There are 12 days left to file your 2010 tax returns!
From January through April, Earn It! Keep It! Save It! is preparing tax returns for low-income individuals and families in seven counties around the Bay Area. The goal of the United Way-led coalition is to help individuals and families claim their maximum benefits and refunds, especially the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which goes unclaimed by as many as 20% of eligible, low-wage tax payers each year.
Earn It! Keep It! Save It! ensures eligible taxpayers claim the EITC which be as much as $5,666 per family. For instance, Mayra Lopez and her father, both loyal Earn It! Keep It! Save It! (EKS) clients were both able to claim the EITC this year thanks to the help they received at the EKS site at the San Antonio Community Development Corp. in Alameda County.
Earn It! Keep It! Save It! is helping thousands of Bay Area taxpayers claim all the refunds and tax credits for which they are eligible.
Mayra learned about Earn It! Keep It! Save It! several years ago, while working as a volunteer for the San Antonio CDC, doing outreach and administrative work. She has been getting her taxes done for free there ever since. Mayra said, “I used to go to a family friend to do my taxes, but once I learned about Earn It! Keep It! Save It! and their knowledgeable preparers during my volunteer experience, I could see it was a perfect fit for me.”
Mayra added, “The volunteers are great at explaining how to fill out the proper documents, the tax credits that we are eligible for, and then reviewing our taxes when we are done. My dad now goes to the same site and is able to take advantage of some tax credits that he didn’t know about in the past. I recommend Earn It! Keep It! Save It! and the San Antonio CDC site to everyone that I come across.”
Learn more about Earn It! Keep It! Save It! at www.earnitkeepitsaveit.org.
