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Hartford committee reviews proposed updates to local elderly tax credit; public hearing set
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The Operations Management Budget and Government Accountability Committee of the Hartford Common Council heard a presentation on Feb. 18 from City Tax Assessor John Phillips about a proposed amendment to Section 32-18 of the Hartford Municipal Code that would update income limits for the local option elderly tax credit.
The Operations Management Budget and Government Accountability Committee of the Hartford Common Council heard a presentation on Feb. 18 from City Tax Assessor John Phillips about a proposed amendment to Section 32-18 of the Hartford Municipal Code that would update income limits for the local option elderly tax credit. A public hearing on the amendment was scheduled to begin immediately after the committee meeting; the committee did not vote on the ordinance.
The amendment would raise the gross income eligibility limit for a single filer from $66,160 to $68,240 and for a married couple from $75,600 to $78,000, Phillips said. "This is an annual thing," Phillips told the committee, describing the town's practice of updating the ordinance so income thresholds track HUD low‑income limits set in…
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