Map of Free Tax Sites in San Francisco

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Using Google’s My Map feature we wrote about in Disaster Prep 2.0, we made a neat map of all the free Earn It! Keep It! Save It! tax sites in San Francisco.  Of course, if you or someone you know wants to find [...]

California Loses $1 Billion from Unclaimed EITC

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New research finds California will miss out on more than one billion because an estimated 800,000 eligible Californians will neglect to claim over $1.2 billion in federal Earn Income Tax Credit (EITC) dollars this tax season, according to the new report Left on the Table, published through a collaboration between the New America Foundation and [...]

Speaking the Language of Taxes

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When Earn It! Keep It! Save It! said they needed translators fluent in Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Vietnamese, United Way Community Project MatchBridge was more than happy to respond.
Earn It! Keep It! Save It!, a community project of United Way of the Bay Area, is a free, tax-preparing service offered to qualifying individuals and families. [...]

Undocumented Workers Tackle Their Taxes

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Did you know that paying income taxes is the law for anyone who earns wages in the United States, including undocumented immigrants?
Each year, United Way’s Earn It! Keep It! Save It! provides free tax filing assistance to thousands of undocumented workers in the Bay Area, helping them to participate in our country’s tax system.
Below is [...]

“I Can’t Get Enough”

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A few weeks ago, during our event at the Commonwealth Club, Director of PR Maria Stokes, caught up with Corrin Buchanan, the Community Programs Director at the Women’s building in San Francisco. According Corrin, there is a lot of demand for their free tax services, and she noted that a lot of people who’ve made [...]

Many Happy Returns

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The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the largest, and arguably the most effective, anti-poverty program in the United States. It lifts millions above the poverty line each year—half of them children. Unfortunately, as many as a quarter of eligible low-wage workers nationwide fail to claim the credit, which can now bring a family of [...]

Get Free Tax Help Today!

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Recently Kelly Batson, Regional Director of Earn It! Keep It! Save It! was featured on Comcast talking about her love of taxes, and more importantly, helping low income families get the largest refund possible. It’s their money, they earned it! Watch the video and let your friends and family know about Earn It! Keep It! [...]

United Way supports NUMMI workers

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Last month, United Way and our 2-1-1 Alameda partner, Eden I&R, participated in the New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. Education Fair, where they educated hundreds of NUMMI employees about how to connect with support services in the community, as they prepare to lose their jobs when the Fremont plant shuts down on March 31.
Representatives from [...]

Earn It! Keep It! Save It! Kicks Off This Week

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In a time of layoffs and foreclosures, there’s some good news for low-income taxpayers in the Bay Area: instead of spending up to $360 on commercial tax preparation services, households that earned less than $52,000 in 2009 can have their taxes prepared for free by Earn It! Keep It! Save It!, the Bay Area’s largest [...]

Help Us Get Millions Back For Families That Need It The Most

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We could still use your help! We are looking for volunteers for Earn It! Keep It! Save It!, our free tax preparation program.
Last year, more than 3,100 volunteers prepared more than 47,000 tax returns returning $47 million in refunds to Bay Area residents.  This money, targets people making less than $52,000 a year and most [...]

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