What is Volunteer Firefighter Credit?
Tax Benefits for Your Service
Act 172 of 2016 provides municipalities with the option to offer a real estate or earned income tax credit to active members of volunteer fire companies and nonprofit emergency medical service agencies through a volunteer service credit program.
Active volunteers who meet the service credit criteria established by the municipality in consultation with the fire chief or supervisor of the EMS agency would be eligible for the tax credit.
Each municipality may choose whether to offer the earned income tax credit, the real estate tax credit, or both.