Vermont 2010: Alimony Paid
Vermont taxpayers may claim a Renter’s Rebate credit on their state tax return and/or file a Property Tax Adjustment claim. Both the credit and the adjustment claimed are based on household income.
Certain customers, who paid alimony, might have filed an incorrect state tax return or an incorrect property tax adjustment form.
TurboTax has fixed this issue.
How to tell if you are impacted:
You may be affected if ALL of the following are true:
- You filed a 2010 Vermont return prior to September 21, 2011 AND
- You were a resident of Vermont in 2010 AND
- You have an amount on your Federal Form 1040, Line 31a (Alimony Paid) AND
- There is not an amount on your Vermont Form HI-144, Line q2 (Alimony Paid) AND
- If you rented for the entire year and the amount on Form HI-144, line y (Household Income) is less than $47,000 after deducting alimony paid AND/OR
- If you paid property taxes and the amount on Form HI-144, line y (Household Income) is no more than $97,000 after deducting alimony paid.
If none of these apply to you, you may disregard this email. However, if you rent and these conditions apply to you, then you may have overpaid your taxes, and you’ll need to amend your tax return.
If you paid property taxes and these conditions apply to you, you may have filed an incorrect property claim adjustment and you’ll need to amend Form HS-145, Property Tax Adjustment claim.
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 Vermont 2010: Alimony Paid.
Solution
Let us do the work for you. We highly recommend this.
- 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 Vermont Department of Taxes.
Or you can make the corrections yourself. However, the amend process can be complex.
- To do it yourself, please follow these step-by-step instructions.
- If you need assistance, call us at the phone number in the TurboTax email.
