Hi; I live in St Clair, IL, since 1993. Reciently, I discovered that the county was not applying the owner occupency credit to my property taxes. This credit is worth approximatly $500 this year. How do I apply for a refund for the previous years? The folks at the county courthouse inform me...

Hello, First of all thanks for taking you time trying to help me answer this question. I am currently living in South NJ, but working in Philadelphia. In the W2 that I received from my employer they have deducted local taxes for Philadelphia, but did not deduct any taxes for New Jersey. Can...

Hi, I am an international student, who is on OPT right now. I was working with a company for the year 2007 on CPT and my 2007 w2 form shows that I was being charged with railroad taxes(RRT1,RRT2 and RRTM) for the whole year 2007. My company asked me to file for the refund to IRS with form IRS 843....

Hi, I am frustrated about filing taxes as I am not sure which forms to file. I was on OPT from Jan 07 to Oct 07, my H1 started oct 1st 07 and I got married on Nov 24th, my wife came back with me back to US on Dec 7th 07. Questions: 1. Can I file my taxes jointly? 2. Which forms do I...

I did not work in 2007 but I am an adult returning to college and 2007 was my first year in pursuit of an associate's degree. Most of my tuition and fees were paid by a Pell Grant, but I did pay about $500 to $600 buying my own books and a few very small payments on the balance of Stafford loans...