency, disability, if any, marital status, assets and income under oath on forms prescribed by the department. Each application shall be submitted under oath by the applicant and shall be accompanied by a copy of the applicant's federal income tax return for the previous calendar year or a statement under oath that the applicant was not required to file a return for the previous calendar year. The department shall issue upon request to each qualified applicant a receipt acknowledging the filing of a completed application;

(iv) Warrants for tax refunds shall be mailed by the department to qualified recipients by December 20 following the application date of the last working day in August. The department shall enclose a letter of transmittal with each warrant explaining how the refund was computed on the basis of the applicant's income, enclosing a chart which shows sources of income to the state general fund and an explanation indicating that each payment represents an allowance for sales and use tax refund, property tax refund and a refund for utility or energy costs;

(v) Warrants are issued to senior citizens and disabled persons as a refund and partial exemption of taxes paid under the sales and use taxes, property tax relief and utility or energy cost relief. Refunds are payable from the general fund;

(vi) The department of health shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection;

(vii) No applicant is entitled to a refund under this subsection unless the person has total household assets as defined by the department of health through rules and regulations of not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) per adult member of the household as adjusted annually by the state average Wyoming cost-of-living index published by the economic analysis division of the department of administration and information. In determining assets, the following property is exempt: (A) The structure and lands occupied as the applicant's primary residence;

(B) Household furnishings and personal belongings;

(C) One (1) personal motor vehicle per adult in the household;

(D) Assets held under a bona fide pension plan or individual retirement account (IRA);

(E) The cash value of any life insurance policies held.

(viii) Any refund provided by this subsection shall be reduced by the dollar amount received by the applicant for the preceding calendar year from any exemption under W.S.