| IRS offices to open Saturday to help people get stimulus checks
Three Kansas City area Internal Revenue Service offices will be open special hours Saturday to provide free filing help for low-income taxpayers seeking economic stimulus payments. The offices in the Hillcrest Bank building at 5800 E. Bannister Road in Kansas City, 5799 Broadmoor in Mission, and 3730 S. Elizabeth St. in Independence will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to offer free filing help for retirees, veterans and low-income workers to fill out simplified Form 1040A federal income tax returns so they will get $300 or more in stimulus payments later this spring. The effort is part of a nationwide Super Saturday opening of 320 offices nationally that IRS is holding to help those who normally aren't required to file federal returns but who will need to this year to receive the stimulus payments.
Help For Seniors to Receive IRS Payments
The Internal Revenue Service and its partners will open nineteen Tennessee locations on Saturday, March 29, in an effort to reach those Americans who are eligible for the economic stimulus payment but who normally are not required to file an income tax return. These Stimulus Payment help sites in the NewsChannel 9 area include: CHATTANOOGA -Eastgate Mall City Center, 5600 Brainerd Rd. 10 am - 4 pm -IRS Office, 5740 Uptain Rd. 9 am - 3 pm CLEVELAND -Northeast Recreation Center, 264 Berry St. 10 am - 12 noon IRS partners such as AARP, United Way of America and dozens of others also are making special efforts on Super Saturday to reach out to those who normally are not required to file a tax return. A list of IRS offices and partner sites providing assistance on Super Saturday is available at www.irs.gov or by calling the IRS Hotline, 1-800-906-9887, for free assistance locations.
Manila teacher annuity plan guidelnes change
Manila School Board members discussed tax shelter annuity plans, adopted the 2008-09 calendar, discussed partnership plan updates and approved certified contracts at the Thursday regular meeting. Superintendent Pam Castor discussed with the board changes in guidelines governing the 403B, a tax shelter annuity retirement plan available to teachers. "In the past the district's only responsibility was to deduct the money and send it to the vendors," Castor said. Castor said presently 25 teachers are enrolled in a 403B. "IRS regulations have changed and they changed retroactive to 2007," Castor said. "It is now the district's responsibility to administer the plan. The district has to have a written document including who can participate in the plan and how to make withdrawals.
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