Contact a Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) in California |
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If you are a low income taxpayer who needs assistance in resolving tax disputes with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and you cannot afford representation, or if you speak English as a second language and need help understanding your taxpayer rights and responsibilities, you may qualify for help from a Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) that provides free or nominal cost assistance.
Low Income Taxpayer Clinics represent low income taxpayers before the IRS and assist taxpayers in audits, appeals and collection disputes. LITCs can also help taxpayers respond to IRS notices and correct account problems.
Although LITCs receive partial funding from the IRS, LITCs, their employees, and their volunteers are completely independent of the federal government. These clinics are operated by nonprofit organizations or academic institutions.
This is not a recommendation by the IRS that you retain a Low Income Taxpayer Clinic or other similar organization to represent you before the IRS.
Each clinic independently decides if you meet the income eligibility guidelines and other criteria before it agrees to represent you.
See the "Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Income Eligibility Guidelines".
The federally-funded clinics for the state selected are listed below.
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Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITCs)
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| State |
City |
Organization |
Phone
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Type of Clinic |
Languages Served |
| CA |
Fresno |
Central California Legal Services, Inc.
www.centralcallegal.org
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559-570-1200
800-675-8001
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Controversy/ESL |
English/Spanish/Hmong/Lao
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| CA |
Orange |
Chapman University |
877-242-7529
714-628-2535
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Controversy |
English/Spanish/Vietnamese/
Others through interpreter services
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| CA |
San Francisco |
Asian Pacific Islanders Legal Outreach
www.apilegaloutreach.org
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415-567-6255 |
Controversy/ ESL |
English/ Chinese / Vietnamese/
Japanese/ Tagalog / Korean/
Others through interpreter services
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| CA |
San Francisco |
Chinese Newcomers Service Center
www.chinesenewcomers.org
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415-421-2111 ext.691 |
Controversy/ ESL |
English/Cantonese/ Mandarin/Chinese
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| CA |
San Francisco |
Homeless Prenatal Program LITC
www.homelessprenatal.org
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415-546-6756 x363 |
Controversy/ ESL
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English/Spanish
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| CA |
San Francisco |
San Francisco Bar Association
Volunteer Legal Services Program |
415-989-1616 |
Controversy |
English |
| CA |
Los Angeles |
HIV/AIDS Legal Services Alliance (HALSA)
www.halsaservices.org
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866-953-1293
213-637-1690
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Controversy |
English/Spanish/American Sign Language |
| CA |
Northridge |
The Bookstein Tax Clinic
www.csun.edu
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818-677-3600 |
Controversy/ ESL |
English/Spanish |
| CA |
Santa Ana |
Legal Aid Society of Orange County |
800-834-5001
714-571-5200
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Controversy/ ESL |
English/Farsi/Spanish/Vietnamese/
Korean/Mandarin/
Others through interpreter service
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| CA |
San Diego |
Home Start, Inc. |
619-229-3660 |
ESL |
Aramaic/Arabic/Amharic/
Chaldean/Spanish/Tigrinya/
Russian/Vietnamese |
| CA |
San Diego |
Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc.
www.lassd.org
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877-534-2524
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Controversy |
English/ Spanish/ Russian/ French/
German/Farsi/Arabic/ Tagalog/
Korean/ Vietnamese/Chinese/ Laotian
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| CA |
San Diego |
University of San Diego Tax Clinic |
619-260-7470 |
Controversy/ESL |
English/Spanish |
| CA |
San Luis Obispo
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California Polytechnic State University |
877-318-6772 |
Controversy/ ESL |
English/Spanish/
Others through interpreter services |
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Page Last Reviewed or Updated: March 31, 2011