Eligible Customers Should File Taxes Early
For Earned Income Tax Credit
PITTSBURGH – Customers who are eligible for the Earned Income
Tax Credit are urged to file their taxes early. The purpose of the credit is
to reduce the amount of taxes owed or to increase the amount of the refund that
a taxpayer is entitled to receive.
To be eligible for this year’s Earned Income Credit, taxpayers
must have had the following occur in 2001:
Married or single workers who lived with one child in
2001 and earned at least $1 but less than $28,281 should file form 1040 or
1040A and attach Schedule EIC.
Married or single workers who lived with two or more children
in 2001 and earned at least $1 but less than $32,121 should file form 1040
or 1040A and attach Schedule EIC.
Married or single workers with no children living with
you in 2001 and earned at least $1 but less than $10,710 AND were between
the ages 25 and 64 should file form 1040, 1040A or 1040EZ.
Taxpayers may also be eligible for the Child Tax Credit,
a federal tax benefit, which is worth up to $600 for each dependent child under
17. Some families will qualify for both credits.
To avoid refund delays, Dominion would also like to remind
customers to provide correct names and social security numbers for all household
members when filing tax returns.
For more information about the Earned Income Credit, Dominion
Peoples suggests that customers call the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) toll-free
number at 1-800-829-1040.
Dominion is one of the nation’s largest producers of energy,
with a production capability of more than 3 trillion British thermal units of
energy per day. Dominion has a diversified and integrated energy portfolio consisting
of 22,000 megawatts of generation, 4.6 trillion cubic feet equivalent of natural
gas reserves, 7,600 miles of natural gas transmission pipeline and 3.8 million
franchise natural gas and electric customers in five states.
Dominion also operates the nation’s larges underground natural
gas storage system with more than 950 billion cubic feet of storage capacity.
For more information about Dominion, visit the company’s web site at www.dom.com.
