Form Ptax 340 PDF Details

Form Ptax 340 is an Indiana state tax form that is used to report various types of income. The form can be filed electronically or by mail, and must be submitted by the April filing deadline. Taxpayers are required to include their Social Security number on the form, and should ensure that all information is accurate and complete. Penalties may apply for inaccurate or incomplete filings. For more information, consult the instructions provided with the form.

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PTAX-340 2013 Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption Application and Affidavit

Last date to apply: ______________________________________

Part 1: Applicant information (Please type or print.)

1

____________________________________________________________

3

____________________________________________

 

First name

MI

Last name

 

 

Tax ID number

 

 

2

____________________________________________________________

4

____ ____ /____ ____ /____ ____ ____ ____

 

Mailing address

 

 

 

 

Date of birth (month, day, year)

 

 

____________________________________________________________

5

(

)

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_____________________

 

______________________

 

City

 

State

ZIP

 

Area code and phone number

Email address

Part 2: Property information

1_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Street address of property for which this exemption application is filedTownship

__________________________________________

IL ______________________________________________________________

City

ZIP

County

2____________________________________________________________

Property (parcel) index number (PIN)

Note: The PIN is shown on your property tax bill. You also may obtain it from your chief county assessment officer (CCAO). If you cannot obtain the PIN, attach a copy of the legal description.

3

Have you or your spouse received this exemption for this property previously?

____

Yes

 

____

 

No

 

 

If you answered “Yes”, write the base year, if known.

____ ____ ____ ____

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

If your spouse maintains a separate residence, has he or she applied for this exemption?

____ Yes

 

____

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part 3: Household income for 2012

You must include the income of you, your spouse, and all other individuals who live in your household.

1

Social Security and SSI benefits. Include Medicare deductions in this total.

1

__________________|______

2

Railroad Retirement benefits. Include Medicare deductions in this total.

2

__________________|______

3

Civil Service benefits

3

__________________|______

4

Annuities, federally taxable pensions and retirement plan distributions.

4

__________________|______

5

Human Services and other governmental cash public assistance benefits

5

__________________|______

6

Wages, salaries, and tips from work

6

__________________|______

7

Interest and dividends received

7

__________________|______

8

Net rental, farm, and business income or (loss). (See instructions for Line 8.)

8

__________________|______

9

Net capital gain or (loss). (See instructions for Line 9.)

9

__________________|______

10

Other income or (loss). (See instructions for Line 10.)

10 __________________|______

11

Add Lines 1 through 10.

11 __________________|______

12Certain subtractions. You may subtract only the reported adjustments to income from U.S. 1040, Line 36, or U.S. 1040A, Line 20.

Subtraction item

Amount

12a _______________________________________________ __________________|______

12b_______________________________________________ __________________|______

Add the amounts on Lines 12a and 12b, and write the result.

12 __________________|______

13Subtract Line 12 from Line 11, and write the result. This is your total household income

for 2012. If the amount is greater than $55,000, STOP. You do not qualify for this exemption.13__________________|______

 

 

 

Do not write in this space.

 

Date received

___________________

Income verified

___ Yes ___ No

Application number

___________________

Base year EAV

$__________________

Base year

___ ___ ___ ___

Revised base year EAV

$__________________

Revised base year

___ ___ ___ ___

EAV of added improvements

$__________________

Approved

___ Yes

___ No

Base amount

$__________________

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Part 4: Affidavit

Sworn under oath, I state the following:

1(Mark the statement that applies.)

On January 1, 2013, the property identified in Part 2, Line 1, was improved with a permanent structure a ____ that I used as my principal residence.

b ____ for which I received this exemption previously and is either unoccupied or used as my spouse’s principal residence. I am now a resident of a facility licensed under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, Nursing Home Care Act, ID/DD (intellectually disabled/developmentally disabled) Community Care Act, or Specialized Mental Health Rehabili- tation Act.

_______________________________________

_________________________________________________

Name of facility

Mailing address

2(Mark the statement that applies.)

On January 1, 2013, I

a ____ was the owner of record of the property identified in Part 2, Line 1.

b ____ had a legal or equitable interest by a written instrument in the property listed in Part 2, Line 1.

c ____ had a leasehold interest in the property identified in Part 2, Line 1, that was used as a single-family residence.

3I am liable for paying real property taxes on the property identified in Part 2, Line 1.

Note: If I have not received this exemption for this property previously, I also met the eligibility requirements listed in Part 4, Lines 1, 2, and 3 for this property on January 1, 2012.

4(Mark the statement that applies.)

a ____ In 2013, I am, or will be, 65 years of age or older.

b ____ In 2013, my spouse, who died in 2013, would have been 65 years of age or older. (Complete the following information.)

_____________________________________________

__________________________________________________

Deceased spouse’s name

Tax ID number

____ ____ /____ ____ /____ ____ ____ ____

____ ____ /____ ____ /____ ____ ____ ____

Date of birth (month, day, year)

Date of death (month, day, year)

5The property identified in Part 2, Line 1, is the only property for which I am applying for a senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption for 2013.

6The amount reported in Part 3, Line 13, of this form includes the income of my spouse and all persons living in my household and the total household income for 2012 is $55,000 or less.

7On January 1, 2013, the following individuals also used the property identified in Part 2, Line 1, for their principal residence. My spouse is included if he or she used the property as his or her principal dwelling place on January 1, 2013. The total income of all individuals and my spouse (regardless of his or her principal residence) are included in Part 3. (Attach an ad- ditional sheet if necessary.)

a b

First and last name

Tax ID number

__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________

8 (Mark the statement that applies.)

 

 

On January 1, 2013, I was

 

 

a ____ single, widow(er), or divorced.

b ____ married and living together.

c ____ married, but not living together.

My spouse’s name and address is _____________________________________________________________________________

First nameMILast name

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Street Address

City

State

ZIP

Under penalties of perjury, I state that, to the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this affidavit is true, correct, and complete.

_______________________________________ ____ ____/____ ____/____ ____ ____ ____

Signature of applicantDate (month, day, year)

Subscribed and sworn to before me this

_______ day of ________________________________, 20_____.

____________________________________________________

 

Notary public

Note: The CCAO may conduct an audit to verify that the taxpayer is eligible to receive this exemption.

Mail your completed Form PTAX-340 to:

If you have any questions, please call:

_________________Co. Chief County Assessment Officer

(_________)

 

_______________________________________________________

Last date to apply ___ ___/___ ___/___ ___ ___ ___

Mailing address

Month

Day

Year

____________________________________IL _________________

City

ZIP

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Form PTAX-340 General Information

What is the Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption (SCAFHE)?

The Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption (35 ILCS 200/15-172) allows you, as a qualified senior citizen, to have your home’s equalized assessed value (EAV) “frozen” at a base year value and prevent or limit any increase due to inflation. The base year generally is the year before the year you first qualify and apply for the exemption. For example, if you first qualify and apply in 2013, your property’s EAV will be “frozen” at the 2012 EAV.

Freezing your property’s EAV does not mean that your property taxes will not increase, however. Other factors also affect your tax bill. For example, your tax bill could increase if the tax rate, which is based on the amount of revenues taxing districts re- quest, increases. Your EAV and tax bill may also increase if you add improvements to your home. However, if your home’s EAV decreases in the future, you will benefit from any reduction.

Who is eligible?

The senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption quali- fications for the 2013 tax year (for the property taxes you will pay in 2014), are listed below.

You will be 65 or older during 2013.

Your total household income in 2012 was $55,000 or less.

On January 1, 2012, and January 1, 2013, you

used the property as your principal place of residence,

owned the property, or had a legal or equitable interest in the property as evidenced by a written instrument, or had a leasehold interest in the property used as a single-family residence, and

were liable for the payment of property taxes.

You do not qualify for this exemption if your property is assessed under the mobile home privilege tax.

Surviving spouse — Even if you are not 65 or older during 2013, you are eligible for this exemption for 2013 (and possibly 2012) if your spouse died in 2013 and would have met all of the qualifica- tions.

Residents in a health facility — Even if you did not use the property as your principal place of residence on January 1, 2013, you qualify for this exemption if you are a resident of a facility licensed under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, Nursing Home Care Act, ID/DD (intellectually disabled/develop- mentally disabled) Community Care Act, or Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act and you meet all other requirements, have received this exemption previously, and your property is either unoccupied or is occupied by your spouse.

Residents of cooperatives — If you are a resident of a coop- erative apartment building or cooperative life-care facility, you qualify for this exemption if you are liable for the payment of the property taxes on your residence and meet the other eligibility requirements.

What is a household?

A household includes you, your spouse, and all other per- sons who used your residence as a principal dwelling place on January 1, 2013.

What is included in household income?

Household income includes your income, your spouse’s income, and the income of all individuals living in the household. Examples of income that must be included in your household income are listed below. (For specific questions, see Part 3 on Page 4.)

alimony or maintenance received

annuities and other pensions

Black Lung benefits

business income

capital gains

cash assistance from the Illinois Department of Human Ser- vices and other governmental cash public assistance

cash winnings from such sources as raffles and lotteries

Civil Service benefits

damages awarded in a lawsuit for nonphysical injury or sick- ness (for example, age discrimination or injury to reputation)

dividends

farm income

Illinois Income Tax refund (only if you received Form 1099-G)

interest

interest received on life insurance policies

long term care insurance (federally taxable portion only)

lump sum Social Security payments

miscellaneous income, such as from rummage sales, recy- cling aluminum, or baby sitting

military retirement pay based on age or length of service

monthly insurance benefits

pension and IRA benefits (federally taxable portion only)

Railroad Retirement benefits (including Medicare deductions)

rental income

Ilinois Cares Rx rebate (only if you took an itemized deduction for health insurance in the prior year on your federal income tax return)

Social Security income (including Medicare deductions)

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits

all unemployment compensation

wages, salaries, and tips from work

Workers’ Compensation Act income

Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act income

What is not included in household income?

Some examples of income that are not included in household income are listed below. (For specific income questions, see Part 3 on Page 4.)

cash gifts

child support payments

Circuit Breaker grants

COBRA subsidy payments

damages awarded in a lawsuit for a physical personal injury or sickness

Energy Assistance payments

federal income tax refunds

IRA’s “rolled over” into other retirement accounts, unless “rolled over” into a Roth IRA

lump sums from inheritances

lump sums from insurance policies

money borrowed against a life insurance policy or from any financial institution

•฀ reverse mortgage payments

spousal impoverishment payments

stipends from Foster Parent and Foster Grandparent programs

Veterans’ benefits

What if I have a net operating loss or capital loss carryover from a previous year?

You cannot include any carryover of net operating loss or capital loss from a previous year. You can include only a net operating loss or capital loss that occurred in 2012.

Will my information remain confidential?

All information received from your application is confidential and may be used only for official purposes.

When must I file?

File Form PTAX-340 with the CCAO by the due date printed on the bottom of Page 2. You must file Form PTAX-340 every year and meet the qualifications for that year to continue to receive the exemption.

Note: The CCAO may require additional documentation

(i.e., birth certificates, tax returns) to verify the information in this application.

What if I need additional assistance?

If you have questions about this form, please contact your CCAO, also known as the supervisor of assessments, or county assessor, at the address and phone number printed at the bottom of Page 2.

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Form PTAX-340 Step-by-Step Instructions

Part 1: Applicant information

Lines 1 through 5 — Type or print the requested information.

Part 2: Property information

Lines 1 and 2 — Identify the property for which this applica- tion is filed.

Lines 3 and 4 — Answer the questions by marking an “X” next to your statement. If you answered “Yes” to the question on Line 3 and you know the base year, write it in the space provided.

Part 3: Household income for 2012

“Income” for this exemption means 2012 federal adjusted gross income, plus certain items subtracted from or not included in your federal adjusted gross income (320 ILCS 25/3.07). These in- clude tax-exempt interest, dividends, annuities, net operating loss carryovers, capital loss carryovers, and Social Security benefits. Income also includes public assistance payments from a govern- mental agency, SSI, and certain taxes paid. These Step-by-Step Instructions provide federal return line references and reporting statement references, whenever possible.

The amounts written on each line must include the 2012 income for you, your spouse, and all the other individuals living in the household.

Line 1 — Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits

Write the total amount of retirement, disability, or survivor’s benefits (including Medicare deductions) the entire household received from the Social Security Administration (shown on Form SSA-1099, box 3 or use box 5 only if there is a reduction of ben- efits). You also must include any Supplemental Security Income (SSI) the entire household received and any benefits to depen- dent children in the household. Do not include reimbursements under Medicare/Medicaid for medical expenses.

Note: The amount deducted for Medicare ($1,198.80 yearly or $99.90 per month, per person) is already included in the amount in box 3 of Form SSA-1099.

Line 2 — Railroad Retirement benefits

Write the total amount of retirement, disability, or survivor’s bene- fits (including Medicare deductions) the entire household received under the Railroad Retirement Act (shown on Forms SSA-1099 and RRB-1099).

Line 3 — Civil Service benefits

Write the total amount of retirement, disability, or survivor’s benefits the entire household received under any Civil Service retirement plan (shown on Form 1099-R).

Line 4 — Annuities and other retirement income

Write the total amount of income the entire household received as an annuity from any annuity, endowment, life insurance con- tract, or similar contract or agreement (shown on Form 1099-R).

Include only the federally taxable portion of pensions, IRAs, and IRAs converted to Roth IRAs (shown on U.S. 1040, Line 15b and 16b, or U.S. 1040A, Line 11b and 12b). IRA’s are not taxable when “rolled over,” unless “rolled over” into a Roth IRA.

Line 5 — Human Services and other governmental cash public assistance benefits

Write the total amount of Human Services and other governmen- tal cash public assistance benefits the entire household received. If the first two digits of any member’s Human Services case num- ber are the same as any of those in the following list, you must include the total amount of any of these benefits on Line 5.

01

aged

04 and 06 temporary assistance to

02

blind

needy families (TANF)

03

disabled

07 general assistance

To determine the total amount of the household benefits, multi- ply the monthly amount each person received by 12. You must adjust your figures accordingly if anyone in the household did not receive 12 equal checks during this period.

Food stamps, medical assistance, and Circuit Breaker benefits anyone in the household may have received are not considered income and should not be added to your total income.

Line 6 — Wages, salaries, and tips from work

Write the total amount of wages, salaries, and tips from work for every household member (shown in box 1 of Form W-2).

Line 7 — Interest and dividends received

Write the total amount of interest and dividends the entire house- hold received from all sources, including any government sources (shown on Forms 1099-INT, 1099-OID, and 1099-DIV). You must include both taxable and nontaxable amounts.

Line 8 — Net rental, farm, and business income or (loss)

Write the total amount of net income or loss from rental, farm, business sources, etc., the entire household received, as allowed on U.S. 1040, Lines 12, 17, and 18. You cannot use any net oper- ating loss (NOL) carryover in figuring income.

Line 9 — Net capital gain or (loss)

Write the total amount of taxable capital gain or loss the entire household received in 2012, as allowed on U.S. 1040, Lines 13 and 14, or U.S. 1040A, Line 10. You cannot use a net capital loss carryover in figuring income.

Line 10 — Other income or (loss)

Write the total amount of other income or loss not included in Lines 1 through 9, that is included in federal adjusted gross income, such as alimony received, unemployment compensation, taxes withheld from oil or gas well royalties. You cannot use any net operating loss (NOL) carryover in figuring income.

Line 11 Add Lines 1 through 10.

Line 12 — Subtractions

You may subtract only the reported adjustments to income totaled on U.S. 1040, Line 36 or U.S. 1040A, Line 20. For example

IRA deduction

•฀ Educator expenses

Archer MSA deduction

•฀ Tuition and fees

moving expenses

•฀ Domestic production

alimony or maintenance paid

activities deduction

•฀ health savings account deduction

student loan interest deduction

jury duty pay you gave to your employer

one-half of self-employment tax

self-employed health insurance deduction

self-employed SEP, SIMPLE, and qualified plans

penalty on early withdrawal of savings

Line 13 — Total household income

Subtract Line 12 from Line 11. If this amount is greater than $55,000, you do not qualify for this exemption. See Page 3.

Part 4: Affidavit

Lines 1 through 4 Mark the item that applies. Read the af- fidavit carefully. The statements must apply.

Line 7 Write the names and tax identification numbers of the individuals, other than yourself, who used the property for their principal residence on January 1, 2013. Attach an additional sheet if necessary.

Line 8 Follow the instructions on the form. If your spouse does not reside at this property, be sure to write his or her name and address.

Note: You must sign your Form PTAX-340 and have it notarized before you file it with your CCAO. Return your completed Form PTAX-340 to your CCAO’s office or mail it to the address printed on the bottom of Page 2.

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