Hillcrest Transitional Housing

Purpose
The Missouri Food Pantry Tax Credit provides a tax credit for Missouri taxpayers who make donations of cash or food supplies to a qualified local Missouri food pantry, homeless shelter, or soup kitchen.

The benefits to eligible donors are:
• Receiving a charitable deduction (State)
• Reducing your Missouri State Income tax liability by as much as 50% of the donation amount (up to $2,500)
• Supporting Hillcrest residents by filling our campus pantries

How to claim the Food Pantry Credit:
To claim the Food Pantry Tax Credit, the claimant must attach the following to their Missouri tax return:
• A completed Miscellaneous Income Tax Credits Form (MO-TC); and
• A completed Food Pantry Tax Credit Form (MO-FPT) or documentation from the food pantry which specifies the name of the food pantry, the dates and amounts of donations, and the name of the person making the donations.

Eligible use of Food Pantry Tax Credit:
• The amount of the credit claimed may not exceed the amount of the claimant’s tax liability.
• If the credit exceeds the claimant’s tax liability, the excess amount may be carried forward three subsequent years.
• If the claimant reports donations used to calculate the Food Pantry Tax Credit as a charitable contribution on their federal Schedule A, the donation amount must be reported as a modification (addition) on Missouri Individual Income Tax Adjustments Form MO-A.

Anyone employing persons not authorized to work in the United States under federal law is not eligible for the credit.