{"id":13811,"date":"2022-02-01T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=13811&preview=true&preview_id=13811"},"modified":"2022-01-31T21:20:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T03:20:03","slug":"area-senior-centers-are-helping-seniors-with-their-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/community\/area-senior-centers-are-helping-seniors-with-their-taxes-20220201","title":{"rendered":"Area Senior Centers Are Helping Seniors With Their Taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The area senior center’s (Thayer, Alton, and West Plains) are helping seniors do their taxes. Appointment’s are being taken. Seniors must also meet certain criteria to be helped out.<\/p>\n

Tax Counseling for Elderly<\/h2>\n

For filling out the intake sheet, you need multiple items. You will need your photo ID and social security car or Form SSA-1099 for each person on the tax return; last year’s tax return (if available); documentation for all income: SSA 1099, 1099 R, W-2’s 1099 INT from bank for interest income, or Sale of Real Estate 1099’s. If you have a Identity Protection Pin, bring it and show it to the volunteer. You will need Form 1095-A if anyone on your tax return had insurance through Obamacare. Seniors will also need to bring a blank\/canceled check for direct deposit, contributions made to charities; health insurance premiums paid; and deductions (if itemizing things like: mortgage, medication and doctor expenses, long-term care insurance, gambling expenses).<\/p>\n

MO Property Tax\/Rent Refund<\/h2>\n

If you’re doing the Missouri property tax\/rent refund, you will need your paid real estate tax receipt for the house you live in. If you have more than 5 acres, you must have the assessor complete a Form 948 and you must bring it with you. If you rent your home, you need to bring a receipt form the landlord stating full amount of rent paid during 2020. It must include the landlord’s signature, address, and telephone number.<\/p>\n

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Alton Senior Center Tax Counseling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Qualifications<\/h3>\n

To be qualified for the Missouri property tax\/rent refund, you have to be 65 years of age or older and a Missouri resident the entire year; a widow(er) who is 60 years or older and receiving surviving spouse Social Security benefits; 100% disabled; or 100% service-connected disabled veterans. The Missouri property tax\/rent refunds are based on total household income: if you’re single, your income must be less than $30,000 for the year; if married, your total household income must be less than $32,000 for rental and $34,000 for homeowners.<\/p>\n

No Help<\/h2>\n

This is a volunteer program and the IRS limits what types of returns can be prepared. The following returns are out of scope and cannot be prepared by the volunteers: Farm Income, self-employed\/business income, and rental income.<\/p>\n

Set An Appointment<\/h2>\n

If you want to set an appointment, call 417-679-4746 or your local seniorAge senior center:<\/p>\n

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  • Alton: 417-778-7342<\/li>\n
  • Thayer: 417-264-7354<\/li>\n
  • West Plains: 417-256-4055<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This area senior center’s are helping seniors do their taxes. Appointment’s are being taken. Seniors must also meet certain criteria to be helped out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[201,264,203],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13811"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13821,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13811\/revisions\/13821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}