Senior Citizens Work For Tax Credit
Homeowners Take Advantage Of Natick Program
POSTED: 3:59 pm EDT October 8, 2008
UPDATED: 5:14 pm EDT October 8, 2008
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BOSTON -- A unique program is helping senior citizens in Natick deal with the economy."I'm on a fixed income. I only have so much money to go around and when taxes go up, and if I can't alleviate that burden I get in trouble," said Natick homeowner Helen O'Malley.
Senior Citizens Work For Tax CreditNewsCenter 5's Jim Boyd reported that O'Malley is avoiding financial trouble by taking advantage of Natick's property tax work program. It gives qualifying senior homeowners the chance to work 94 hours in a fiscal year to receive a $750 real estate tax credit.O'Malley put in her hours in the town comptroller's office."I worked on filing, and I enjoyed it because it got me out of the house and helped pay my taxes, which is always helpful," O'Malley said."She consolidated all these various files into one place so that we would just go to one file and find everything we need," comptroller Fred Witte said.Natick's tax work program puts up to 50 seniors to work in a variety of departments around the town."We have people in the schools, working both in the classrooms and in the libraries and providing some monitor positions within the high school," program administrator Diane Parker said."In municipal government, you cannot go over your budget as you may be able to do in the private sector. So we don't have funds appropriated or allocated for this specific purpose," Whitte said.
Senior Citizens Work For Tax CreditNewsCenter 5's Jim Boyd reported that O'Malley is avoiding financial trouble by taking advantage of Natick's property tax work program. It gives qualifying senior homeowners the chance to work 94 hours in a fiscal year to receive a $750 real estate tax credit.O'Malley put in her hours in the town comptroller's office."I worked on filing, and I enjoyed it because it got me out of the house and helped pay my taxes, which is always helpful," O'Malley said."She consolidated all these various files into one place so that we would just go to one file and find everything we need," comptroller Fred Witte said.Natick's tax work program puts up to 50 seniors to work in a variety of departments around the town."We have people in the schools, working both in the classrooms and in the libraries and providing some monitor positions within the high school," program administrator Diane Parker said."In municipal government, you cannot go over your budget as you may be able to do in the private sector. So we don't have funds appropriated or allocated for this specific purpose," Whitte said. Copyright 2009 by TheBostonChannel.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
