Homestead Credit Refund For Homeowners And Renters Property Tax Refund - Minnesota Department Of Revenue - 2017 Page 2
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28Do I qualify?
Tips and Definitions
What is “Household Income”?
You may be eligible for a refund based on your household income (see “Tips and Defini-
your federal adjusted gross income
tions”) and the property taxes paid on your primary residence in Minnesota.
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Regular Property Tax Refund Income Requirements
most types of nontaxable income
If you are
and
You may qualify for a
(see page 8)
refund of up to
—
your qualified retirement plan
A renter
Your total household income is less than $59,960
$2,100
contribution, dependent, elderly or
Your total household income is less than $110,650
A homeowner
$2,710
disabled subtraction (see page 10)
Special Property Tax Refund Requirements for Homeowners
Your total household income might not be
the same income listed on your income
If you are a homeowner you may also be eligible for a special property tax refund. This
refund has no income limit and the maximum refund is $1,000. You may qualify if all of the
tax return.
following conditions are met:
Which Property Tax Statement Should
• You lived in your home on January 2, 2017 and January 2, 2018
I use?
• Your net property tax on your homestead increased by more than 12% from 2017 to 2018
Homeowners
Use the Statement of Property Taxes
• The increase was at least $100
Payable in 2018 that you receive in March
2018 to complete your 2017 return. Do not
Other Requirements
use your 2017 tax statement or your Notice
of Proposed Taxes to complete your return.
If you file using the incorrect statements, it
• If you were a part-year resident of Minnesota during 2017:
will delay your refund.
If you are a renter and permanent resident of another state for the entire year but were
present in Minnesota more than 183 days, you may be eligible for this refund.
Do not include the Statement of Property
Taxes Payable when you mail your paper
• If you are a homeowner or mobile home owner:
return. Your property tax information
— Your property must be classified as your homestead, or you must have applied for
will be provided by the county.
homestead classification and had it approved (see page 4).
— You must have a valid Social Security number for your property to be classified as
Renters
Your landlord is required to provide you a
your homestead, or to apply for homestead classification. If you are filing a joint
CRP, Certificate of Rent Paid, by January
claim, at least one spouse must have a valid social security for your property to be
31, 2018. If you rented more than one apart-
classified as a your homestead.
ment during 2017, you must have a CRP for
— You must have paid or made arrangements to pay any delinquent property taxes on
each apartment. If your landlord does not
your home.
provide a CRP by March 1, 2018, call the
• If you are a renter, you must have lived in a building on which the owner:
department at 651-296-3781 or 1-800-652-
— was assessed property taxes
9094 (toll free).
— paid a portion of the rent receipts in place of property tax
Your refund will be delayed if you do not
— made payments to a local government in lieu of property taxes
include your CRP(s).
If you are not sure if property taxes were assessed on the building, check with your build-
ing owner.
Contents
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You do NOT qualify if..
Do I qualify? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Where’s my refund?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
How the department protects
• You are a dependent. You are a dependent if you:
your information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
• can be claimed on someone’s 2017 federal income tax return;
Avoid Common Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
• lived with a parent, grandparent, sibling, aunt, or uncle for more than half the year; and
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
— were under age 19 at the end of the year (24 if a full-time student); and
Completing the top of the return . . . . 5
— did not provide more than 50 percent of your own support; OR
Filing situations for renters . . . . . . . . 6
• had gross income of less than $4,050 in 2017, and had more than 50 percent of your
Filing situations for homeowners. . . . 7
support provided by:
Line instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Special Property Tax Refund . . . . . . 10
— a person you lived with for the entire year; or
Subtractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
— a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, aunt, uncle, sibling, niece, or nephew.
Finishing up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
• You are a full-year resident of Michigan or North Dakota.
Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
• You are a nonresident alien living in Minnesota and:
Refund table for renters . . . . . . . 13-17
• your gross income was less than $4,050, and
Refund table for homeowners . . . 18-26
• you received more than 50 percent of your support from a relative.
How is my information used? . . . . . 27
Special Property Tax Programs . . . . 27
• You have a relative homestead. Neither the owner nor the relative occupant can claim the
homestead credit or the special refund for the property that has a relative homestead clas-
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sification.
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