Who do you serve?

If your organization works with low- to moderate-income populations, you share a customer base with IRS. Whether you represent a nonprofit organization, a faith-based group, a financial institution, or another entity that has contact with lower income taxpayers, your group has excellent potential as a partner for tax outreach and assistance.

How can you participate?

You can help promote the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) by using your communication network so that more eligible people receive it, bringing more dollars into your community.   A tax credit is a dollar-for-dollar reduction of taxes owed. Some credits are refundable – taxes could be reduced to the point that a individual would receive a refund rather than owing any taxes.

Your organization can sponsor Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites in your community to prepare tax returns for those who cannot prepare their own yet cannot afford professional help. 

You can introduce or support asset-building techniques, such as bank accounts, for those who currently don’t have basic financial management strategies. Your group can offer financial literacy workshops designed to explain the benefits of savings accounts, the disadvantages of not using mainstream financial institutions, and address barriers between this population and common financial management practices.

 Where do you start?

You have a number of choices.  Each partner brings with them their own network of associates and available resources.  When pooled with the networks and resources of other coalition partners, the result is a much stronger collaboration.  By coordinating existing services and combining available resources from community members, this way of doing business provides thousands of dollars to families, improves their standard of living and provides them with an asset-building opportunity.

Our strategy is to combine three components that support a family’s success:  awareness and education, tax preparation assistance, and financial assistance.  This three-pronged approach relates easily to the missions of other organizations and lends itself well to partnering.

Interested?

The possibilities of partnering are endless and the effects are boundless.  The power of coalitions is a driving force nationwide.  If the mission of your organization coincides with that of IRS, why not consider becoming a partner?

To discuss partnering opportunities send an email to partner@irs.gov , and let us know how we can help you get started. 

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We will help you get started, so please take a minute to peruse our  Partner Products and Volunteer Resource Center for products, web sites, and other materials that may be helpful in your partnership with IRS.

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