President Obama has signed the proclamation naming April as National Financial Literacy Month.
Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 1:05 PM - Categories: Coalition Partners | Financial Education | Press Releases
North Tazewell, Va.- Your Money Matters
Clinch Valley Community Action will host a Financial Fair on February 11, 2011. Among the many exhibitors will be BB&T and the Bank Bus.
Read Clinch Valley's Free Tax Preparation Press Release....
Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 10:55 AM - Categories: Coalition Partners | Financial Education | Flyers | Press Releases | VITA
WHSV.com- Satunton, Va.
The Community Action Partnership for Staunton, Augusta County and Waynesboro (CAPSAW) is working with low-income families to file their taxes for free.
Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 9:57 AM - Categories: Press Releases | VITA
Congratulations to four Virginia agencies who were successful in receiving the Federal VITA grants this year.
You can see the whole list here…..http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-utl/vita_grant_recipients_2011-110510.pdf
Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 3:08 PM - Categories: Coalition Partners | Press Releases | VITA
"While You Were Sleeping: Tinkering with the Earned Income Tax Credit" by Alan Berube, Senior Fellow and Research Director, Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings
"Last week was an active one for America's stealth anti-poverty policy- the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)- though you'd be forgiven for not noticing. A couple of decisions, made with little fanfare, should have big implications for how low-income taxpayers receive the credit in the future."
Read the article from Brookings....
Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 12:48 PM - Categories: Press Releases | VITA
Elizabeth Kneebone, Senior Research Analyst, Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution has released "The Child Tax Credit after ARRA: How Would Expiration Affect Metropolitan Families?"
"The Child Tax Credit's $3000 earnings threshold put into place by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is set to expire after tax year 2010. This factsheet uses our MetroTax Model to estimate the number of working families that would see their Child Tax Credit (CTC) reduced or eliminated if policymakers allow the CTC's earnings threshold to revert to pre-ARRA levels."
Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 9:00 AM - Categories: Press Releases | VITA
VACAP is pleased to announce the final free tax preparation results from its 28 coalitions:
Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 11:49 AM - Categories: Coalition Partners | Press Releases | VITA
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