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Volunteers Needed for the 2016 Tax Filing Season
Join the AARP TaxAide Team! Give back to your community! Help your neighbors with the preparation of both their federal and state of Maine income tax returns. Help them find credits and/or deductions they deserve. Volun-
teers of all ages and backgrounds are welcome. Volunteers do not need to be retired or AARP members. Current volunteers range in age from 20 to 85! In addition to tax preparation, many other volunteer op-
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portunities are available. These include greeting taxpayers as they arrive at tax preparation sites, scheduling appointments, assisting with installation of software, trouble-shooting computer and printer problems, as-
sisting with publicity or assuming one of the several leadership roles. Volunteers preparing tax returns receive free training, usually in January, in both federal and state of Maine tax law as well as in the use of tax software.No prior experience in tax preparation is required, but familiarity with computers is a necessity. Volunteer tax preparers must also pass an IRS open book exam. All volunteers are expected to attend the portion of the training that introduces volunteers to the policies and procedures related to the program. AARP Foundation Tax-Aide volunteers
are asked to commit a minimum of 4 hours per week over the tenweek tax filing season which runs from February 1 through April 15. Many volunteers opt for more! All volunteers are reimbursed on a limited basis for qualified program-related expenses, including mileage. The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program is the nation’s largest free, volunteer-run tax preparation and assistance program for low to moderate income taxpayers, with special attention to those 60 and over. Last spring throughout the US, over 35,000 volunteers prepared tax re-
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turns for several million taxpayers. Here in Maine, over 290 volunteers at 73 tax preparation locations met with approximately 25,000 taxpayers and prepared over 32,000 federal and state of Maine income tax returns, bringing over $15 million in federal refunds to Maine residents and to the Maine economy. Also, taxpayers are saved from the stress and frustration of often associated with tax returns preparation. To learn more about volunteering with AARP Tax-Aide and/ or to sign up as a volunteer, contact State Coordinator, Joan Jagolinzer at jagolinzer@gwi.net. n
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