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TAXES: Remember grocery credit

| March 9, 2011 9:00 PM

The Free American Association of Retired People (AARP) Tax Help Program that is presently active at the Silver Lake Mall and at senior centers in Coeur d'Alene, Rathdrum, Post Falls and Athol would like to remind those who have not had to file for years to ask themselves if they have filed to receive "grocery credit" from the state of Idaho. A Form 24 is normally used for this filing. The credit this year is $90 for senior citizens. For others it is now $50 per exemption if your taxable income is more than $1,000 and $70 per exemption if your taxable income is $1,000 or less. It is possible to amend back to receive other missed credits. Check it out for free at an AARP site.

ED EICHWALD

Coeur d'Alene