Free Tax Preparation Help in Antioch
From the Office of Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla
Earn It! Keep It! Save It! (EKS) is a coalition of Bay Area organizations that provides free tax preparation to households earning less than $50,000 a year. We know the benefits of free tax preparation and tax refunds on taxpayers and their households.
These benefits include:
Free tax help – paying to have your taxes prepared can cost $200 to $300. Households in the Bay Area earning less than $50,000 cannot afford to pay!
Awareness of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) – many taxpayers do not know about the EITC and that it is a refundable tax credit that can be up to $5,751 for a family with three qualifying children.
Refund Anticipation Loans – when residents get an “instant refund” from a commercial preparer, they are taking a loan out on their own money usually paying 300% interest. With direct deposit an EKS site can e-file your tax return and have your refund deposited into your bank account in 7 to 10 days.
In addition to these crucial benefits, tax refunds have a long life in our communities.
In fact, the tax refunds returned to low income households is spent locally and multiplies. Since 2003 Earn It! Keep It! Save It! has created $228.5 million in local sales, 1,057 jobs and $55 million in wages. This gives our local economy a boost year after year!
In fact, the tax refunds returned to low income households is spent locally and multiplies. Since 2003 Earn It! Keep It! Save It! has created $228.5 million in local sales, 1,057 jobs and $55 million in wages. This gives our local economy a boost year after year!
Contra Costa County Snapshot:
In 2011, over 350 volunteers at 37 tax sites prepared nearly 10,000 tax returns, returning $10.2 million dollars.
In 2011, over 350 volunteers at 37 tax sites prepared nearly 10,000 tax returns, returning $10.2 million dollars.
To find a tax site near you –
Please visit http://earnitkeepitsaveit.org/find-free-tax-help or call 211.
Please visit http://earnitkeepitsaveit.org/find-free-tax-help or call 211.
LOCATIONS
Antioch Senior Center
415 West Second St.
(925) 778-1158
Open: 2/2-4/12
Thur: 9am-3:30pm
By Appt., Walk-In
Spanish
AARP
415 West Second St.
(925) 778-1158
Open: 2/2-4/12
Thur: 9am-3:30pm
By Appt., Walk-In
Spanish
AARP
East Bay Works – Antioch
4545 Delta Fair Blvd.
(925) 706-4830
Call for days and hours
4545 Delta Fair Blvd.
(925) 706-4830
Call for days and hours
Opportunity Junction
3102 Delta Fair Blvd.
(925) 776-1133
www.opportunityjunction.org/taxes
Open: 1/27-4/21
Fri: 6 pm
Sat: 10 am
By Appt.
Spanish
3102 Delta Fair Blvd.
(925) 776-1133
www.opportunityjunction.org/taxes
Open: 1/27-4/21
Fri: 6 pm
Sat: 10 am
By Appt.
Spanish
