Low-Income Tax Clinic
The Korean Resource Center (KRC) provides a free Low Income Tax Clinic (LITC). We provide a consultation on taxpayers’ rights and responsibilities as well as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN). We also provide a free e-filing tax return for the low-income families during the tax-filing period through the volunteer-run VITA (Voluntary Income Tax Assistance), supported by the IRS’s SPEC (Stakeholder Partnerships, Education and Communication). In 2006, KRC’s VITA assisted 439 low-income taxpayers with their E-filing returns and an estimated $318,000 in EITC was refunded to 420 low-income taxpayers.
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Qualifications
- Need not own a house or stocks, or have interest income of more than $500 a month.
- Meet the income guidelines below
| Household Members | Annual Income Limit |
|---|---|
| 1 | $25,525 |
| 2 | $34,225 |
| 3 | $42,925 |
| 4 | $51,625 |
| 5 | $60,325 |
- If you receive SSI, CAPI or SSA, you are ineligible for the tax clinic.
- If you do not have a W-2 form, you are ineligible for the tax clinic.
What you should bring
- W-2 Form from 2007
- Tax Return Form of 2006
- Birth Date, English Name, Social Security/ITIN number
- Bank check/routing number + account number (need direct deposit when you get refund)
- Name, Address and Tel No. of rent manager
- Total expenses of child care payment in 2007 (name of center, director's name of child care, ITIN or SSN of director of childcare center)
- Copy of proof of being in college (college issued forms other expenses = total expenses)
How to Request a ITIN number
http://www.nelp.org/docUploads/ITINS%20November%202004%2Epdf (PDF file)
How to get free tax clinic
Contact the Korean Resource Center at 323-937-3718 or email tax@krcla.org to make an appointment.
For year 2008, appointments begin on Monday, February 8th of 2008 until April 3rd of 2008.
