California Loses $1 Billion from Unclaimed EITC

by Maria Stokes | 0 comments

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

by Maria Stokes | 0 comments

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”

by Olu Johnson | 0 comments

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!

by Olu Johnson | 0 comments

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! [...]

Taxpayer Beware! Federal Stimulus Credit Could Leave You Owing $ in April

by Maria Stokes | 0 comments

There is a new tax credit, the “Making Work Pay Credit,” which is part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. The good news is, it returns $400 to $800 to taxpayers, and employers are already automatically crediting workers in their paychecks.
The bad news is, certain people – especially those who have more than one [...]

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