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IRS Accepting TCE and VITA Apps

7 June 2010

Last week, the Internal Revenue Service began accepting applications for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) grant programs, which will allow some organizations to apply for annual funding for up to three years. Applications will be accepted June 1, 2010, through July 9, 2010. Previous grant recipients will [...]

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Should the IRS Kill VITA Altogether?

24 September 2009

Shortly after I posted this piece about IRS cutting ties with ACORN, I received an email asking me, among other things, if I thought this was a good thing and if we should “get rid” of the VITA program altogether because of the potential for giving bad advice. I didn’t immediately respond to the email [...]

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Walmart To Offer Free Tax Prep Services

11 February 2009

Occasionally, a news item will come across my desk that will cause me to do a double take. This story, reported on the PR Newswire, was one of those items: Wal-Mart will offer free tax filing services to eligible taxpayers in its parking lots. Just let that sink in for a minute. In fairness, it [...]

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