Free Tax Preparation
Free Tax Preparation
Save money and file your taxes for FREE.
Let our IRS trained professionals help file your taxes for free.
Households throughout the Sacramento region that earned $65,000 or less in 2020 can receive free tax help in-person from United Way’s Free Tax Prep program.
Preparation assistance available online through GetYourRefund.org
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Deadline to Request Economic Impact Payment from IRS (October 15)
If you have not yet requested your economic impact payment from the government, it’s not too late. You have until October 15, 2020, to input your information. If you miss the deadline, you will have to wait until you file your tax return next year to receive your payment. If you qualify, please request your payment today.
Filing your taxes doesn’t have to be hard
How United Way volunteers helped one client get his finances in order
Reginald Crisp had years of complicated taxes to sort through when it was time to file his 2018 taxes. A retired state employee, Reginald was trying to get his financial affairs in order when the Franchise Tax Board referred him to United Way’s Free Tax Prep program. When he learned there was a Free Tax Prep site at the Oak Park Community Center near his house, he made an appointment and soon found himself face to face with four women he now affectionately refers to as the Four Amigos.
A Passion for Taxes
How one volunteer found her unlikely calling
We’ve all heard the phrase find your bliss. But how do you do that? One solution Katherine Green has found is through volunteer work.
$11.3M already claimed this year through United Way’s Free Tax Prep program
Free tax prep help available for late filers this summer through United Way
In 2019, United Way volunteers helped more than 9,000 local households with free tax preparation saving a total of $1.8 million in tax preparation fees. More than $11 million in credits have already been claimed across the Sacramento region.
I Didn’t Spend a Dollar Filing My Taxes This Year and Neither Should You
Here’s how I saved $300 this tax season.
Like thousands of Americans, each year I spent hundreds of dollars to go to a stuffy, windowless office to get my taxes prepared – to determine the all-important question, would I owe the government money this year? Since this is such an important task, I was willing to make the costly investment to ensure that everything was processed correctly. I am a young professional, only out of college a few years now, and I don’t have a ton of money to throw at government forms that I, in theory, should be able to do myself. It wasn’t until last year when I started here at United Way and after I filed my 2017 taxes did I hear about our Free Tax program.
Meet VITA Volunteer Javier Romero
Helping people one tax return at a time
The success of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is not possible without the tremendous support of our VITA volunteers. They go through countless hours of training, dedicate their weekday and weekends to filing returns, and help families save hundreds of dollars in tax preparation fees. While most volunteers have been filing their own taxes for years, Javier Romero began helping individuals and families long before he had to file his own taxes.
Volunteer Spotlight
VITA: Jennifer Minett
Jennifer Minett had a lot of tax questions. With every answer she received, led to another question. After showing interest in understanding the nuances of tax law, coworker Diana Clay, VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Coordinator, recommended that she take a free tax education course that certified her to do her taxes like a professional. Now three years later, she has dedicated every tax season as a VITA volunteer helping others like her once before, needed an extra hand with their finances.