National Earned Income Tax Credit Outreach Campaign

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Assistance for Individual Taxpayers

In this section you will find answers to:

  • What do I need to know about the Earned Income Credit (EIC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC)?
  • What is the EITC Assistant?
  • Why Pay When You Can Get Your Taxes Done for Free?
  • What are Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites?
  • Where Can I Find Free Tax Filing Assistance?

What do I Need to Know about the Earned Income Credit (EIC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC)?

pdf What do I Need to Know about the EIC and CTC?

EITC Assistant

This tool can help tax filers determine eligibility for the Earned Income Credit, filing status and if any children can be claimed as a “qualifying children” for the tax credit. This tool can also help tax filers estimate the refund amount of an expected credit.

Why Pay When You Can Get Your Taxes Done for Free? / 2012 VITA Site Checklist

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What is VITA?

What are Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites?

Where Can I Find Free Tax Filing Assistance?

Note: check back for updates to the website below in mid-January.

Search for a free tax filing assistance site in your state.

Free Tax Filing Assistance Through AARP

Search by address, county, or zip code for an AARP Tax-Aide site near you.

  • EITC Outreach Mailing List

    To receive a copy of the EITC Outreach Kit and to be added to our mailing list click here.

  • EITC Awareness Day 2012

    • EITC Awareness Day 2012
  • 2012 Outreach Kit

    • Tax Credit Outreach Campaign Introduction
    • Alerts: Debt Indicator, Paid Tax Preparers, and the Adoption Tax Credit
    • Running a Campaign? What You Need to Know
    • Outreach Strategies
    • Outreach Tools & Materials
  • Online Resources

    • Assistance for Individual Taxpayers
    • Information About Free Tax Filing Assistance
    • Questions and Answers About the EITC
    • Links to IRS Tax Forms and Information
    • More Facts About Tax Credits
    • Additional Tools for Promoting the Tax Credits
  • Useful Links

    • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
    • Internal Revenue Service
    • National Community Tax Coalition
    • National EITC Outreach Partnership
    • The Brookings Institution

The Money Talks! Have You Heard? National Tax Credit Outreach Campaign is a project of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
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Washington, DC 20002

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