Earned Income Tax Credit
Seeking Volunteers to
conduct Free Tax Preparation
to help Working Families in Mercer County
2010 Tax Season Volunteer Application
Lawrenceville, NJ –The Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness is seeking volunteers
during the upcoming tax season, to staff Free Tax Preparation Sites throughout
Mercer County. Join the Greater Trenton Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and
Asset Building Coalition, by volunteering 4 to 8 hours per week, helping
low-income families and individuals file for refunds. This year with the
economic crisis, everyone needs all the help they can get, free of charge.
Last year, we helped over 250 Mercer families with free tax preparation.
Thousands more learned about the EITC and Free Tax Sites from Mercer Alliance
and the Greater Trenton EITC and Asset Building’s outreach and advertising
campaign. Receiving a 2008TY EITC refund, which can reach over $5,600 per
household, is a vital way for low-wage earners to reduce the great gap between
their income and housing costs.
To be a volunteer tax preparer, you must participate in a training program.
Please contact Yak-Fa Chueng at afkayafkay@gmail.com or jrosado@merceralliance.org
to schedule your training. We will provide several sessions, where you receive
training materials. You will be directed to the IRS.GOV site to take the online
class – Link & Learn. A second session will be scheduled to provide you will
hands on training and to select your volunteer site. You will receive practical
knowledge in tax law, and TaxWise software use, as well as hands-on practice
completing tax returns. Additional training times may be arranged for interested
individuals.
For more information, contact Tarry Truitt, at the Mercer Alliance by emailing
ttruitt@merceralliance.org, or calling 609-844-1008.
Go www.IRS.gov
And complete the "Link and Learn -Basic" and pass the test. Print out the Volunteer Tax Preparer Form.
To Volunteer at a site: Contact: ttruitt@merceralliance.org