U.S. Congressman Hank Johnson (D-4th Congressional District) introduced a proclamation to United Manner of Higher Atlanta President and CEO, Milton J. Little, Jr., Saturday in recognition of Nationwide Monetary Literacy Month throughout a Tax Advocacy Day Program hosted by the United Manner VITA Program at New Start Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, GA.
“United Manner has been working arduous to assist all of these of us who’ve been devastated by the social, financial, academic impacts of the pandemic, and people impacts have been extremely important.now as we wrestle with inflation and better meals costs and better gasoline costs the challenges that a lot of these of us have gotten even worse,” mentioned Little. “We need to convey consideration to monetary literacy, that aim of creating certain folks can get into a very good job, get a very good wage and still have all the abilities essential to handle their cash successfully, in order that they’ll do one thing within the space of saving and funding – the keys to monetary self-sufficiency for folks all throughout Higher Atlanta”.
In partnership with New Start, Congressman Johnson, the IRS Taxpayer Advocates Workplace and the State Coalition of the Nationwide Council of Negro Girls, United Manner and VITA tax preparers have been available to help members of the general public in completion of their tax varieties without cost to beat the April 18 tax deadline.
The Volunteer Earnings Tax Help (VITA) – FREE Tax preparation by IRS skilled and authorized volunteers is obtainable by means of the April 18th tax deadline. This program gives Higher Atlanta’s working people and households free tax prep to low-to-moderate revenue ($58,000 and underneath). In individual at a VITA Website: Go to the United Manner of Higher Atlanta website to discover a VITA web site that finest meets your wants, Take Benefit of Free Tax Prep Immediately! – United Manner of Higher Atlanta (unitedwayatlanta.org) or use our 211 texting service to discover a VITA web site. Textual content 211OD to 898211 and select #3 For Tax Assist.
The group may also do taxes for themselves just about for FREE by means of My Free Taxes. If wanted, tax assist is obtainable from an IRS-certified Volunteer, this service is obtainable to these with an revenue of $73,000 a 12 months or much less. Go to www.MyFreeTaxes.com to get began! View the My Free Taxes video for extra data: https://youtu.be/9flnHPPdnxg
For extra data go to the United Manner of Higher Atlanta website at www.unitedwayatlanta.org