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Commissioner’s Update

Free Tax Services Offered To volunteer in person at one of 16 locations throughout the name, address, SSN/EIN, and amount you paid
• For Dependent Care Credit, bring care provider’s
county. Volunteers are available to assist in English, Spanish,
Palm Beach County Residents Creole and sign language, with no appointment required. • For Education Credit, bring 1098T or 1098E and
To make it easier to prepare your return please bring the amount paid for qualified expenses
By Mayor Maria G. Marino following items to the VITA sites: • Form 1095-A, Health Insurance Marketplace
It’s that time of year when • Last year’s Federal Income Tax Return (2024 income Statement
the United Way of Palm tax returns) If married and filing a joint return, both spouses
Beach County teams up • Social Security Cards for you, your spouse (if married), must come to the VITA site.
with IRS-certified Volunteer and all dependents listed on the return VITA volunteers will NOT prepare Schedule D
Income Tax Assistance • Correct birth dates for all names listed on the return (Complex), Schedule E, Employee Business Expenses,
(VITA) volunteers for a • All W-2s for 2024, including spouses Moving Expenses and Nondeductible IRA.
tax-free filing campaign. • Form 1098 – Mortgage interest, property taxes This Free Tax Assistance is offered from Thursday,
This initiative offers free, • Form 1099 – DIV, G, INT, MISC, NEC, K, Q, R, RRB, January 22 to Tuesday, April 15. Don’t miss this deadline!
confidential, and secure tax SSA for 2024 To find a VITA site location near you, call 211 or visit
preparation and e-filing for • Bank account and routing numbers for direct deposit www.TaxesFiledFree.org.
qualified taxpayers. Taxes of your refund (This is optional, but it gets your cash to
• A Photo ID card (driver’s license, etc.), including Professional
Filed Free provides two easy and stress-free ways to file at you fast)
no cost: taxpayers can file online at www.MyFreeTaxes.com
anytime and anywhere, or they can meet with an IRS-certified spouse’s, if married and filing joint return
Firefighters And

Paramedics

Of Palm Beach

County

This time of year, typically
brings weather with less humidity,
less rainfall and more winds. These
conditions can combine to create a
higher fire danger in our preserves,
both in Abacoa and in neighboring
wildland areas.

With these drier conditions, brush, grass and trees
can become very dry, very quickly which means that
it takes only a small source of ignition to start a fire. If
left unchecked, a wildland fire can spread rapidly and
encroach on residential and commercial properties.
Ignition sources include discarded cigarettes, sparks from
off-road recreational vehicles used in natural areas, and
unfortunately, the intentional actions to start a fire.
Reporting a fire immediately can help to prevent its
spread, which in turn will help to reduce the loss of natural
areas, wildlife habitat, wildlife, and most importantly, will
help to reduce the risk of loss of personal property and life.
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue has all the resources
GET IN TOUCH WITH THE #1 MEGA TEAM 1 available to mitigate any wildland fire and protect
the adjoining residential and business properties, but
$4 BILLION IN ANNUAL notification must be made before action can be taken, so it
is vitally important, especially in the dry weather season,
to dial 9-1-1 to report any suspected or actual fire.
TRANSACTIONS 2

TRACY WARD KEVIN KELLY

561.909.7100 561.632.5546

If you see or smell smoke but are not sure where it is
coming from, and even if you think it “may be nothing” call
anyway. We would much rather have it turn out to be minor,
than for there to be a delay, giving the fire time to spread.
Please help to protect our natural resources by being
1) BASED ON E|G TEAM INTERNAL RECORDS FOR 2023. 2) BASED ON E|G TEAM INTERNAL RECORDS FOR 2019-2023. 1111 LINCOLN RD, PH-805, MIAMI BEACH, fire safety aware. Thank you.
FL 33139. 305.695.6300. © 2024 DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REAL ESTATE. ALL MATERIAL PRESENTED HEREIN IS INTENDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. WHILE,
THIS INFORMATION IS BELIEVED TO BE CORRECT, IT IS REPRESENTED SUBJECT TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, CHANGES OR WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT NOTICE. Steen Eriksson
ALL PROPERTY INFORMATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SQUARE FOOTAGE, ROOM COUNT, NUMBER OF BEDROOMS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT Legislative Aid North
IN PROPERTY LISTINGS SHOULD BE VERIFIED BY YOUR OWN ATTORNEY, ARCHITECT OR ZONING EXPERT. IF YOUR PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY LISTED WITH
ANOTHER REAL ESTATE BROKER, PLEASE DISREGARD THIS OFFER. IT IS NOT OUR INTENTION TO SOLICIT THE OFFERINGS OF OTHER REAL ESTATE BROKERS. WE Professional Firefighters and Paramedics of
COOPERATE WITH THEM FULLY. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY.
Palm Beach County
IAFF Local 2928
HOAN@iaff2928.com