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A.Except as otherwise provided by this section, beginning with the calendar year 1990 and for each calendar year through 1998, and for calendar year 2003, any individual who is a resident of and is domiciled in this state during the entire calendar year for which the filing is made and whose gross household income for such year does not exceed Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) may file a claim for sales tax relief.
B.For calendar years 1999, 2002 and 2004, any individual who is a resident of and is domiciled in this state during the entire calendar year for which the filing is made may file a claim for sales tax relief if the gross household income for such year does not exceed the following amounts: 1. For an individual not subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this subsection
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A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, beginning with the calendar year 1990 and for each calendar year through 1998, and for calendar year 2003, any individual who is a resident of and is domiciled in this state during the entire calendar year for which the filing is made and whose gross household income for such year does not exceed Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) may file a claim for sales tax relief. B. For calendar years 1999, 2002 and 2004, any individual who is a resident of and is domiciled in this state during the entire calendar year for which the filing is made may file a claim for sales tax relief if the gross household income for such year does not exceed the following amounts: 1. For an individual not subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this subsection and claiming no allowable personal exemption other than the allowable personal exemption for that individual or the spouse of that individual, Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00); or 2. For an individual claiming one or more allowable personal exemptions other than the allowable personal exemption for that individual or the spouse of that individual, an individual with a physical disability constituting a substantial handicap to employment, or an individual who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older at the close of the tax year, Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00). C. For calendar years 2000, 2001, 2005 and following, an individual who is a resident of and is domiciled in this state during the entire calendar year for which the filing is made may file a claim for sales tax relief if the gross household income for such year does not exceed the following amounts: 1. For an individual not subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this subsection and claiming no allowable personal exemption other than the allowable personal exemption for that individual or the spouse of that individual, Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00); or 2. For an individual claiming one or more allowable personal exemptions other than the allowable personal exemption for that individual or the spouse of that individual, an individual with a physical disability constituting a substantial handicap to employment, or an individual who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older at the close of the tax year, Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). D. The amount of the claim filed pursuant to the Sales Tax Relief Act shall be Forty Dollars ($40.00) multiplied by the number of allowable personal exemptions. As used in the Sales Tax Relief Act, "allowable personal exemption" means a personal exemption to which the taxpayer would be entitled pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Income Tax Act, except for: 1. The exemptions such taxpayer would be entitled to pursuant to Section 2358 of this title if such taxpayer or spouse is blind or sixty-five (65) years of age or older at the close of the tax year; 2. An exemption for a person convicted of a felony if during all or any part of the calendar year for which the claim is filed such person was an inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections; or 3. An exemption for a person if during all or any part of the calendar year for which the claim is filed such person resided outside of this state. E. A person convicted of a felony shall not be permitted to file a claim for sales tax relief pursuant to the provisions of Sections 5010 through 5016 of this title for the period of time during which the person is an inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections. Such period of time shall include the entire calendar year if the person is in the custody of the Department of Corrections during any part of the calendar year. The provisions of this subsection shall not prohibit all other members of the household of an inmate from filing a claim based upon the personal exemptions to which the household members would be entitled pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Income Tax Act. F. The Department of Corrections shall withhold up to fifty percent (50%) of any money inmates receive for claims made pursuant to the Sales Tax Relief Act prior to September 1, 1991, for costs of incarceration. G. For purposes of Section 139.105 of Title 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the gross household income of any individual who may file a claim for sales tax relief shall not exceed Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00).
Added by Laws 1990, c. 126, § 2, emerg. eff. April 25, 1990. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 272, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 311, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1998, c. 427, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; Laws 2004, c. 322, § 15, eff. Dec. 1, 2004 (State Question No. 713, Legislative Referendum No. 336, adopted at election held Nov. 2, 2004).