Free Tax Help Will Be Available in 2021
Free tax preparation help is still available in 2021. Here’s how taxpayers can get assistance through VITA, TCE, AARP Tax-Aide, and IRS Free File.
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Taxes From A To Z (2019): V Is For VITA
It’s my annual Taxes from A to Z series! This time, it’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) style. If you’re wondering whether you can claim house office expenses or whether to deduct a capital loss under the new law, you won’t want to miss a single letter. V is for VITA. The Volunteer Income…
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Free In-Person Tax Help Is Available For Eligible Taxpayers
Need help this tax season? The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is offered at nearly 12,000 preparation sites across the country and focuses on tax assistance for low- and moderate-income taxpayers and the elderly.
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IRS Accepting TCE & VITA Apps
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?
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
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…
