AARP Tax-Aide trained
counselors are here to help you!
(Front
row: Katharine Purrington, Diane Lederer, Marge Norton;
Middle
row: Jim Oliver, Mal Leninger, Curt Iverson, Jim Detmer, Marti
Prosser, Jim Tussing;
Back: Dave Prosser) |
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The
AARP TAX-AIDE PROGRAM at the Williamsburg Regional Library
begins on Thursday, February 1, 2001. Tax-Aide is
sponsored by the AARP
Foundation in cooperation with the Internal
Revenue Service. |
The Tax-Aide Program provides tax
counseling and tax preparation free of charge for low and
middle income taxpayers of all ages, with special attention
to those ages 59 and older. This year, an emphasis will be on
electronic filing with computers provided by the IRS.
The Williamsburg Regional Library is
one of only a handful of Virginia libraries providing facilities for
the Tax-Aide Program and has done so since 1983. The library is offering extended hours
this year and assistance on Saturdays as
well. Another new offering is the service of a mobile team of
Tax-Aide counselors who will provide tax help to citizens who have
difficulty getting to the library, such as those in nursing
homes. The mobile team will be offered during the month of March
only and appointments will be necessary.
Tax-Aide counselors are volunteers
who are certified annually after passing a comprehensive IRS
test. They accept no gifts or gratuities for their
services. They are prepared to complete all common forms and
schedules for individual tax returns. Business forms will
normally be limited to Schedules C-EZ, D and SE. Clients who are
delinquent in the filing of returns for past years will be assisted
only if they have all the required background materials available and
can be helped without inconvenience to others.
2001
SCHEDULE FOR AARP TAX-AIDE AT THE WILLIAMSBURG REGIONAL LIBRARY
Williamsburg
Library,
515 Scotland Street, Williamsburg
(Please enter through the Art Center entrance.)
February 1 through April 16, 2001
Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Thursdays: (NEW HOURS)
2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
*You can
call to confirm hours: 259-4050
James City County Library,
7770 Croaker Road, Williamsburg
February 7 through April 11, 2001
Wednesdays: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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WHAT TO BRING
| * a copy of
your last year's returns
* all wage
statements (W-2 and unemployment compensation forms)
* all
forms - 1099s from annuities, banks, brokers, credit unions,
pensions, savings and loans and Social Security
* the tax
forms that you received in the mail
* your
Social Security card
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Questions about the AARP
Tax-Aide Program at the Williamsburg Regional Library can be
directed to our Reference department at (757) 259-7720.
The library's Tax-Aide Coordinator is Wayne Ja Kob.
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E-filing is an
efficient way to prepare your tax return.
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