Instructions For Form Mi-1040cr-7 - Michigan Home Heating Credit Claim - 2011 Page 2
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16Tax Information and Assistance
Self Service Options
Forms
The Michigan Department of Treasury (Treasury) offers
Find tax forms using the Internet and Telephone Options
a variety of services designed to assist you, and most are
listed on this page. Commonly used forms are also
available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
available at Treasury offices (see back cover), most
public libraries, Northern Michigan post offices, and
IMPORTANT: To obtain information about your
Department of Human Services (DHS) county offices.
account using the Internet and Telephone Options
Additional Help
listed below, you will need the following information
from your return:
If you need help completing your credit form, contact
• Social Security number of the primary filer (the
your local community service agency or senior citizen
filer listed first on the return)
center to find out if a volunteer tax assistance program is
• Tax year of the return
available in your area.
• Adjusted gross income (AGI) or household income
When You Have Finished
• Filing status (single, married filing jointly, married
filing separately).
Review your return for the following common errors that
may delay your refund:
Internet Options
• Using a mailing label with incorrect information
• Illegible writing
Find the following information on this Web site:
• Transposing numbers in the Social Security number
• Current year forms and instructions
• Entering figures on wrong lines
• Answers to many tax preparation questions
• Math errors
• Most commonly used tax forms
• Filling in lines if they do not apply to you or if the
• Free assistance in preparing your return
amount is zero
• Other tax time resources.
• Failing to report total household income from all
sources, both taxable and nontaxable
• Failing to reduce the heating credit by 50 percent
This secure Web site was designed specifically to protect
when heat is included in your rent or is in someone else’s
your personal tax information. Use this Web site to:
name.
• Check the status of your return
Before you mail your claim, review it carefully and
• Check estimated payments you made during the year
make sure it is complete. Keep a copy of your return
• Check the status of letters you have sent to Treasury
and all schedules for six years.
• Change your address
Mail your claim to: Michigan Department of Treasury
• Ask a specific question about your account.
Lansing, MI 48956
Telephone Options
You can file a home heating credit for the
(517) 636-4486
current tax year only.
Automated Information Service
With Treasury’s automated phone system, you can:
• Request the status of your refund
• Request information on estimated payments
• Order current tax year forms.
While most questions can be answered by the Automated
Information Service, customer service representatives
are available from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
Assistance is available using TTY through the Michigan
Relay Service by calling 1-800-649-3777 or 711. Printed
material in an alternate format may be obtained by
calling (517) 636-4486.
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