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FREE TAX ASSISTANCE is available if you earned $49,000 or less in 2009

Purpose

To transform and stabilize our community by giving hard-working people and their families the opportunity to move toward financial independence.

Objectives

  • Increase the number of residents applying for and receiving Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC) and Child Tax Credits (CTC).
  • Increase the amount of disposable income to hard-working people.
  • Decrease usage of high cost tax services and predatory financial products and services.
  • Link EITC recipients with other economic self-sufficiency programs.

Earned Income Limits for EITC

  • Families with one child who earn less than $35,463 in 2009 (or less than $40,463 if married filing jointly) could be eligible for a tax credit of up to $3,043
  • Families with two or more children who earn less than $40,295 in 2009 (or less than $45,295 if married filing jointly) could be eligible for a tax credit of up to $5,028
  • Workers without a qualifying child who earn less than $13,440 in 2009 (or less than $18,440 if married filing jointly) could be eligible for a tax credit of up to $457
  • Families with threee or mroe children who earn less than $43,279 in 2009 (or less than $48,279 if married filing jointly) could be eligible for a tax credit of up to $5,657

Who is missing out on Earned Income Tax Credits:

  • Workers not required to file tax returns due to no "tax liability"
  • Workers with low-income or a history of welfare receipt
  • Workers without children
  • Workers who have recently lost jobs and may have never before been eligible
  • New parents
  • Grandparents
  • Single parents
  • Foster parents
  • Parents raising disabled children
  • Workers who have English as a second language
  • Eligible immigrants, especially Latino families

For additional information go to www.irs.gov and search for the keyword "EITC" or please contact:

Amy Paulishak
Community Impact Manager
United Way of Sarasota County, Inc.
1445 2nd Street
Sarasota, FL 34236
Phone: 941-366-2686 ext. 316
Fax: 941-365-4368
Email: amyp@uwsrq.com