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Only three days left until taxes are due


With the deadline for filing taxes fast approaching, Ronald Gilcher couldn't have appeared any more at ease Saturday.

"I procrastinate every year," said Gilcher, 65, of Great Falls.

Gilcher was feeling good as he joined dozens getting their taxes done for free through the Tax Help Montana service at the Great Falls Senior Center on Saturday.Click here for the full Great Falls Tribune Article.

2009 busy for Great Falls tax volunteers  

Volunteers are completing tax returns at almost double the rate of the last year at Tax Help Montana sites in Great Falls. Click here for the full Great Falls Tribune story.

Tax Help Montana offers U.S. Savings Bonds

This tax season, Tax Help Montana is offering the purchase of U.S. Savings Bonds as part of the tax filing process. Click here for the complete story.

Tax confusion reigns

The IRS issued the release late last week after an early sampling of tax returns showed about 15 percent had errors involving the 2008 recovery rebate credit. Some tax returns erroneously claimed the credit, did not claim the proper amount of recovery rebate credit or mistakenly entered the amount of the stimulus payment they received last year on the recovery rebate credit line. Click here for the full Great Falls Tribune story.

Pacific Steel & Recycling donates to Montana tax-help group

Pacific Steel and Recycling is giving a big boost to a non-profit agency by donating $44,000 to Tax Help Montana.  The money will help the agency provide free tax preparation for people who qualify.

Rural Dynamics Incorporated (RDI), affiliated with Consumer Credit Counseling Services, is the local non-profit agency that operates Tax Help Montana.  They estimate that every dollar invested returns more than $66 to local communities.  The Pacific Steel donation will help expand Tax Help services. Click here for the full article.

State, nonprofit groups offer free tax help for Montanans

The Montana Department of Revenue and a group of nonprofit partners are urging Montanans to file their income taxes electronically this year to get faster rebates and, in many cases, free tax help.

Thanks to last-minute changes to the U.S. tax code, people who file their federal income tax returns through the mail could wait six to 10 weeks or longer for their tax refunds, deputy revenue director David Hunter told a Thursday press conference. Click here for the full article.