Low- to moderate-income working families and individuals in Dauphin, Cumberland, and Perry counties can receive free virtual tax preparation services through Thursday, April 15, via the new Touch-Free Taxes program. Touch-Free Taxes can be done from a computer, tablet or smartphone and connects clients to trained volunteers that will prepare their taxes for free through the Internal Revenue Service's Volunteer Tax Income Assistance (VITA) program.
VITA is designed to provide low-income families with help completing federal and state returns and obtaining tax credits. This year, people who earned wages of less than $57,000 may be eligible for assistance.
Touch-Free Taxes is part of the Money in Your Pocket Campaign, a community collaboration of organizations committed to the economic stability of local families. The program, led by United Way of the Capital Region, aims to increase use of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC). The EITC is a tax refund offered by the federal government to supplement wages for low-income workers.
In addition to Touch-Free Taxes, Money in Your Pocket and United Way Worldwide will also offer unassisted tax preparation online. More information is available at http://www.myfreetaxes.com.
For more information on Touch-Free Taxes or Money in Your Pocket, readers may visit http://www.uwcr.org/miyp or contact miyp@uwc.org or 717-724-4077.
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