Effective - 28 Aug 2015
166.421. Income tax refund, contribution to education savings account — election, how made. — 1. A participant may elect to contribute all or part of a refund of personal income tax to an account that has been established under sections 166.400 to 166.456 by direct deposit to the financial institution managing the account. The amount elected to be contributed by the participant shall be at least twenty-five dollars and shall be as a contribution only for the tax year in which the refund is issued. The election to contribute may not be changed or revoked.
2. The election shall be made on a form prescribed by the department of revenue and filed with the taxpayer's tax return for the tax year or at such other time and in such other manner as the department may prescribe. The department of revenue shall prescribe the maximum number of accounts to which a taxpayer may elect to contribute a portion of the refund. Notwithstanding the limit prescribed by the department, a parent or legal guardian shall be permitted to contribute a portion of his or her refund to accounts held by each of his or her children.
3. The election to contribute all or a portion of a refund shall be void, and no portion of the refund may be contributed to an account if the taxpayer's refund is offset to pay amounts owed by the taxpayer.
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(L. 2015 S.B. 366)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XI - Education and Libraries
Chapter 166 - Permanent Funds and Trusts
Section 166.011 - Public school fund — source — disposition.
Section 166.031 - State treasurer to be custodian of fund — accounts — annual report.
Section 166.051 - School moneys fund — interest from investments credited to.
Section 166.061 - Gifts to public school fund.
Section 166.071 - Receipts for gifts to public school fund.
Section 166.081 - Instrument of conveyance, when recorded.
Section 166.091 - Disposition of property granted.
Section 166.111 - Liability of director of revenue.
Section 166.121 - State, the trustee.
Section 166.141 - County treasurer to collect funds — receipts — penalty for violation.
Section 166.151 - Petition to distribute county school fund.
Section 166.400 - Citation of law.
Section 166.410 - Definitions.
Section 166.421 - Income tax refund, contribution to education savings account — election, how made.
Section 166.425 - Board to invest funds, use of funds — not deemed income, when.
Section 166.430 - Cancellation of agreement, results — penalty.
Section 166.435 - State tax exemption.
Section 166.440 - Assets not state property.
Section 166.445 - Rules, invalid, when.
Section 166.450 - Review of program.
Section 166.455 - Funds not state revenues.
Section 166.456 - Confidentiality of information.
Section 166.500 - Citation of law.
Section 166.501 - Program established as alternative to Missouri education program.
Section 166.502 - Definitions.
Section 166.511 - Prompt investment of moneys paid by participation agreements, use of moneys.
Section 166.514 - Cancellation of agreements, penalty.
Section 166.517 - Assets used for program purposes only.
Section 166.520 - Rulemaking authority.
Section 166.523 - Review of program by state auditor, when.
Section 166.526 - Program moneys not part of total state revenues.
Section 166.529 - Confidentiality requirements.
Section 166.700 - Definitions.
Section 166.715 - Misuse of moneys, penalty — financial institutions immunity from liability, when.