The Missouri Property Tax Credit Claim is a tax credit available for persons 65 years of age or 100% disabled or 60 years of age and receiving survivors benefits based on their paid real estate taxes or paid rent receipts.

The maximum credit is $750 for renters and $1,100 for homeowners. The actual credit is based on the amount of real estate taxes paid or 20% of the rent paid and the total household income (taxable and nontaxable). To be eligible, total household income must not exceed $34,000. (VA payments received for a 100% service-connected disability are not included as income.) From January 1 through April 17, individuals can apply for credit for years 2019, 2018, 2017, and/or 2016. For questions or to make an appointment, call Carmen Ellison at 660-744-5812 at the Rock Port Senior Center, 505 S. Country Club, Rock Port, Missouri.

This program is funded, in part, by The Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, USDA, and Missouri General Revenue and Department of Health and Senior Services, Division of Senior and Disability Services and a contract with the Northwest Missouri Area Agency on Aging, Inc.