Tax-Aid
San Francisco,
CA | [email protected] | (415) 963-8911
36.0
Hours
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Our Mission:
Tax-Aid, a 501(c)(3) public charity, was founded in 1988 by a coalition of Bay Area accountants and lawyers with the mission of assisting, without charge, low income taxpayers in connection with the preparation of their tax returns. The catalyst for the founding of Tax-Aid was the expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Tax-Aid’s founders recognized that low-income families who could suddenly benefit from filing their tax returns to receive a refund had a significant barrier. Because of the complexities of filing a tax return, they were unlikely to file unless the service of tax preparation was offered to them at no cost. To ensure that these families received the refunds they earned, the founders recruited their colleagues to volunteer their time to prepare tax returns and built an organization rooted in skills-based volunteering.
About:
In the 2012 filing season, Tax-Aid’s core tax program accomplished the following: 1,112 volunteers were recruited and trained they prepared 4,202 returns for clients these clients received over $4,454,211 in refunds some refunds were over $4,500 the average adjusted gross income of Tax-Aid’s clients is $18,720 Tax-Aid served clients in San Francisco, San Mateo, Oakland, Marin, Napa, Santa Clara, and Alameda County
www.tax-aid.org
Tax-Aid, a 501(c)(3) public charity, was founded in 1988 by a coalition of Bay Area accountants and lawyers with the mission of assisting, without charge, low income taxpayers in connection with the preparation of their tax returns. The catalyst for the founding of Tax-Aid was the expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Tax-Aid’s founders recognized that low-income families who could suddenly benefit from filing their tax returns to receive a refund had a significant barrier. Because of the complexities of filing a tax return, they were unlikely to file unless the service of tax preparation was offered to them at no cost. To ensure that these families received the refunds they earned, the founders recruited their colleagues to volunteer their time to prepare tax returns and built an organization rooted in skills-based volunteering.
About:
In the 2012 filing season, Tax-Aid’s core tax program accomplished the following: 1,112 volunteers were recruited and trained they prepared 4,202 returns for clients these clients received over $4,454,211 in refunds some refunds were over $4,500 the average adjusted gross income of Tax-Aid’s clients is $18,720 Tax-Aid served clients in San Francisco, San Mateo, Oakland, Marin, Napa, Santa Clara, and Alameda County
www.tax-aid.org
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