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Property Tax

Due !

by Sheryl Krase

Tax Bills Due by Sheryl Krase

With the one deadline over and

another approaching this is the time

o year many dread because it is Tax

Time. Property tax bills are beingmailed out and will arrive soon. Ken-

dall County Treasure Jill Ferko oce

mailed last week. The rst install-

ment o property taxes is due rst

week o June. I you have any ques-

tions about your tax bill or the process

please inquiry through this website

http://taxinquiry.co.kendall.il.us/

orms/search.aspx

Don’t Fall in the Trap taken rom

{ http://www.houselogic.com}

Sin #1: Deducting the wrong

year or property taxes

You take a tax deduction or proper-ty taxes in the year you (or the hold-

er o your escrow account) actually

paid them. Some taxing authorities

work a year behind — that is, you’re

not billed or 2011 property taxes

until 2012. But that’s irrelevant to

the eds.

Enter on your ederal orms whatev-

er amount you actually paid in 2011,

no matter what the date is on your

tax bill. Dave Hampton, CPA, tax

manager at the Cincinnati account-

ing rm o Burke & Schindler, has

seen home owners conuse payments

or dierent years and claim the in-

correct amount.

Sin #2: Conusing escrow

amount or actual taxes paid

I your lender escrows unds to pay

your property taxes, don’t just de-

duct the amount escrowed, says Bob

Meighan, CPA and vice president at

TurboTax in San Diego. The regular

amount you pay into your escrow ac-

count each month to cover property

taxes is probably a little more or a

little less than your property tax bill.

Your lender will adjust the amount

every year or so to realign the two.

For example, your tax bill might be

$1,200, but your lender may have

collected $1,100 or $1,300 in escrow

over the year. Deduct only $1,200.

Your lender will send you an ocial

statement listing the actual taxes

paid. Use that. Don’t just add up

12 months o escrow property tax

payments.

Sin #3: Deducting

points paid to renanceDeduct points you paid your lend-

er to secure your mortgage in ull

or the year you bought your home.

However, when you renance, says

Meighan, you must deduct points

over the lie o your new loan. I you

paid $2,000 in points to renance

into a 15-year mortgage, your tax

deduction is $133 per year.

Sin #4: Failing to deduct pri-

vate mortgage insurance

Lenders require home buyers with

a down payment o less than 20%

to purchase private mortgage in-

surance (PMI). Avoid the commonmistake o orgetting to deduct your

PMI payments. However, note the

deduction begins to phase out once

your adjusted gross income reaches

$100,000 and disappears entirely

when your AGI surpasses $109,000.

Also, unless Congress acts to extend

the PMI deduction again, 2011 is

the last tax year or which you can

take this deduction.

Sin #5: Misjudging the

home oce tax deduction

This deduction may not be as good

as it seems. It’s complicated, oten

doesn’t amount to much o a deduc-

tion, has to be recaptured i you turn

a prot when you sell your home, and

can pique the IRS’s interest in your

return. Hampton’s advice: Claim it

only i it’s worth those drawbacks. I

so, here’s what to know about what

you can write o.

Sin #6: Missing the rst-

time home buyer tax credit

While the original home buyer tax

credit deadline passed in April 2010

(and isn’t available in 2012), military

amilies and some government work-

ers on assignment outside the U.S.

were given an extension until April 30,

2011, to get a home under contract

and take advantage o up to $8,000

in tax credits or rst-time buyers and

$6,500 in credits or repeat buyers.

It applies to any individual (and, i

married, the individual’s spouse)

who serves on qualied ocial ex-

tended duty service outside o the

United States or at least 90 days

during the period beginning ater

Dec. 31, 2008, and ending beoreMay 1, 2010.

Sin #7: Failing to track

home-related expenses

I the IRS comes a-knockin’, don’t

be scrambling to compile your re-

cords. Many people orget to track

home oce and home maintenance

and repair expenses, says Meighan.

File away documents as you go. For

example, save each manuacturer’s

certication statement or energy

tax credits, insurance company

statements or PMI, and lender or

government statements to conrm

property taxes paid.

Sin #8: Forgetting to

keep track o capital gains

I you sold your main home last

year, don’t orget to pay capital gains

taxes on any prot. However, you

can exclude $250,000 (or $500,000

i you’re a married couple) o any

prots rom taxes. So i you bought

a home or $100,000 and sold it

or $400,000, your capital gains are

$300,000. I you’re single, you owe

taxes on $50,000 o gains. However,

there are minimum time limits or

holding property to take advantage

o the exclusions, and other details.

Consult IRS Publication 523.

Sin #9: Filing incorrect-

ly or energy tax credits

I you made any eligible improve-

ment, ll out Form 5695. Part I,

which covers the 30%/$1,500 credit

or such items as insulation and win-

dows, is airly straightorward. But

Part II, which covers the 30%/no-

limit items such as geothermal heat

pumps, can be incredibly complex

and involves crosschecking with hal

a dozen other IRS orms. Read the

instructions careully.

Sin #10: Claiming too much or

the mortgage interest tax deduction

You can deduct mortgage interest

only up to $1 million o mortgage

debt, says Meighan. I you have $1.2

million in mortgage debt, or exam-

ple, deduct only the mortgage inter-

est attributable to the rst $1 million.

Read more: http://www.house-

logic.com/home-advice/tax-

es-incentives/common-tax-mistakes/#ixzz1u6CZZdl4

Kendall County

Forest Preserve

News

by Kris Heiman

Program Highlights

Family Fitness With Fido (Fam-

ily): Sunday, May 20; 2:00-4:00PM,

Hoover FP; Fee: $20 per amily, one

dog per each adult.

Enhance your bond with your dog,

stay t with your amily, and en-

joy the beauty o spring all in one

class! Angela Murray, Certied Dog

Trainer o Nature Your Pet, will lead

this class that includes training dis-

cussion, 1-mile hike with challenge

stations, and tips on pet nutrition

with ree samples rom Go Dog Go

o Oswego. No fexi-leads, choke, or

pinch collars and you are required to

pick up ater your dog.

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Badge Bonanza Day (Ages 6-12):

Friday, June 8; Girl Scouts rom

9:00-11:45, Cub Scouts rom 1:00-

3:45PM, Rookery Building, Hoover

FP; Fee: $5

Girl Scouts rom Brownies to Ca-

dettes, Cub Scouts rom Wol to

Webelos, and individuals looking

or something un to do will have ablast working on requirements or

achievement patches. Deadline to

register is May 25.

Classes or Children

Sounds Like Nature! (Ages 3-6):

Saturday May 12 & 19; 9:00-

10:30AM, Rookery Building, Hoo-

ver FP; Fee: $14

Become a mini-musician by creat-

ing your own natural instruments

and learning music terms in this un

hands-on class! You will get to take

a hike and see how nature oers usmusic everyday. Class is two ses-

sions long and will be led by proes-

sional instructor Elizabeth Kee.

Girls in the Garden (Ages 8-11):

Saturday, May 12; 1:00-3:00PM,

Rookery Building, Hoover FP; Fee:

$8, includes take-home supplies.

Come build your gardener savvy in

this class or Junior-level Girl Scouts

by visiting special gardens at Hoover

Forest Preserve and getting down-

and-dirty in our Native American

garden. Non-scouts are welcome to

join us.

Adult Programs

Trail Runners Club (Ages 16+):

Saturday, May 12; 9:00-11:00AM,

Hoover FP; Fee: $8 per class

Whether you are looking or a change

o pace, less impact, or to learn a

new skill, trail running has a lot o

benets to oer runners. Learn the

ins-and-outs o trail running with

ACE certied personal trainers Aland Kristen Wade rom Mists En-

durance Coaching. During class,

you’ll learn basic injury prevention,

build skills, and gain experience run-

ning trails in dierent distance runs.

Opportunities at Ellis Equestrian

Center

Family Fun Night (All ages) Friday,

May 4; 4:00-7:00PM, Ellis House

and Equestrian Center; Fee: Free,

except or pony rides ($3 per ride or

$5 or two rides) and concessions.

Pony rides, hayrack rides, and other

terric activities await during our

monthly Family Fun Night. Every

month has dierent crats and un!

Summer Camp News

Summer camps are lling up! Click

here to see this year’s exciting line up

o summer camp programs.

Natural Beginnings Inormation

We’ve added a Tuesday/Thursday

session to our Natural Beginningsprogram! The Tuesday/Thursday

class will meet on the same sched-

ule as the Monday/Wednesday class

rom 9:00-11:15AM. Tours are

available throughout the summer.

This program is or children ages

3-5 and meets rom September 5,

2012 to May 8, 2013. More inor-

mation is available by contacting

Jessica Pierson, Lead Naturalist, at

[email protected] or 630

553-1111.

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Press Release

Spring Cleanup Service in

Montgomery

Allied Waste will provide a ree

Spring Cleanup service in Mont-

gomery on each household’s regular-

ly scheduled trash pickup day during

the week o May 7th. On the regular

pickup day that week, residents may

discard unlimited amounts o trash,

yard waste, urniture, appliances

and up to our tires (no rims). All

trash must be placed in cans, bags

or boxes (not to exceed 50 pounds

each) and set in an organized man-ner at the curb. Piles o loose trash,

demolition material, concrete, metal

poles, liquids and hazardous waste

will not be accepted. No stick-

ers are required! This is an excel-

lent opportunity to clean out base-

ments, garages and yards without

incurring additional disposal costs.

Please note that items must be

at the curb prior to 6:00 a.m., as

crews will not return to pick up

items that are placed out later.

This service is or Village o Mont-

gomery residents only (not busi-

nesses or unincorporated areas).

I you have any questions regard-

ing the Spring Cleanup or any other

Public Works services, please call the

Montgomery Public Works Depart-

ment at 630-896-9241.

Aurora GreenFest

by Mavis Bates

Aurora Green Fest and Solar Pow-

ered Concert, June 9th, 2012

Fox Valley’s Premier Sus-

tainable Community Event!

Win a complete solar power system

or your home courtesy o WCP

Solar

March 26, 2012 Aurora welcomes

Green Fest 2012! Mark your calen-dars or June 9th, 2012, 10 am - 3

pm. Join us at Prisco Community

Center & McCullough Park at 150

W. Illinois Ave or our third annual

Celebration o Sustainability! This

amily event is ree to the public.

Aurora Green Fest eatures local

educators, entrepreneurs and envi-

ronmental groups working together

to build our local green economy.

This is a BIG party with a BIG-

GER purpose – promoting eco-

logical balance and inspiring social

entrepreneurship to raise up our en-

tire community. Visitors will enjoy:

•Environmental Education –

be aware o issues impacting

our neighborhoods and homes

•Local Organic Farms – boost family

health and support our local armers

•Be Green to Save Green – learn

how to lower utility bills, ex-

plore alternative energy sources

•Sustainable Living Solutions from

local green vendors and sponsors

•Green Art Show – 3D sculp-

ture art rom reusable objects

•Recycling Extravaganza –

Bring computers and electron-

ics, medicines, documents or

shredding, metals, and more.

Big additions to this

year’s estival include:

•The area’s first-of-its-kind So-

lar Powered Concert, powered by

WCP Solar, Inc. eaturing live music

rom The Giving Tree Band – Chi-

cagoland’s nationally-acclaimed,

enviro-conscious music group

•Green Car Show featur-

ing the latest trends in envi-

ronmentally riendly vehicles•Live Eagles and Hawks from

SOAR, an organization ocused

on conservation and preserva-

tion o American raptor species

•Keynote Speaker Jack Darin - Direc-

tor o the Sierra Club, Illinois Chapter

Festival attendees will have a chance

to win the concert’s solar system or

their home. The grand prize includes

a complete ve-kilowatt residential

solar system and installation, made

possible through a generous contri-

bution rom WCP Solar. Raffl e tick-

ets are only $10, with proceeds go-

ing to help grow Aurora Green Fest

in 2013, when the committee hopesto move the estival to the city’s new

estival grounds at RiverEdge Park.

“We are thrilled to take the Green

Fest in new directions,” said Mavis

Bates, the Festival’s director and

chairman o Aurora Green Lights.

“We are on a mission to spread the

word about building a sustainable

uture. We invite everyone to learn

more about green initiatives and

participate in what’s happening right

here in our own Fox Valley.”

“WCP Solar is excited to demon-

strate the potential o solar power

to the community in such an in-

novative way,” says Dr. Everton

Walters, WCP Solar’s ounder and

CEO, about the solar-powered con-

cert, “This is a great opportunity to

show the community how well solar

works, and how it can help you not

only save money on your electric

bills, but decrease the amount o

power coming rom dirty sources.”

Limited sponsorships and vendor

spaces are still available. Visit au-

roragreenest.com or inormation.

What: Aurora Green Fest

& Solar Powered Concert





When: 10 am to 3 pm Saturday, June 9th

Where: Prisco Community Center,

150 W. Illinois Ave., Aurora IL 60506

Cost: Free

Aurora Green Lights is an independ-

ent, non-prot citizens’ group, with

a mission to promote sustainable

living in the Greater Aurora Area.

The Conservation Foundation is a

non-prot group dedicated to pre-

serving and restoring natural ar-eas and open space, protecting riv-

ers and watersheds, and promoting

stewardship o our environment.

WCP Solar Services, LLC is a

ull-service engineering rm that

specializes in the design, devel-

opment, and installation o Solar

Photovoltaic and Thermal Systems

Labor Beat

by Jennier Rice

Stamp Out Hunger ooddrive celebrates 20 years

o eeding the hungry

May 12 will mark an important mile-

stone or the National Association o

Letter Carriers’ (NALC) Stamp Out

Hunger national ood drive.

“It’s our 20th anniversary,” NALC

President Fredric Rolando noted.

“For two decades, our annual na-

tional drive has proved critical in

helping millions o American ami-

lies — our customers, who are strug-

gling to make ends meet.

“Each year, the second Saturday in

May is a day when all citizens have

an opportunity, with the help o their

letter carrier, to easily donate ood toneedy amilies in their community,”

he said.

The drive, the largest one-day ood-

collection event in the nation, has

been a success every year, but the

needs are particularly sad, even stag-

gering, in 2012.

“Sixteen percent o all Americans are

at risk o hunger. That includes 1 in

5 children under the age o 18, plus 4

million seniors who are orced every

day to choose between paying a util-

ity bill and buying ood,” he said.

“Last year, despite many obstacles,

letter carriers proudly collected 70.2

million pounds o ood, raising the

total amount o donations picked up

over the history o the drive to more

than 1.1 billion pounds,” Rolando

said. “With help rom our broth-

ers and sisters in the rural crat,

alongside other postal employees

and volunteers, letter carriers will do

what we can again this year to help

all Americans.”

NRLCA President Jeannette Dwyer

said members are proud to contin-

ue their support o the annual ood

drive. “It has become clear how such

a small act o charity on the part

o one person can resonate so pro-

oundly in the communities in which

we live.”

The NALC drive began at the local

level in the late 1980s and went na-

tionwide in 1992. Twenty years later,

letter carriers all across America —

including Puerto Rico, Guam and

the Virgin Islands — still lead the

charge in the sadly ongoing battle

against hunger, helping to stock ood

banks, pantries and shelters or the

summer months.

“This year, we enter the drive amidst

a ‘perect storm’ o high unemploy-

ment, sky-high ood and gasoline

prices, unprecedented budget cuts

to ederal nutrition programs, limits

on charitable-giving incentives and

a decline in ederal commodities,”

Feeding America President Vicki Es-

carra said. “Some o our larger ood

banks are reporting declines in ood

inventories o as much as 35 percent

rom last year.

“Few are more committed to ending

hunger in America than letter carri-

ers,” she said. “You are the ones on

the ront line o the poverty battle-

eld. You see and console the very

same people who come to us or

emergency ood assistance, oten be-

ore we see them.”

AFL-CIO President Richard Trum-

ka backs the drive and asked the la-

bor ederation’s a liates, state ed-

erations and central labor councils

to join the NALC in promoting and

conducting the event.

“With America still reeling with

devastating unemployment, the

Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive

comes at a critical time,” Trumka

said. “With the support o unions

all across America, the NALC can

set a record in collections, help-

ing those who have lost their jobs

in this economy and the millions

more acing economic uncertainty.”

— National Associa-

tion o Letter Carriers




















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