The tax credit can be used for tutoring, academic summer camps, enrichment programs, textbooks and instructional materials, home computer hardware, educational software, and some expenses associated with individual schools. Make sure you keep your receipts. The credit cannot be used for private school tuition. Even if you don't pay taxes, you may still be eligible for the credit. If you don't qualify for an education tax credit you may still be eligible for tax deductions for educational expenses.
Many renters also qualify for the yearly renter's refund.
Form M-1PR with your certificate of rent paid by August 15. You can do a late filing for up to one year. Your landlord must give you a certificate of rent paid by January 31, 2000. If you are unable to get a certificate of rent paid, call the Minnesota Department of Revenue and ask about fining your landlord and about other ways of proving that you paid your rent. It will help if you have kept rent receipts.