Volunteer Opportunity Details:

The tax code is increasingly used as a tool to alleviate poverty; reward work and help individuals and working families supplement their wages and to build economic stability. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a refundable tax credit for eligible working filers, can make a substantial difference in a working family's annual earnings. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and AARP Tax-Aide sites assist communities across the nation, including the Quad Cities, help reach families and individuals who need FREE tax preparation during the tax season and now year round as well as close the gap of eligible EITC claimants.

Lending a Helping Hand
The goal of United Way of the Quad Cities Area and community partners is to help working individuals and families' achieve financial independence by providing them with opportunities and education to build, save and protect their financial assets. The focal point for this effort is the VITA and AARP Tax-Aide programs. Through these programs, volunteers provide free income tax assistance and tax information to taxpayers.

During the 2008 tax-filing season, volunteers operated 16 free tax preparation sites located throughout the Quad Cities and completed nearly 4,500 returns. Volunteers brought back to families $1.5 million in EITC funds; $4.1 million in overall federal refunds and saved families more than $670,000 in tax preparation fees.

Without the help of the volunteers who participate in these programs, many whom return each tax-filing season, we could not continue to expand, reaching an increasing number of the Quad Cities' working families and individuals.

Volunteers must complete a tax preparation training either in a classroom setting or online. General training will begin in November 2008. For more information about the training, please contact Jodi Stock at Friendly House at 563.323.1821 or jstock@friendlyhouseiowa.org.

This opportunity is sponsored by: United Way Of The Quad Cities Area

We need volunteers who are free at these times Evenings Weekends Weekdays This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Adults (26-54) Individual Adults (55+) Young Adults (18-25)

Contact Person: Jodi Stock, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email) View all agency contacts

Address:

3247 E 35 St Ct Davenport, IA 52807 (See a map)

Directions:

Nearest Bus Stop: less than one block, 1 minute walk

Details where opportunity can also be performed

This opportunity can also be performed in these locations:

Cities:		Bettendorf Davenport East Moline Moline Rock Island Silvis
Counties:		Rock Island Scott
Statewide:		Available throughout all of Iowa