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New for 2008
Please be aware of the following tax law and administrative changes when filing your DC taxes in 2008.
Tax Law Changes
- Income Tax Rates: The top individual income tax rate (for those earning $40,000 or more a year) has been reduced from 8.7 percent to 8.5 percent. There are also rate reductions in the lower tax brackets.
- DC Government Employee First-time Homebuyer Credit: Eligibility for this $2,000 credit has been expanded from just police officers to include all DC government employees, all employees of a DC public charter school, and any person who has accepted an offer to be a DC police officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, public school teacher, or teacher at a DC public charter school. This expanded tax credit is limited to those employees who purchased their first homes on or after October 1, 2007 and who have enrolled in the Employer Assisted Housing Program offered by the DC Department of Housing and Community Development.
Since this credit was already available to DC police officers, they are not subject to the October 1, 2007 date.
- Domestic Partner Joint Filing
Beginning tax year 2008, domestic partners may file either a joint retrun or file separately on the District of Columbia Individual Tax Return.
Click here to learn more about the filing (Domestic Partner Joint Filing*).
- Domestic Partner Health Care Benefits – As a reminder, since January 1, 2006, the cost of any health-care insurance premium, paid by an employer for a non-employee domestic partner registered with the Vital Records Division of the DC Department of Health, is excluded from the calculation of the employee domestic partner’s District gross income.
Direct Deposit
If you are filing a paper return, you can now elect to have your refund deposited directly into your bank account.
Extended Hours of Operations
For those needing assistance, you may visit our walk-in center at 941 North Capitol Street, NE, on the 1st floor, or contact our customer service specialists at (202) 727-4TAX (4829).
Extended hours for the walk-in and telephone centers are being offered as follows:
- March 31 through April 14 - 8:15 am to 7 pm;
- April 15 - 8:15 am to 8 pm; and
- Every third Thursday - 8:15 am to 8 pm.
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