Minnesota Property Tax Refund Instructions - 2010 Page 10

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Lines 11–17, 39
Homeowners only—
All applicants—lines 15–17
By completing line 39, you are authorizing
the department and your financial institu-
Line 16
lines 11–14
tion to initiate electronic credit entries, and
Nongame Wildlife Fund
If you did not own and live in your home
if necessary, debit entries and adjustments
You can help preserve Minnesota’s nongame
on January 2, 2011, skip lines 11–14 and
for any credits made in error.
wildlife by donating to the Nongame Wild-
continue with line 15.
life Fund. On line 16, enter the amount you
Sign your return
County and property ID number
wish to give. Your property tax refund will be
Sign your return at the bottom of the sec-
If you are a homeowner, enter the name of
reduced by the amount you donate.
ond page of the form.
the county and the property ID number
To make a contribution directly to the Non-
from your Statement of Property Taxes Pay-
If you owe federal or
game Wildlife Fund online go to
able in 2011. If your homestead is recorded
Minnesota taxes
on more than one property tax statement,
off.html or send a check payable to:
—or if you owe criminal fines, a debt to
enter the property ID number from the
a state or county agency, district court,
statement that includes the primary portion
DNR Nongame Wildlife Fund
of your property on Form M1PR. Include a
qualifying hospital or public library, state
500 Lafayette Road, Box 25
separate sheet listing the property ID num-
law requires the department to apply your
St. Paul, MN 55155
ber and county of each additional parcel.
refund to the amount you owe (including
Line 17
penalty and interest on the taxes). If you
Line 11
Property tax refund
participate in the Senior Citizens Property
Enter the property tax amount from line 1
Subtract line 16 from line 15 and enter the
Tax Deferral Program, your refund will be
of your Statement of Property Taxes Payable
result on line 17. This is your property tax
applied to your deferred property tax total.
in 2011. See the homeowner instructions on
refund.
Your Social Security number will be used to
page 7 to determine line 11 if in 2010 you:
identify you as the correct debtor.
If you want the full amount of your refund
• rented part of your home to someone else
or used part of your home for business, or
to be directly deposited into your checking
If your debt is less than your refund, you
• are a mobile home owner and you rented
or savings account, see line 39.
will receive the difference.
the lot your home is on.
Line 39
Line 12
To request direct deposit of your refund
Special property tax refund for
If you want your refund on line 17 to be
homeowners
directly deposited into your checking or
If your net property tax on your homestead
savings account, enter the information on
increased by more than 12 percent from
line 39. Refer to the sample provided to find
2010 to 2011, and the increase was $100 or
the routing and account numbers.
more, you may be eligible for a special re-
You can find your bank’s routing number and
fund, regardless of your household income.
account number on the bottom of your check.
You may qualify for the special refund even
if you do not qualify for the regular refund
(see Schedule 1 instructions on page 11).
If you qualify, complete Schedule 1 on the
The routing number must have nine digits.
back of Form M1PR to determine line 12.
The account number may contain up to
Any special refund will be included in the
total refund on line 15.
17 digits (both numbers and letters). If your
account number contains less than 17 digits,
Line 14
enter the number starting with the first box
Homeowners refund table amount
on the left—leave out any hyphens, spaces
Use the refund table for homeowners begin-
and symbols—and leave any unused boxes
ning on page 18 to determine your table
blank.
amount. Compare the table amount to line
13, and enter the smaller amount on line 14.
If the routing or account number is incor-
rect or is not accepted by your financial
If line 14 is zero or blank, you are not eli-
institution, your refund will be sent to you
gible for the regular property tax refund.
in the form of a paper check.
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