MOUNTAINSIDE — Looking for a rewarding volunteer experience? Do you like to help people? “The Internal Revenue Service is seeking volunteers for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (VITA/TCE) Program,” said New Jersey’s IRS spokesperson Gregg Semanick. “The IRS is looking for volunteers to take part in VITA/TCE throughout New Jersey during the 2010 tax filing season.”
During the upcoming tax filing season, VITA/TCE volunteers, in community locations throughout the state, help prepare tax returns for older taxpayers, people with disabilities, non-English speaking individuals and other people who cannot afford professional assistance.
Many of the volunteer sites offer free electronic filing. The IRS provides VITA/TCE volunteers with free instruction and all the materials needed to prepare basic income tax returns such as Forms 1040EZ, 1040A and 1040. Training for volunteers is generally held at convenient locations or on-line.
“These are great programs that help citizens meet their tax filing obligations. In New Jersey during the last tax filing season, 1,700 VITA/TCE volunteers assisted over 47,000 taxpayers at 320 volunteer sites in communities across the state,” Semanick said.
“Who are these volunteers? They are people like members of professional organizations, college students, law and accounting students, or members of other volunteer or community organizations.”
Interested in becoming a VITA/TCE volunteer? Does your organization want to sponsor a site in your community? For more information or to get involved, contact Wanda Morgan of the Internal Revenue Service at 973-468-3268 or email Wanda.D.Morgan@irs.gov