Earned Income Tax Credit
Seeking Volunteers to
conduct Free Tax Preparation
to help Working Families in Mercer County
2009 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 $4,824 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 24-hour training
program, scheduled for Saturday, December 6, Friday, December 12 and Saturday,
December 13 from 9am to 3pm. 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, and to sign-up for training, 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