United Way of Broward County and its community partners are providing free tax assistance to help low-income families in Broward County. Residents who earn a household income of less than $49,078 can have their taxes filed for FREE by Hispanic Unity's 
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) workers aboard United Way of Broward County's Mobile Resource Center.*
 
About the Tax Credits:
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC) programs provide federal tax benefits for low and moderate-income workers. The EITC benefit can be worth up to $5,751 for families who worked in 2011. Workers raising children who earned less than about $49,078 in 2011 may be eligible for the EITC. In order to claim the credits, eligible workers must file a tax return.
 
Interesting Broward County EITC Facts:
  • Between Tax Year 2004 (returns filed in 2005) and Tax Year 2009 (returns filed in 2010) the percentage of returns received within Broward County addresses indentified as "low-income" rose from 59.7% to 70.7%.
  • Taxpayers identified as "low-income elderly" (at least one taxpayer per return aged 60+) receiving the EITC rose from 4.9% in Tax Year 2007 to 10.4% in Tax Year 2009.
  • For Tax Year 2009, EITC recipients in Broward County received $440,660,765.
  For more information, please contact Mary Lynn Lovejoy at
(954) 462-4850 ext. 227 or mllovejoy@unitedwaybroward.org.
 
*Attendees interested in having their taxes filed at the event must bring the following documents:  W-2 and 1099, Social Security card (yours and your dependents'), photo identification, and 2010 tax return.
 
To view the Mobile Resource Center schedule, click here.  
For additional VITA sites in Broward County, please contact 2-1-1 Broward by dialing 2-1-1 or (954) 537-0211.