(a) Any taxpayer subject to tax pursuant to this chapter who files a Connecticut income tax return for the taxable year commencing January 1, 1997, on or before May 1, 1998, or, for a taxpayer who has been granted an extension to file such return, October 16, 1998, and has paid property tax, which first became due and was paid in such income year, to a Connecticut political subdivision on the taxpayer's primary residence or motor vehicle, shall be entitled to a rebate in accordance with the following schedule:

(1) For any person who files a return under the federal income tax for such taxable year as an unmarried individual or as a married individual filing separately, an amount equal to the lesser of the taxpayer's income tax liability as shown on such return or seventy-five dollars, but in no case less than fifty dollars;

(2) For any person who files a return under the federal income tax for such taxable year as a head of household, an amount equal to the lesser of the taxpayer's income tax liability as shown on such return or one hundred twenty dollars, but in no case less than fifty dollars;

(3) For any husband and wife who file a return under the federal income tax for such taxable year as married individuals filing jointly or a person who files a return under the federal income tax as a surviving spouse, an amount equal to the lesser of the taxpayer's income tax liability as shown on such return or one hundred fifty dollars, but in no case less than fifty dollars.

(b) This section shall not apply to trusts and estates.

(c) Amounts rebated pursuant to this section shall be subject to the provisions for set-off as provided in sections 12-739 and 12-742.

(d) As used in this section, “income tax liability as shown on such return” means the liability after application of the credit for property taxes allowed and taken on such return pursuant to section 12-704c, as corrected for mathematical error by the Commissioner of Revenue Services on the original return filed by such taxpayer.

(e) Amounts rebated pursuant to this section shall not be considered income for purposes of sections 8-119l, 8-345, 12-170d, 12-170aa, 17b-550, 47-88d and 47-287.

(f) The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall notify the State Comptroller of the amount of the rebates pursuant to this section, and the State Comptroller shall draw an order on the State Treasurer in the amount thereof for payment to the taxpayer. For taxpayers who have filed a Connecticut income tax return for the taxable year commencing January 1, 1997, on or before May 1, 1998, such rebates shall be issued no later than July 31, 1998. All remaining rebates shall be issued no later than December 15, 1998.

(P.A. 98-110, S. 2, 3, 27; P.A. 13-234, S. 89.)

History: P.A. 98-110 effective May 19, 1998; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (e) to delete reference to Sec. 17b-490, effective January 1, 2014.