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Track your refund with the IRS here:
The IRS should issue your refund check within six to eight weeks of filing a paper return. If you chose to receive your refund through direct deposit, you should receive it within a week. If you use e-file, your refund should be issued between two and three weeks.
You can track your federal refund or Missouri refund online.
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Our sophisticated software has all of the forms you need to file your taxes.
To reference or print a form between appointments, you can find federal forms and Missouri state forms online.
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Bratkowski C.P.A. offers drop off tax preparation and one-on-one consultations. Drop off returns are prepared with all the care and accuracy you expect in a personal appointment.
Child Tax Credit Information
The child tax credit is a tax benefit to help families who are raising children that was expanded in March 2021. The American Rescue Plan:
- Increased the credit from up to $2,000 per qualifying child in 2020 to up to $3,600 for each qualifying child under age 6.
- Increased the credit from up to $2,000 per qualifying child in 2020 to up to $3,000 for each qualifying child ages 6 to 16.
- Makes 17-year-olds eligible for up to $3,000 in credit.
- To get money to families sooner, the IRS began sending the first-ever monthly payments (up to half of your total amount) this year, starting in July.
- Advance payments went to the families of over 61 million children from July to December 2021.
To more information and to check your eligibility for the child tax care credit, go to this website:
Non-Cash Donation Calculator
To help with calculating your NON-CASH Charitable donations use the following links:
https://goodwillsega.org/donate/donation-calculator/
https://satruck.org/Home/DonationValueGuide
https://www.donationcalculator.com/
It is your responsibility as the taxpayer to determine the value of your non-cash charitable contributions. You should maintain pictures and receipts of donated property for a minimum of 4 years.
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