Free tax preparation at your local library | Business

It’s tax season! Free filing services are available at your local library branch. Follow the link online taxes  to the MPLIC website If you are planning to e-file your taxes this year or for the list of library brances free tax assistance schedule. 

For 2012 Tax Filing Season, MPLIC will provide the following services:

            AAPR – Bartlett, Central & Cordova

            VITA  -- South

            Mobile VITA  --  All branches except Bartlett, Central, and Whitehaven

AARP Services  

AAPR volunteers provide free federal income tax preparation/filing assistance for all but give preference to seniors.

Bartlett, Central and Cordova are the AARP sites in our library system.

Bartlett Branch Library Schedule

Mondays & Tuesdays     10:00am -- 1:30pm

Monday, Feb 6th  – Tuesday, April 17th

                                    Bartlett AARP coordinator:  Bob Neal 487-5099

Benjamin Hooks Central Library Schedule

                                    Mondays through Saturdays   10:00am – 1:30pm

                                    Wednesday, Feb 1st – Thursday, April 17th

                                    Saturday, April 14th       10:00am – 4:30pm

                                    (Meeting Rooms A, B & C)

                                    Central AARP coordinator:  Pat Rogoski  274-2389

Cordova Branch Library Schedule

                                    Thursdays                     10:00am – 3:00pm

                                    Thursday, Feb 2nd --  Thursday, April 12th

                                    Cordova AARP coordinator:  Richard Mahoney  432-5300

VITA Services:

VITA volunteers provide free federal income tax preparation/filing assistance for individuals and families with household

income of $49,000 or less.  South Branch is the only regular VITA site in our library system.

                                    South Branch VITA Site Schedule:

                                    Saturdays 10:30 -1pm

                                    Saturday, Feb 11th – Saturday, April 14th

                                    VITA Coordinator:  Yvonne Howard  433-4334

Mobile VITA Services:

In order to help VITA provide this needed service to the many underserved communities, starting last tax season,

our library system has partnered with VITA to provide “Mobile VITA” Service in most of our library branches throughout the system.

All branches, except Bartlett, Central, and Whitehaven will be a VITA mobile site.  Please see attached dates and times for

each of the participating branches – sorted by zip codes, by branch, and by dates.

     What is a Mobile VITA?

• Mobile VITA is not a “VITA-mobile.” It is actually two VITA staff and a group of VITA volunteers go to branches (see attached schedules

for specific dates at library branches (sorted by Zip Codes, by dates and by branches)

• Mobile VITA is a first come first served by appointment only tax preparation system. 
• Public can make reservation either in person or by telephone to each individual branch prior to the assigned dates
• Library staff will take customer’s names and phone numbers. 
• There can be up to two reservations at one time.  Each reservation will be about 20 minutes;

They can help up to 6 customers in one hour. 

n  This year, there will be two full-time tax preparers on any given day. 

•  2012 Mobile VITA Reservation Form is attached.  Feel free to make any changes to the form if needed.

New this year:

• Tax forms are out today in Central Library and all branches!  We may not receive 1040 Instructions until late Jan and early

Feb. 

• January 13th, IRS starts accepting electronic filing
• 2012 Tax Season – filing deadline will be Tuesday, April 17th.

(Don’t forget:  For tax preparation services outside our library system, please check Linc’s Tax Wiki for detail information www.memphislibrary.org/linc/taxaide/index.cfm

For more information contact Wang-Ying Glasgow, (901)-415-2709

 Wang-Ying.Glasgow@memphistn.gov

Information provided by Memphis Public Library