Delawareans Can Use State Tax Return In 2014 To Support Veterans Trust Fund

Displaying the page of the Delaware individual tax return that for the first time allows residents to designate a small portion of their return to support the Delaware Veterans Trust Fund are (l-r) John Knotts, executive director of the Commission of Veterans Affairs; Paul Lardizzone, chairman of the Commission of Veterans Affairs; and Dave Skocik and Paul Davis, president and vice president of the Friends of Delaware Veterans Inc.

For the first time, individual taxpayers can support the newly created Delaware Veterans Trust Fund through a tax checkoff on their state income tax return. The checkoff box is item P on Schedule III of the return.

The Veterans Trust Fund was signed into law in September 2013 under the auspices of the Commission of Veterans Affairs. Its mission is to raise funds to provide assistance to honorably discharged veterans residing in Delaware.
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