1. The director of revenue shall make available suitable forms with instructions for claimants of the credit for property taxes due. Each assessor and county treasurer shall make available the forms and instructions. The claim shall be in a form as the director of revenue may prescribe. The director shall also devise a tax credit table, with amounts rounded to the nearest even whole dollar. Credits in the amount of less than one dollar shall not be paid.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 425.25

  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Director: means the director of the department of revenue. See Iowa Code 453A.42
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Property taxes due: means property taxes including any special assessments, but exclusive of delinquent interest and charges for services, due on a claimant's homestead in this state, but includes only property taxes for which the claimant is liable and which will actually be paid by the claimant. See Iowa Code 425.17
  • Rent constituting property taxes paid: means twenty-three percent of the gross rent actually paid in cash or its equivalent during the base year by the claimant or the claimant's household solely for the right of occupancy of their homestead in the base year, and which rent constitutes the basis, in the succeeding year, of a claim for reimbursement under this subchapter by the claimant. See Iowa Code 425.17
 2. The director of human services shall make available suitable forms with instructions for claimants of the reimbursement for rent constituting property taxes paid. The claim shall be in a form as the director of human services may prescribe. The director of revenue shall devise a reimbursement table with amounts rounded to the nearest even whole dollar and provide such table to the director of human services. Reimbursements in the amount of less than one dollar shall not be paid.