Exemptions

For each individual resident required to pay the tax imposed under the provisions of subsection (a) of section 12-506, there shall be allowed with respect to net gains from the sale or exchange of capital assets an exemption of one hundred dollars provided, if such individual resident has attained the age of sixty-five years on or before the last day of the taxable year there shall be allowed an additional exemption of one hundred dollars and, provided, further, if such individual resident is blind, there shall be allowed an additional exemption of one hundred dollars. On a single return filed for husband and wife jointly, the amount of the exemption taken on such return shall be the sum of the exemptions to which each is entitled under this section.

(P.A. 73-356, S. 4, 10; P.A. 75-213, S. 45, 53.)

History: P.A. 75-213 substituted “individual resident” for “person” and specified that exemptions under section apply “with respect to net gains from the sale or exchange of capital assets”, effective July 1, 1975, and applicable to taxable years commencing on and after January 1, 1975.