Connecticut General Statutes 12-227 – Interest on refunds
(a) To any refunds granted as a result of overpayment of any tax imposed under this chapter or chapter 209, there shall, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) or (c) of this section, be added interest at the rate of two-thirds of one per cent for each month and fraction of a month from the date of making such overpayment to a date, to be determined by the Commissioner of Revenue Services, preceding the date of the refund check by not more than thirty days.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 12-227
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Revenue Services. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-213
- month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Paid: means "paid or accrued" or "paid or incurred" construed according to the method of accounting upon the basis of which net income is computed under this part. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-213
(b) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (a) of this section, in the case of an overpayment of tax reported on a tax return, no interest shall be allowed or paid under this section on such overpayment for any month or fraction thereof before (A) the ninety-first day after the last day prescribed for filing the tax return on which such overpayment was reported, determined without regard to any extension of time for filing, or (B) the ninety-first day after the date such return was filed, whichever is later.
(2) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (a) of this section, in the case of an overpayment of tax reported on an amended tax return, no interest shall be allowed or paid under this section on such overpayment for any month or fraction thereof before the ninety-first day after the date such amended tax return was filed. For purposes of this subsection, any amended return filed before the last day prescribed for filing the tax return for such year, determined without regard to any extension of time for filing, shall be considered as filed on such last day.
(c) For purposes of this section, a tax return or amended tax return shall not be treated as filed until it is filed in processible form. A tax return or amended tax return is in a processible form if such return is filed on a permitted form, and such return contains the taxpayer’s name, address and identifying number and the required signatures, and sufficient required information, whether on the return or on required attachments, to permit the mathematical verification of tax liability shown on the return.