Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 048 - Health, Department of › Sub-Agency 0055 - Tax Refund to Elderly & Disabled › Chapter 1 - RULES FOR TAX REFUNDS FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED › Section 1-9 - Application Procedures

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) An application
				must be completed and postmarked by the last working day of the month of August
				of each year. Applications received by the Department or its representative
				that are postmarked after the closing date will be denied without action to the
				applicant.
(b) The program is
				non-continuing. An application must be submitted each year. No individual
				notice, reminder, blank form, or other personal contact will be made by the
				Department to invite a prior participant to apply again. Public Notice will be
				made through local radio, newspaper, television, and senior center.
(c) Applications must be fully documented
				each year. Copies of documents attached to the application are part of the
				application and will not be returned to the applicant.
(d) A timely submitted application may be
				suspended by the Department for cause. An application which appears to qualify
				may be suspended, for example, if proper documentation is not attached.
				Suspended applications will be marked "suspended" by the Department and a copy
				returned to the applicant with a cover letter outlining the problem. A
				suspended application received by the Department after November 15 with no
				corroborating documentation will be rejected.
(e) Applications will not be suspended a
				second time without good cause. A suspended application that is resubmitted
				with information still missing, incorrect, or without required documentation
				will be rejected.
(f) Applicants
				are required to sign the application form. Except in the case of a surviving
				spouse, both members of a joint application must sign. The signature of a legal
				guardian will be accepted as an original signature if the guardianship papers
				are attached. A person who has been given power of attorney may sign the
				application form if a copy of the power of attorney is attached to the
				application. Social Security representative payees may also sign as necessary.
				An application form received without proper signature(s) and documents will be
				suspended.
(g) Applications must be
				made on the current application form as prescribed by the Department. Only an
				original application form will be accepted.
(h) All changes to the application must be
				initialed by the individual signing the form, such as, when the total income is
				"lined through" and a new amount entered. If discrepancy exists between the
				documents submitted and information entered on the form, the application will
				be delayed until verification can be made.
(i) Changes of address to applications "in
				process" must be made in writing to the Department. The request must be dated,
				signed by the applicant, and include the applicant's Social Security Number.
				Address changes must be received by November 25.
(j) An application will be rejected if it
				fails to meet the qualification criteria. A rejected application will be marked
				as unqualified and a letter of denial remitted. A rejected application cannot
				be resubmitted. Rejected applications will not be returned to the
				applicant.
(k) As per the Wyoming
				Administrative Procedures Act, an appeal process exists whereby an applicant
				can appeal the decision made by the Department of Health to reject an
				application.
(l) In the event an
				applicant dies between the times his/her application is submitted and the time
				the payment is made, the refund automatically passes to the legal heir(s). If
				there is no legal heir, the money will revert to the State General
				Fund.