Free 2022 Income Tax Services Available at the Ponca City Library for Lowand Middle-Income Taxpayers of All Ages

IRS-certified AARP Tax-Aide volunteers will be available again this year to prepare and electronically file Federal and Oklahoma income tax returns at the Ponca City Library. The service is free of charge and is available for low- and middleincome taxpayers of all ages. You do not have to be an AARP member to have your taxes prepared.

The volunteer preparers are available beginning Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, and ending around April 15, 2023. Appointments are required for all taxpayers. Intake appointment hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday of each week. There also will be additional intake appointments from 9 a.m. until noon on Tuesday of each week. A packet of information will be given to the taxpayer at the library, which includes instructions on what you need to do prior to your intake appointment. Checkout appointment hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on each Tuesday.

Appointments can be made in person by going to the Reference Desk at the Ponca City Library or by calling the library at 580-767-0345. Masks will not be required, but are recommended this tax season.

The drop-off method of tax preparation will again be used this tax season. After the taxpayer and counselor meet for the intake appointment, all tax records needed to complete the tax return will be kept by the tax counselors and returned to the taxpayer along with completed tax returns at your checkout appointment the following Tuesday.

The volunteers are authorized to prepare most basic returns, making sure that each taxpayer receives all eligible deductions and credits. They are not allowed to prepare returns for taxpayers that have income from rental properties or complicated business returns.

Taxpayers should bring the following required items with them to the Library:

• Copy of 2021 tax return

• Photo ID (taxpayers)

• Social Security cards for each person listed on the tax return

• W-2 from each employer

• Documentation from all other forms of income – these include interest, dividends, capital gains, stock sale, cancellation of debt, retirement, selfemployment, Social Security and unemployment compensation.

• Documentation of health insurance coverage for everyone listed on the tax return.

• Checkbook or bank document with routing and account numbers, if direct deposit of the refund is desired.

• Any other documents necessary to complete your 2022 return. For example, cost of stock sold, tuition statements and summary of itemized deductions.