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CAI participates in the IRS sponsored VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Program which offers free tax help to low-to moderate-income people (generally, $49,000 and below) . IRS certified volunteers receive training to help prepare basic and intermediate tax returns for those unable to do so themselves.
CAI's VITA site is located at 145 Essex Street in Haverhill. Free tax preparation, for those who qualify, is available starting in January extending through mid April. Massachusetts tax returns are prepared simultaneously. Returns are reviewed by a qualified coordinator and electronically filed.
NOTICES:
CAI publicly congratulated VITA Coordinator, Fiore Leo and all of the volunteers who helped during the 2012 tax season. The volunteers included Paula Nolan, Gus Longo, Mary Lane Showman, Mark Cederman, Marge Hooper, Carmen Clark, Dan Caruso, Dave Dunham, Pam Koscielniak, Linda Caruso, Joy Smith and Helen Sheehan.
Through CAI efforts, IRS certified volunteers provided free tax help to low-to-moderate income people. Volunteers prepared over 300 tax returns for taxpayers who received combined refunds of $399,967 in federal returns, $85,956 in state returns and $199,896 in Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC).
Joy Smith, CAI Personnel Director, holds her certificate of recognition from the IRS for outstanding public service as a volunteer tax preparer over the past 5 yrs. for the VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Program.
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