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Tax Assistance Program

Accounting Aid Society provides one of the nation's largest free income tax assistance programs for low and moderate income families, seniors and others in need. We assist people with local, state and federal tax filings, as well as Property Tax Refunds, Earned Income Credits, Home Heating Credits and Child Credits. We also provide information on tax rights and responsibilities, including help for those who speak English as a second language, and offer aid in resolving tax disputes with the IRS.

Each year we recruit more than 700 volunteers to help us fulfill our mission. During the 2009 tax season $14.8 million was returned to more than13,600 low and moderate income households. For more details, see our Fast Facts.

Our tax volunteers are specially trained using materials and instruction provided in partnership with he Internal Revenue Service, the State of Michigan, and the City of Detroit. Once trained, our volunteers give of their time at more than 25 locations in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Livingston counties during the January - April tax season, serving clients at libraries, community centers, social service agencies and other locations that provide space for the program.

If you want information about becoming a tax volunteer, click here.

If you want information about our services for clients, click here.

Accounting Aid had 29 tax sites for 2009. Click here to see where we were.

Our Summer Tax Program is now underway.

Our Programs and Activities

Tax Season Tax Sites
January through April, tax services by more than 600 trained volunteers at over 25 locations in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Livingston counties. This year, Accounting Aid had 29 locations.

Homebound Tax Program
Correspondence-based volunteer tax services for seniors and disabled residents unable to visit a tax site during the regular Janaury through April tax season.

Summer Tax Program
Free tax preparation services for low-income households who did not meet current orpast year deadlines.

Low-Income Tax Clinic
A year-round program with dual purposes of representation and referral for low-income households and English Second Language outreach and education for those whose primary language is not English.

Neighborhood-Based Tax Centers
Tax services linked with wealth-building tools, education and resources, all at one location.
- Southwest Neighborhood Tax Center
- Osborn Neighborhood Tax Center

VITA Training and Certification
Accounting Aid provides the only comprehensive training program that offers customized classsroom instruction in federal, state and local taxes as well as hands-on computer lab training for IRS designated tax preparation software.

Centers for Working Families
Tax support for four pilot Center for Working Families in southeast Michigan.

Tax Preparation and Planning for the Self-Employed
Partner in the Center for Economic Development’s National Self-Employment Tax Initiative, developing best practice tools to be used at VITA programs for self-employed clients.

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18145 Mack Avenue · Detroit, Michigan 48224-1444
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