Minnesota Property Tax Refund Forms And Instructions

Use of information

Information not required

• the Minnesota Racing Commission if you

• the Legislative Auditor for purposes of

apply for or hold a license issued by the

auditing the department or a legislative

Although not required on Form M1PR, we

commission, or own a horse entered in an

program,

ask for:

event licensed by the commission,

• the Department of Commerce for pur-

• your date of birth, and your spouse’s date

• any Minnesota state, county, city or other

poses of locating owners of unclaimed

of birth if filing a joint return, to correctly

local government agency that you are ask-

property,

identify you and your spouse,

ing to issue or renew your professional li-

• sources necessary to use statutorily au-

• a code number indicating a political party

cense or your license to conduct business,

thorized tax collection tools for collecting

for the state elections campaign fund,

including a gambling equipment distribu-

tax or nontax debts,

• your phone number in case we have a

tor license and a bingo hall license,

• the Minnesota Department of Veterans

question about your return, and

• the Minnesota Department of Labor and

Affairs, for purposes of locating veterans

Industry for purposes of administering

• the phone number and Minnesota tax ID,

and notifying them of health hazards

laws relating to tax, workers’ compensa-

Social Security number or PTIN of the per-

they were exposed to as a result of service

tion, minimum wage and conditions of

son you paid to prepare your application.

in the armed forces, and of potential

employment,

benefits to which they, their dependents

All other information required

• a county, city or town government that

or survivors may be entitled to, or

All other information on this form is

has been designated as an enterprise zone

• a district court to determine eligibility for

required by Minnesota law to properly

or JOBZ zone,

a public defender.

identify you, to determine if you qualify for a

• the Minnesota State Lottery before you

There also may be instances in which the

property tax refund, and if so, the amount of

can contract to sell lottery tickets, or if

department will assist other state agencies

your refund. Your Social Security number is

you win a lottery prize of $600 or more,

in mailing information to you. Although

required by M.S. 270C.306. If you don’t pro-

• a local assessor for purposes of determin-

the department does not share your address

vide the required information, your property

ing whether homestead benefits have

information, we may send the information

tax refund may be delayed or denied.

been claimed appropriately,

to you on behalf of the other state agency.

If your return is audited and you appeal the

• the Department of Health for purposes of

audit decision to the Minnesota Tax Court,

epidemiologic investigations,

private information on your return, including

your Social Security number, may become

Senior Citizens Property Tax Deferral Program

public by being included in the court’s file.

Information is private

What is it?

Eligibility requirements

All information you enter on Form M1PR

To participate in the program, you must

is private. The department will use the

The Senior Citizens Property Tax Deferral

meet all of the following requirements:

information to determine your property tax

Program is a voluntary program which

refund and may include the information as

allows eligible senior citizens to postpone

• You must be at least age 65 or older. If

part of tax research studies. The information

paying—or defer—a portion of their

you are married, both you and your

may also be used to verify the accuracy of

homestead property taxes, as well as spe-

spouse must be at least age 65.

any tax returns you file with the department.

cial assessments.

• Your total household income may not

exceed $60,000.

Also, according to state law, the department

If you are eligible and wish to participate

• You, or your spouse if you are married,

may share some or all of the information,

in the program, you will be required to pay

must have owned and occupied your

including your Social Security number, with:

no more than 3 percent of your household

homestead for the last 15 years. The

• the IRS and other state governments for

income (as stated on line 6 of Form M1PR)

homestead can be classified as residential

tax administration purposes,

toward your property taxes on your home-

or agricultural, or it may be part of a

stead each year. The state will loan you the

• Minnesota state or county agencies to

multi-unit building.

which you owe money,

remaining amount—the deferred tax—and

• There must be no state or federal tax

will pay it directly to your county.

liens or judgment liens on your property.

• another person who must list some or all

• The total unpaid balance of debts

of your income on his or her refund ap-

You must pay the deferred tax plus interest

secured by mortgages and other liens

plication,

back to the state. Also, when you apply for

against your property cannot exceed 75

• the Minnesota Department of Human

a property tax refund or when you are due

percent of the estimated market value of

Services for purposes of child support col-

a state income tax refund, your refund will

your homestead.

lection, the telephone assistance program,

be applied to your deferred property tax

the MinnesotaCare program or other

If you qualify and wish to participate, you

total. You will be notified when a refund

assistance programs,

must apply by July 1 to defer a portion of

is used to reduce the amount of your

• a court that has found you to be delin-

the following year’s property tax. Ap-

deferred tax.

quent in child support payments,

plications (Form CR-SCD) are available

If you participate, a tax lien will be placed

at or from your

• the Minnesota Department of Employ-

on your property. You, or your heirs, will

county auditor’s office.

ment and Economic Development if you

need to repay the deferred amount before

received unemployment compensation or

For questions related only to this program,

you can transfer title of the property.

are participating in an enterprise zone or

call 651-556-6088. TTY users, call

Job Opportunity Building Zone (JOBZ),

Minnesota Relay at 711.

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