Community Action Southwest Offering Free Income Tax Preparation and Filing Through End of Tax Season
- Last Updated on Monday, 01 April 2013 01:31
Community Action Southwest (CAS) will continue to offer free, basic, income tax filing assistance to qualified working households who made less than $51,000 a year in 2012 through April 11, 2013 at various sites in Washington and Greene Counties.
Through its Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program, the agency assisted a total of 583 households in the two counties to file their income taxes last tax season and $534,640 was refunded to those taxpayers.
The agency operates its VITA Program in partnership with the Internal Revenue Service and through funding from the United Way of Washington County and the Greene County United Way. Additionally, the majority of volunteers who assist the taxpayers to file their income taxes are students from Washington & Jefferson College and Waynesburg University.
Volunteers are trained to assist taxpayers to receive the appropriate tax credits for which they are eligible including the Earned Income Tax Credit, a federally funded tax credit for lower-income working individuals and families.
Appointments have been offered since late January, and are still available at sites in Burgettstown, Charleroi, Donora, Washington and Waynesburg. Appointments are required at all locations. To make an appointment, to get more information or to find out if you qualify please call Rachael at 1-877-814-0788 ext. 421.
