KRS 131.575 — Apportionment of refund on separate return between spouses

(1) Any individual income tax refund determined as a consequence of taxpayers filing
separate returns on a combined Kentucky individual income tax form may be
apportioned by the Department of Revenue between the spouses based on the ratio
of the adjusted gross incomes of each spouse to the total adjusted gross income. The
amount of the refund computed to be due the spouse who is not indebted to the
claimant agency shall be refunded by the Department of Revenue to such spouse. In
the event such refunded amount h as been transmitted to the claimant agency, the
Department of Revenue shall recover such amount from the claimant agency as
provided in KRS 131.570(4).
(2) Any individual income tax refund determined as a consequence of taxpayers filing a
joint Kentucky individual income tax return shall be deemed as coupled together in
interest or liability and shall be subject to transfer to a claimant agency in its
entirety.