I saw something on the news a little while ago about a small town that was letting senior citizens work off the taxes they owe. It caught my interest and I wanted to know more about it, so I went to Google.

I was surprised by just how many of those programs there apparently are. For example…

Boulder County Colorado has a work off program that allows seniors to work for $10 an hour, minimum payment of $240, maximum of $1,000 with the determining factor on where the wages are cut off being what the County portion of the senior’s taxes is.

Saco, Maine is the one I saw on the news, which allows residents age 60 and older to work at volunteer jobs for owed taxes. Working for 103 hours can earn a senior citizen up to $750 toward their tax bill.

According to the Boston Globe, Massachusetts residents from Merrimac to Somerville are also taking advantage of programs that allow them to work off taxes.

This is a rather good idea in my humble opinion, so I am going to start a collection on this site of links to states and cities that offer programs that allow seniors to work off part or all of their taxes.