Doing ones own taxes can be intimidating, but help is available at no charge through a community partnership. Again this year, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) will offer FREE tax help to individuals and families.
VITA is a partnership between the Winnebago County UW Extension, the Oshkosh Area United Way, the IRS, UW Oshkosh College of Business, Fox Valley Technical Collage, the Oshkosh Area Community Pantry and St. Vincent de Paul. VITA is a FREE program that utilizes trained and certified volunteers to prepare taxes for low to moderate-income individuals and families (generally those making $50,000 or below).
TCE is a partnership between the Oshkosh Seniors Center and the AARP Foundation. The target population for the AARP/Senior Center program is low to moderate income tax payers with special attention to those age 60 and older. Once again, trained volunteers provide free tax counseling and basic income tax return preparation.
Appointments are required. For appointments, please call the Tax Assistance Help Line - hosted by the Oshkosh Area United Way - at 651-3060. The United Way will begin taking appointments on January 3, 2012.
The programs will begin February 2 and continue through April 13th.
The hours of operation will be:
Oshkosh Seniors Center, Thursdays and Fridays from 8:15 - 10:30 AM and 12:30 - 2:45 PM
Oshkosh Area Community Pantry, every Saturday from 9:15 AM - 1:00 PM, February 4 - March 31, and Monday evenings March 12 and 26 from 4:15 - 6:30 PM.
The Seniors Center is located at 234 Campbell Road, Oshkosh and the Oshkosh Area Community Pantry is located at 2551 N. Jackson Street at the St. Vincent de Paul location.
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