Enlarge image | 2025 Iowa Special Assessment Property Tax Credit Claim Iowa Code section 425.23(3) and Iowa Administrative Code rule 701—104.27 Complete the following personal information: Your name: ______________________________ Spouse name: ______________________________ Your Social Security Number: ________________ Spouse Social Security Number: _______________ Your birth date (MM/DD/YYYY): ______________ Spouse birth date (MM/DD/YYYY): ______________ Address: _________________________________ City: ______________________________________ State: ________________ ZIP: _______________ Phone: ____________________________________ Were you age 65 or older, or totally disabled and age 18 or older, as of December 31, 2024? .................................................................................................................. Yes ☐ No ☐ If “No,” stop. No credit is allowed. If you are under age 65 and totally disabled, you must include proof of disability. Provide proof of disability such as a current statement from Social Security Administration, Veterans Administration, your doctor, or Form SSA-1099. 2024 Total household income for the entire year Use whole dollars only Read instructions before completing 1. Iowa taxable income (see instructions) If less than zero, enter 0 ......................... , .00 2. In-kind assistance for housing expenses ............................................................. , .00 3. Title 19 benefits (excluding medical benefits) ...................................................... , .00 4. Social Security income ......................................................................................... , .00 5. Disability income and workers’ compensation ...................................................... , .00 6. All retirement income ........................................................................................... , .00 7. Interest income from federal, state, or local government ..................................... , .00 8. Capital gains and income from a farm tenancy agreement If less than zero, enter 0 ...................................................................................... , .00 9. Money received from others living with you ......................................................... , .00 10. Other income ....................................................................................................... , .00 11. Add amounts from lines 1 through 10 .................................................................. , .00 12. Medical and care expenses (totally disabled individuals only) ............................. , .00 13. Total household income (Subtract line 12 from line 11) ....................................... , .00 (If line 13 is more than $13,507 stop. No credit is allowed.) I, the undersigned, declare under penalties of perjury or false certificate, that I have examined this claim, and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct, and complete. Your signature: _______________________________________________ Date: _____________________ This claim must be filed or mailed to your county treasurer on or before September 30, 2025. 54-036a (07/09/2024) |
Enlarge image | 2025 Iowa Special Assessment Property Tax Credit Claim Instructions Who is eligible? employer, or maintained and contributed to by a self- Total household income was not more than $13,507 and: employed person as an employer; and deferred • Age 65 or older by December 31, 2024, or compensation plans or any earnings attributable to the • Totally disabled and age 18 or older by December 31, deferred compensation plan. Include retirement pay for 2024. military service, even if not reportable for income tax purposes. Household income includes your income and your spouse’s income, if living together, and monetary Line 7: Interest income from federal, state, or local contributions received from other persons living with you. governments - Enter interest income from federal, state, If you and your spouse are not living together, each may and local governments. file a separate claim. Line 8: Capital gains and income from a farm tenancy agreement - Enter any capital gain received from the sale Line 1: Iowa taxable income - Enter the amount of Iowa or exchange of capital assets that is not already included taxable income from your state individual income tax in line 1. Capital losses are limited to the same amount return (IA 1040, Step 4. Line 4). Do not include any net that you are allowed to report for income tax purposes. operating loss. If you did not file a 2024 IA 1040, use the Any loss must be offset against gain, and a net loss must IA 1040 to calculate the amount on Step 4, line 4 and enter be reported as zero. Enter the amount of income from a it on this line. If you are unable to use the IA 1040, enter farm tenancy agreement covering real property that is not the amount of your wages, salaries, unemployment already included in line 1. compensation, tips, bonuses, commissions, dividends, distributions, or any profit from a business that exceeds Line 9: Money received from others living with you - Enter the applicable standard deduction amount or itemized money received from others living with you. Do not include deductions amount, if you itemize deductions. For goods and services received. information about the standard deduction amount, see Line 10: Other income - Enter total income received from IRS Publication 501. If you are below age 65 and not the following sources: required to file an IA 1040 for the 2024 tax year because • Child support and alimony payments. you are below the income threshold, enter zero. If you live • Welfare payments. Include Family Investment with your spouse, include their income. If less than zero, Program (FIP), children’s Supplemental Security enter zero. Income (SSI), and all other welfare program cash Lines 2-10: Any amounts entered on these lines shall be payments. Do not include foster grandparents’ amounts not already included in line 1. stipends or non-cash government assistance (ex: food, clothing, food stamps, medical supplies, etc.). Line 2: In-kind assistance - Enter any portion of your • Insurance income not reported elsewhere. housing expenses, including utilities, that were paid for • you. Do not include Federal Energy Assistance. Gambling, and all other income, not reported elsewhere. Line 3: Title 19 benefits - Enter your Title 19 benefits received for housing expenses. Do not include medical Line 12: Medical and care expenses - Enter all medical benefits. and necessary care expenses paid during the year which were related to your disability. These are the same as you Line 4: Social Security income - Enter the total Social are allowed to deduct for federal income tax. Do not enter Security benefits received, even if not reportable for an amount on line 12 unless you are totally disabled and income tax purposes. Include any Medicare premiums incurred medical or care expenses attributable to your withheld. Do not include child insurance benefits received disability. by a member of your household. Line 13: Total household income - Subtract line 12 from Line 5: Disability income and workers’ compensation - line 11. If more than $13,507 no credit is allowed. Enter the total received for disability or workers’ compensation, even if not reportable for income tax Additional information: purposes. The location of your county treasurer can be found at the Iowa Treasurers website: iowatreasurers.org. For Line 6: All retirement income - Enter the total amount information about your Social Security benefits, go to the received from a governmental or other pension or Social Security Administration website: retirement plan, including defined benefit or defined ssa.gov/myaccount. contribution plans; annuities; individual retirement accounts; plans maintained or contributed to by an For use by County Treasurer only Installment number: ____________________________ State reimbursement: ___________________________ Annual special assessment payment: ______________ 54-036b (07/09/2024) |