Free tax clinic

April 1, 2009

Redlands Daily Facts
Staff Writer

The Pathways initiative of Inland Empire United Way is collaborating with the Boys & Girls Club of Fontana and Pomona, Mentone Senior Center and Library, Northtown Community Center, Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center, Cal State San Bernardino and Cal Poly Pomona to offer free income tax clinics.

Accounting students from Cal State San Bernardino and Cal Poly Pomona will provide free income tax preparation services for the low-income community and senior citizens. Students are trained to prepare basic federal and California resident tax returns.

Assistance is available for those who are eligible for Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Education Credits, Dependent Care Credit, and/or Child Tax Credit. However, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) volunteers are not able to prepare tax returns for nonresidents, small business owners, owners of rental properties or those filing married separately.

Tax assistance will be available at the Mentone Library and Senior Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Friday from Feb. 6 through April 10.

The Mentone Library and Senior Center is at 1331 Opal Ave., Mentone.

For a frequently updated list of VITA sites, visit www.sbvita.org.

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