The Boston Tax Help Coalition will launch its 18th season on January 29 at 11 AM, at the Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment, with Mayor Walsh and various honored guests. All are welcome to attend. Please R.S.V.P. by January 28,
Here’s a riddle: How does the Boston Tax Help Coalition prepare approximately 13,000 tax returns – for free – each year? The short answer is: Volunteers. Lots of them. And this tax season, there’s a new volunteer coordinator to make that
The Boston Tax Help Coalition is a non-profit organization that assists Boston residents by maximizing the impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit and other tax credits through quality, free tax preparation and financial advising services. There are more than
The Boston Tax Help Coalition, as part of the Mayor’s Office of Financial Empowerment (OFE), provides free financial services to Boston residents. Through the Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment (RCFE), taxpayers can enroll in free financial and employment coaching. In addition,
There are some important changes to how taxpayers will file their taxes this upcoming tax season. Due to tax law changes that took effect in 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) suggests that taxpayers do a “Paycheck checkup” using
During the tax season, the Boston Tax Help Coalition administered the Financial Check-Up, a light touch strategy, one-on-one financial assessment tool that provides a City of Boston resident with the opportunity to review his or her credit report with a trained
Alan Gentle was in his office, chipping away at the administrative details of his staff’s financial work – when the phone rang. It was the Boston Municipal Research Bureau calling with exciting news: Gentle had been selected as one of
As we enter April and the final weeks of tax season, we want to recognize our dedicated volunteers for all the generous work they do for low-income Boston residents: everything from tax preparation and financial advising, to greeting people at
The seventeenth season of free tax preparation services for Boston residents kicked off yesterday with a launch event at Codman Square Health Center celebrated by Mayor Martin Walsh, the Boston Tax Help Coalition, and key community partners. Residents earning $54,000
WASHINGTON ― The Internal Revenue Service announced today that the nation’s tax season will begin Monday, Jan. 29, 2018 and reminded taxpayers claiming certain tax credits that refunds won’t be available before late February. The IRS will begin accepting tax