Free Tax Help for Seniors: Get Special Credits and Deductions

Seniors have a few special things to consider when filing taxes, reports The New Old Age. For example, medical expenses are more likely to be deductible than when they were younger. And they may qualify for a senior credit and deduction.

Seniors can get free tax help to sort through all this, the blog reports. AARP Tax-Aide is for people 60 and older and available “at thousands of locations.”

“I have a big prejudice against people having to pay to get a tax return done,” said Roger Ditman, 69, volunteer site director at St. Margaret’s House in Lower Manhattan. Mr. Ditman, a retired I.R.S. enforcement officer, reviews about 250 returns prepared at the housing complex.

Tax-Aide staffers decline overly complicated returns to keep the process moving. Most clients are in and out within an hour.

You can read the post here: “A Few Tax Tips for the Elderly.” You may also be interested in “Supporting Elderly Parents? How to Qualify for Tax Deductions.”

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Leigh Ann Otte is a freelance writer who covers finding and paying for senior care for OurParents.