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Tri-Town is currently accepting appointments
for the 2011 tax season. This will begin the agency's 6th year of helping low and moderate income individuals and families with free electronic filing for their federal and state income tax forms. Since 2005, Tri-Town has filed over 2,000 returns and has helped needy families collect over $1.5 million in tax refunds!
Returns are being prepared at two locations: our main office on Hartford Avenue in Johnston and our new Community Center on Maple Avenue in North Providence. We have also added two new tax preparers to help handle the overwhelming demand, bringing the total number of volunteer preparers to seven. There is still time to become a volunteer preparer for this season (see below for detail).
This season, Tri-Town will be adding two new features for the convenience of our clients: banking services and financial counseling. During the exit interview, all clients will be able to set up checking, savings, or college-bound accounts as well as have the opportunity to enroll in Tri-Town's Financial Stability Program funded through the United Way of Rhode Island.
The Financial Stability program provides individual and classroom based training designed to help clients create practical, monthly budgets that really work, leading to increased savings, long-term asset development, and building for retirement. The program uses a variety of teaching methods including Money Smarts: a computer-based program developed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and used by over 3.5 million people since its develoment in 2006.
To make a tax appointment or to volunteer as a
tax preparer, please call us at
(401) 519-1915
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