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Consumer >  Taxes   Click on other tabs above for information about legal aid providers and courts in your area. Below is legal information on this sub-topic. You can localize this information by clicking on the"Choose Another Location" link in the right column and selecting the area where you live. There are 45 resources     Page 1 of 2    Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) - (7)    Information on Economic Stimulus Payments - (11)    Tax Preparation Assistance - (11)    Online Tax Tools - (8)    Other Tax Information - (3)   Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)      I-CAN! EIC Available to Help You Do Your Taxes for FREE and Get Your Earned Income Tax Credit (Separate Website) I-CAN! EIC is an online resource that will help you do your federal and Pennsylvania income taxes for FREE in English or Spanish and obtain a federal cash refund of up to $4,716 for you and your family. By: Legal Aid Society of Orange County (California)     Read this in: Spanish / Español           Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) - Should I Apply? (Separate Website) Use this online resource to find out if you are eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) by answering a few simple questions and providing basic income information. By: Internal Revenue Service     Read this in: Spanish / Español           Earned Income Tax Credit - Are You Eligible [PDF] (Separate Website) Informational brochure on Earned Income Tax Credit and information on whether you qualify. By: Internal Revenue Services           Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC or EIC) (Separate Website) Information on the Earned Income Tax Credit available to low income taxpayers when you file your taxes. By: Neighborhood Legal Services Association             Earned Income Tax Credit, Tax Year 2007 - Part 1 (Video) Excerpt from Northwestern Legal Services' "Access to Justice" cable access television show broadcast on Erie Cablevision (Channel 2) in Erie, PA. 12/13/2007- Diana Smith, Senior Tax Specialist, Internal Revenue Service, provides information about Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for the tax year 2007. This tax program provides cash refunds to many low-income employed people regardless of whether any tax is owed. Part 1 provides information on Requirements of Filing for EITC; information on qualifying children; adjusted income limitations; and qualifying without children.(8:30) Host: Robert Oakley, Esq., NWLS Director Guest: Diana Smith, Senior Tax Specialist, Internal Revenue Service Click on title above to watch the program. By: Northwestern Legal Services             Earned Income Tax Credit, Tax Year 2007 - Part 2 (Video) Excerpt from Northwestern Legal Services' "Access to Justice" cable access television show broadcast on Erie Cablevision (Channel 2) in Erie, PA. 12/13/2007- Diana Smith, Senior Tax Specialist, Internal Revenue Service, provides information about Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for the tax year 2007. This tax program provides cash refunds to many low-income employed people regardless of whether any tax is owed. Part 2 - Information on other criteria concerning EITC; citizenship requirements; and common errors when filing.(5:42) Host: Robert Oakley, Esq., NWLS Director Guest: Diana Smith, Senior Tax Specialist, Internal Revenue Service Click on title above to watch the program. By: Northwestern Legal Services             Earned Income Tax Credit, Tax Year 2007 - Part 3 (Video) Excerpt from Northwestern Legal Services' "Access to Justice" cable access television show broadcast on Erie Cablevision (Channel 2) in Erie, PA. 12/13/2007- Diana Smith, Senior Tax Specialist, Internal Revenue Service, provides information about Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for the tax year 2007. This tax program provides cash refunds to many low-income employed people regardless of whether any tax is owed. Part 3 - Information on getting Free Help via IRS Website; using the EITC Assistant; Volunteer Income Tax Assistant (VITA) Sites and using ICAN E-file; and Avoiding Refund Anticipate Loans (RALS). (11:29) Host: Robert Oakley, Esq., NWLS Director Guest: Diana Smith, Senior Tax Specialist, Internal Revenue Service Click on title above to watch the program. By: Northwestern Legal Services          back to top           Information on Economic Stimulus Payments      Basic Information on the Economic Stimulus Payments (Separate Website) Starting in May, the Treasury will begin sending economic stimulus payments to more than 130 million households. This provides basic information on the details about who can receive payments and how to get them. By: Internal Revenue Service           Stimulus Payments: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (Separate Website) Answers to some of the most commonly asked questions regarding the 2008 Economic Stimulus Payments. By: Internal Revenue Service           Stimulus Payments ? It's Not Too Late (Separate Website) This provides basic information on Economic Stimulus Payments and links to extensive detailed information from the Internal Revenue Service. By: Internal Revenue Service     Read this in: Spanish / Español           Economic Stimulus Payment Calculator (Separate Website) This calculator from the IRS asks you a series of questions to help you estimate the amount of your Economic Stimulus Payment. By: Internal Revenue Service           Economic Stimulus Payments: Information for Low-Income Individuals (Separate Website) The economic stimulus law passed in February 2008 contains a special provision allowing low-wage workers with at least $3,000 in qualified income to qualify for the stimulus payment. There also is a payment of $300 for each eligible child under age 17. This contains information on how to collect your stimulus payment. By: Internal Revenue Service           Economic Stimulus Payments: Information for Recipients of Social Security Benefits (Separate Website) The economic stimulus law passed in February 2008 contains a special provision allowing Social Security recipients to count those benefits toward the qualifying income requirement of $3,000 and thereby qualify for the stimulus payment. This is information on how recipients can get their stimulus payments. By: Internal Revenue Service           Economic Stimulus Payments: Information for Recipients of Veterans' Benefits (Separate Website) The economic stimulus law passed in February 2008 contains a special provision allowing recipients of certain veterans? benefits to count those benefits toward the qualifying income requirement of $3,000 and thereby qualify for the stimulus payment. This is information for recipients on how to receive stimulus payments. By: Internal Revenue Service           Get Your Tax Rebate: Beware of Rebate Scams (Video) (Separate Website) Video from the IRS about the dangers of scams from individuals posing as IRS officials trying to "help you get a tax rebate." By: Internal Revenue Service           Get Your Tax Rebate: General Taxpayers (Video) (Separate Website) Video from the Internal Revenue Service with information on how to get your Economic Stimulus Payment. By: Internal Revenue Service           Get Your Tax Rebate: Taxpayers Who Normally Don't File (Video) (Separate Website) Video produced by the Internal Revenue Service explaining how individuals who normally do not need to file a tax return can and should file one to get an Economic Stimulus payment.           Stimulus Payment Basics in American Sign Language (ASL) (Video) (Separate Website) The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is partnering with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to make sure important information reaches the deaf community. The IRS produced three pilot videos, ?Economic Stimulus Payment Basics?, in American Sign Language (ASL) along with an English transcript of the content that are available at this site. By: Internal Revenue Service        back to top           Tax Preparation Assistance      Free Tax Return Preparation For You by Volunteers (Separate Website) Information on volunteer tax assistance that is available to assist you in filing your income taxes. By: Internal Revenue Service           Volunteer Income Tax Program (VITA) Directory (Separate Website) Listing of VITA tax assistance sites across the Commonwealth. By: Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare           Free Tax Help Available (Separate Website) Information on free assistance from the IRS by computer and telephone and in person. By: Internal Revenue Service           Free Tax Preparation Sites by Zip Code for Allegheny County (Separate Website) Listing of free tax preparation site in Allegheny County. By: Neighborhood Legal Services Association             Free Income Tax Help - University of Pittsburgh School of Law (Separate Website) Information on the University of Pittsburgh School of Law Tax Clinic, which gives free legal help to persons, based upon their level on income, who have income tax problems or need income tax advice. By: Neighborhood Legal Services Association             Free tax help is available for low-income working people! - Pittsburgh (Separate Website) Just Harvest provides free tax assistance at its office on Pittsburgh's South Side for low-income workers with simple tax returns. By: Just Harvest           Free Tax Prep in Philly (Separate Website) Information on free tax preparation assistance in Philadelphia. By: Community Legal Services           Free Tax Preparation Sites in Philadelphia (Separate Website) The Campaign for Working Families is a partnership that promotes the efforts of working families to move up the economic ladder. The Campaign operates free tax sites throughout Philadelphia (prepare and e-file federal and state income tax returns), and connects individuals to the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), other tax credits, public benefits, and asset-building resources. By: The Campaign for Working Families           ErieFreeTaxes.org - VITA Tax Preparation Sites in Erie, Pennsylvania (Separate Website) List of sites where you can get free tax preparation assistance in Erie, Pennsylvania. By: Northwestern Legal Services             Free Tax Preparation Service Available - Lackawanna County (Separate Website) In a cooperative partnership, the United Way of Lackawanna County has brought together a number of local organizations to help you complete your tax returns FOR FREE! By: United Way of Lackawanna County           Find an AARP Tax-Aide Site Near You! (Separate Website) From February 1 through April 15th each year, the AARP Tax-Aide program offers free one-on-one counselling, as well as assistance on the telephone and internet to help individuals prepare basic tax forms, including the 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ and other standard schedules. By: American Association of Retired Persons        back to top           Online Tax Tools      I-CAN! EIC Available to Help You Do Your Taxes for FREE and Get Your Earned Income Tax Credit (Separate Website) I-CAN! EIC is an online resource that will help you do your federal and Pennsylvania income taxes for FREE in English or Spanish and obtain a federal cash refund of up to $4,400 for you and your family. By: Legal Aid Society of Orange County (California)           Free File - Your Link to Free Federal Online Filing (Separate Website) If your adjusted gross income was $54,000 or less in 2007, you can use Free File from the IRS to prepare and e-file your taxes online. By: Internal Revenue Service           IRS e-file for Individuals (Separate Website) Information on IRS e-file, which is available trhough tax preparers and authorized software programs. By: Internal Revenue Service           The Electronic IRS: File, Pay....and More (Separate Website) The Electronic IRS is a gateway to the many IRS electronic options available to helping reduce your burden and improve the timeliness and accuracy of tax returns. By: Internal Revenue Service           Where's My Refund? (Separate Website) Online tool from the IRS to get information about the status of your tax refund. By: Internal Revenue Service           Free File Alliance (Separate Website) The Free File Alliance is a free federal tax preparation and electronic filing program for eligible taxpayers developed through a public-private partnership between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Free File Alliance LLC, a group of private sector tax software companies. By: Free File Alliance           pa.direct.file (Separate Website) File your Pennsylvania personal income tax return online. By: Pennsylvania Department of Revenue           Pennsylvania e-file (Separate Website) Information on Pennsylvania e-file which let you file both your federal and state return electronically. By: Pennsylvania Department of Revenue        back to top