Tax Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities

Special assistance is given to the persons with disabilities. If you are a disable person and are unable to complete your return, you can take assistance from the IRS office or from through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program. This program is intended to give relief for the disable taxpayers. This is a special tax relief program.

If you want to qualify for this program, you must be a disable person. The individuals qualify for this program if their household member or any disable person they provide care to is a disable person.

You must be a taxpayer interested to get tax information and help in tax return preparation.

Disability Tax Benefits

• If you are a disable person, you may qualify for income exclusions, some FATCA & US taxes deductions and credits.
• The legally blind persons should refer to Publication 501, Exemptions, Standard Deduction, and Filing Information to see if they qualify for an increased standard deduction.
• Individuals having physical or mental disability that interferes with their employment should refer to Publication 529, Miscellaneous Deductions.
• Individuals who are elderly or disabled should refer to Credit for the Elderly or Disabled,
• Publication 524. 
• Individuals having medical expenses should refer to Publication 502, Medical and Dental Expenses.
• The deaf people can get the telephone assistance and those having hearing problem can get assistance with TTY equipment. There is a toll-free number for this service which is 800-829-4059. You can contact from Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. (caller's local time). Those who are deaf or have problem of hearing but not having this equipment can get obtain access through the federal or state relay services.

If you or any other person listed as disable on your federal tax return, you may be eligible for any of the following tax credits.

1. Standard Deduction: the tax return of the legally blind taxpayers may be entitled to a higher standard deduction.
2. Gross Income: the gross income excludes some disability-related payments, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Veterans Administration disability benefits.
3. Impairment-Related Work Expenses: those taxpayers who have a physical or mental disability that interferes with their employment could claim business expenses associating their workplace.
4. Credit for the Elderly or Disabled:those taxpayers who are above 65 years of age or those who are younger than the age of 65 years but are disable persons can have this credit.
5. Medical Expenses
6. Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC): this is for the disable taxpayers or the parents of the disable children after getting retired on the basis of their disability. The employers of such disable individuals offer the taxable benefits under the retirement plan. It is a tax credit that reduces the US expatriate tax liability of a taxpayer and also gives the refund.
7. Child or Dependent Care Credit:  this credit is for those taxpayers who pay any person to care for their dependent or spouse.