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6 people are interested
Rewarding and challenging opportunity - learn how to prepare tax returns!
ORGANIZATION: AARP Foundation
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6 people are interested
The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program is looking for people to help prepare individual tax returns during the upcoming tax season. You will use our computers and professional tax preparation software. This free service is provided to low to moderate income taxpayers, most of them 60 or older.
We provide training using IRS materials. Our training classes are in November and December. If you are unable to attend then, you can train with our program on the east side of Tucson in January. You will also need to practice using the software outside of class. There's a lot to learn!
In January, you can sharpen your skills by working with our experienced volunteers in our "Study Hall" sessions.
Once you have completed the IRS certification process, you will work 40 hours [about 4 hours per week between February 1 and April 18] when our tax preparation sites are open. There you will work as a member of a team of 7-15 volunteers assisting taxpayers to prepare their returns. There are ALWAYS experienced counselors on site to ask for help. And we all need help sometimes.
Days and hours vary by site and we will work with you to find a site that fits into your schedule.
The rewards? The kind that warm your heart: helping someone through one of the most stressful times of the year; knowing you helped someone get a tax credit they did not even know existed; smiles and hugs from grateful taxpayers, and some new friends.
Are you up to the challenge?
For more information about the Tax-Aide Program or how to become a volunteer, please call 520-571-9884 or visit our website at aarp.org/taxaide
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About AARP Foundation
Location:
6700 N Oracle Road, Suite 331, Tucson, AZ 85704, US
Mission Statement
AARP Foundation is working to win back opportunity for struggling Americans 50+ by being a force for change on the most serious issues they face today: housing, hunger, income and isolation. By coordinating responses to these issues on all four fronts at once, and supporting them with vigorous legal advocacy, the Foundation serves the unique needs of those 50+ while working with local organizations nationwide to reach more people, strengthen communities, work more efficiently and make resources go further. AARP Foundation is AARP’s affiliated charity. Learn more at www.aarpfoundation.org.
Description
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide, an AARP Foundation program, helps low- to moderate-income taxpayers have more discretionary income for everyday essentials, such as food and housing,by assisting with tax services and ensuring they receive applicable tax credits and deductions.
AARP Foundation Tax-Aideis available free to taxpayers with low and moderate income, with special attention to those 60 and older.Through a cadre of trained volunteers, AARP Foundation Tax-Aide has helped low- to moderate-income individuals for more than 40 years in every state and the District of Columbia.
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is offered in cooperation with the IRS.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Various Northwest Tucson LocationsTucson, AZ 85737
DATE POSTED
January 16, 2016
SKILLS
- Critical Thinking
- People Skills
- ETC / Tax Assistance
- Verbal / Written Communication
- Data Entry
- Financial Literacy
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Requires computer skills, attention to detail, and people skills.