Needs From: United Way Volunteer Connect

Volunteer: Help Your Community: Volunteer to Prepare Free Tax Returns

United Way of Southwest Alabama's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program is growing, and we need volunteers! We're looking for people who want to learn to prepare free tax returns and to serve in our various tax centers throughout the Mobile area. This is important work, and it only happens with the dedication of our volunteer team.

You don't have to have tax preparation experience. It helps of course, but we offer training supported by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Please note: This is not training to start your own tax preparation business for pay. Volunteers are not allowed to accept payment for the tax returns they prepare for our taxpayers.

Although people think you have to be a math wiz to do taxes, the fact is the computer does most of the math. The most important skills have to do with working with other people as a team, listening to your clients, and applying the tax rules fairly, accurately, and consistently. And every return you prepare gets reviewed by a second volunteer, so there's always someone to double-check your work for you; you're never alone.

Training classes begin November 16 and November 20. Please register for the sessions you would like to attend, paying attention to the dates, times, and locations of the different sessions.

If you're looking to give back to your community in a way that challenges your mind and gives you the chance to see your real-world impact on the people we serve together, this could be for you. Join us to learn more!

Agency: United Way of Southwest Alabama

United Way of Southwest Alabama's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program is growing, and we need volunteers! We're looking for people who want to learn to prepare free tax returns and to serve in our various tax centers throughout the Mobile area. This is important work, and it only happens with the dedication of our volunteer team.

You don't have to have tax preparation experience. It helps of course, but we offer training supported by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Please note: This is not training to start your own tax preparation business for pay. Volunteers are not allowed to accept payment for the tax returns they prepare for our taxpayers.

Although people think you have to be a math wiz to do taxes, the fact is the computer does most of the math. The most important skills have to do with working with other people as a team, listening to your clients, and applying the tax rules fairly, accurately, and consistently. And every return you prepare gets reviewed by a second volunteer, so there's always someone to double-check your work for you; you're never alone.

Training classes begin November 16 and November 20. Please register for the sessions you would like to attend, paying attention to the dates, times, and locations of the different sessions.

If you're looking to give back to your community in a way that challenges your mind and gives you the chance to see your real-world impact on the people we serve together, this could be for you. Join us to learn more!

Agency: United Way of Southwest Alabama

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 36604

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Free Tax Help (VITA-Volunteer Income Tax Assistance)

Are you good at helping people put their life on a tax form?  You will get all the training you need to save local families LOTS of money by helping them get their taxes done for free.  Or volunteer to help with desk duty, welcoming and directing clients to meet with tax preparers.

Goodwill Gulf Coast will be staffing two locations to prepare taxes for free for local residents.  The Ladd Learning Center is located at 2440 Gordon Smith Drive in Mobile 36617, and the Azalea Community Center is 300-F Azalea Road, Mobile 36609.  Hours for VITA will be posted in January.  Spend this fall learning all you need to know with VITA training, so you will be ready for the tax season in late January.  Next class starts soon!

More questions?  Call Lydia at 251-380-7150 or Lgaudet@goodwillgc.org

Agency: Goodwill Gulf Coast

Are you good at helping people put their life on a tax form?  You will get all the training you need to save local families LOTS of money by helping them get their taxes done for free.  Or volunteer to help with desk duty, welcoming and directing clients to meet with tax preparers.

Goodwill Gulf Coast will be staffing two locations to prepare taxes for free for local residents.  The Ladd Learning Center is located at 2440 Gordon Smith Drive in Mobile 36617, and the Azalea Community Center is 300-F Azalea Road, Mobile 36609.  Hours for VITA will be posted in January.  Spend this fall learning all you need to know with VITA training, so you will be ready for the tax season in late January.  Next class starts soon!

More questions?  Call Lydia at 251-380-7150 or Lgaudet@goodwillgc.org

Agency: Goodwill Gulf Coast

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 36609

Allow Groups: No