Michigan 2011: Property Tax Credit on Second Home
Updated: 2/20/2013
Article ID: SLN62157
Michigan homeowners and renters who paid property taxes on their principal residence may be allowed to reduce their Michigan tax.
Certain customers, who paid property taxes and claimed a credit on their second home, may have filed an incorrect Michigan tax return.
TurboTax has fixed this issue.
How to tell if you may be impacted
You may be affected if ALL of the following are true:
- You filed your 2011 Michigan tax return before February 16, 2012 AND
- Your federal tax return included a Form 1098 (Mortgage Interest Statement) with an amount in Box 5 (Property tax) AND
- That property tax was NOT paid for your main residence AND
- You have an amount on Form MI-1040, Line 24 (Property Tax Credit)
If you are affected, you may have underpaid your Michigan tax. You may need to amend your Michigan tax return.
You can make the corrections yourself.
- To do it yourself, please follow these step-by-step instructions.
- After you make the changes to your tax return, you will need to mail a copy of your amended state return.
- Your printed return will include instructions on how and where to mail it.
- If you need assistance, call us at the phone number in the email.
Or let us do the work for you.
- Please download and print this Authorization Form.
- Complete the form and fax it to us at the number printed at the top of the form.
- A TurboTax representative will contact you (within 15 days) when your corrected return is ready to be securely emailed back to you.
- You can print, sign, and mail the corrected return to the state taxing authority.
If you need to contact us, please use the phone number in the email from TurboTax and tell the representative you’re calling about the Michigan 2011: Credit for 2nd Home.
