Scanlon's Tax Service

02/10/2025

Are you frustrated with filing for your Minnesota Renter Credit? If so, it’s completely understandable. Minnesota’s new process for claiming your renters credit has essentially prevented anyone from paper filing to receive it.

There are plenty of seniors that don’t have to file taxes, so they USED to get the two page M1PR form, include their Social Security income and their rent amount off the renters credit form (CRP), go to an easy to use chart to determine their refund, sign the form and mail it in.

Now….not so easy!!

For starters the landlord can’t even fill out a CRP on their own anymore. Landlord’s have to create a username and password with Minnesota Revenue E-Srevices to generate the CRP. It will then assign an Electronic Control Number to the CRP.

In order to paper file that CRP to get your refund this is how you do it:

You will have to print out a M1RENT, M1REF and a M1.

1 - Get your CRP ( it must have a control number)
2 - Fill out form M1RENT to calculate the refund amount
3 - Then use the refund amount to complete form M1REF (refundable credits)
4 - Lastly complete the M1 (Minnesota income tax)

Note: The M1 wants your adjusted gross income (AGI) from your Federal return. If you only have Social Security income, your AGI is zero. If you also have a small retirement, your AGI is only the small retirement.

01/17/2025

Yes, it is that time!! If your preparations are already done, give me a call or shoot me a text and we can make an appointment. I’m taking appointments for my Isle office starting this Thursday. Appointments for Motley any other time.

01/17/2025

The 2024 tax season officially kicks off on Monday, January 27th. That’s the day the IRS will start accepting electronically filed returns. I’m taking appointments anytime you’re ready to meet up.

01/17/2025

My schedule for being at my Isle office will be the same as last year. I’ll be there every Thursday starting January 23rd. If you’re ready to get your taxes filed, please call or text and I’ll get you on the schedule.

I will be in Isle every Thursday. Please visit my website, Scanlonstax.com for details and hours.

01/18/2024

It’s tax time and I just want to post this to let you know that I am still here doing what I do….Taxes. Every year I intend to use Facebook more to promote my business and inform my viewers, but every year I fail at keeping up with it.

As I said, I am still doing taxes. I do try to keep my website up to date, so feel free to visit my website at www.scanlonstax.com. You can call or text anytime. If you google “tax preparers near Motley, Mn”, you will find me as well.

We operate a Husband and Wife Tax and Accounting Service out of our home in Motley, MN. We offer very personalized services to our friends and neighbors in this rural area of Minnesota. Working from home allows us to be available to serve our clients with extremely flexible hours and very reasonable...

01/29/2023

I will be in Isle every Thursday. Please visit my website, Scanlonstax.com for details and hours.

01/25/2023

The tax season officially kicked of this past Monday (the 23rd). I’m guessing most of you are still waiting on getting your documents. W-2’s and 1099’s don’t have to be in the mail till January 31st, so it may still be awhile before it all comes in.

I wanted to make this post to open this line of communicating. In the past I haven’t used my page much at all. This year I will try to post a little more often.

I now have a satellite office set up in Isle. I plan to be there every Thursday for the full day. In order to not make this post too long, I’ll post some details on that later.

If you have questions or want to make an appointment you can always call, text or message me on messenger. I have updated my website at

We operate a Husband and Wife Tax and Accounting Service out of our home in Motley, MN. We offer very personalized services to our friends and neighbors in this rural area of Minnesota. Working from home allows us to be available to serve our clients with extremely flexible hours and very reasonable...