Tax & EITC

Click the "Go to Website" link below to find out how to find a free tax preparation site.  This free tax preparation locator search is maintained by the Internal Revenue Service. To find a Massachusetts site, you can also use this…

A brochure in 21 languages explaining the federal EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit) is available at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities website at: http://www.eitcoutreach.org/outreach-strategies/materials/flyers/  Other outreach tools and materials, as well as general…

Laura Russell, Jamie Andree, and Katie VonDeLinde presented a webinar to enhance individual survivor centered advocacy and share legal remedies and strategies to address tax issues in family law cases. They drew upon CSAJ’s Guidebook and walked through multiple case scenarios with attendees to…

Practical Tax Law Information for Legal Aid Attorneys.  Click the "Go to Website" link to access the article.

In this Advocacy Brief, CSAJ’s Expert Advisors, Jamie Andree and Theo Ciccarelli Cornetta of Indiana Legal Services Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, demystify common tax issues facing survivors. The Advocacy Brief is designed to help advocates understand and address tax issues as well as enhance…

CSAJ's Expert Advisor, Jamie Andree, provided a webinar training on a range of tax advocacy issues facing survivors.  Access the webinar slides here. The recording is available at www.csaj.org/webinars.

Information Regarding Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITIN) 1. ITIN Factsheet created by National Immigration Law Center (NILC) 2. Frequently Asked Questions about Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITIN)* (attached) Last Updated April 2014 The…

AU Managers are reminded that the federal government regularly intercepts certain federal payments made to clients and former clients - such as income tax refunds - to offset outstanding client food stamp debts.  The federal Economic Stimulus payment described in Field Operations Memo 2008-18…