Posted on Thu, Jan. 17, 2008
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Tax-Aide program begins Feb. 1
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Forty-five volunteers at 13 sites will help low- to middle-income taxpayers, with special emphasis on older persons, said Van Carpenter, district coordinator for Tax-Aide on the Mississippi Coast.
The volunteer counselors will provide free assistance to taxpayers using the basic tax return and those who file for earned income tax credit, child tax credit and additional child tax credit. Interest and dividend income, all retirement income and education credits are included with many other items in the Tax-Aide program.
Last year, Carpenter said, the volunteers helped approximately 7,000 people in the three Coast counties. More than 3,000 federal returns and 2,000 state returns were e-filed, he said.
Tax-Aide is a service of the AARP Foundation in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service. Half of Tax-Aide's funding comes from AARP and half from the IRS. All volunteer counselors are trained and certified annually by the IRS.
Tax-Aide sites
Tax-Aide sites and schedules are as follows:
Tax-Aide sites and schedules are as follows:
• Burton Memorial United Methodist Church 2419 22nd Ave., Gulfport.
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.
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Hancock County Bay St. Louis Library
312 U.S. 90, Bay St. Louis.
9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays.
• West Biloxi Public Library 2047 Pass Road, Biloxi.
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays.
•
Nugent United Methodist Church
13183 John Clark Road, Gulfport.
9 a.m.-1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.
• Gautier Public Library 2100 Library Lane, Gautier.
9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays.
•
Margaret Sherry Library
2141 Popp's Ferry Road, Biloxi.
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays.
• D'Iberville Public Library 10391 Auto Mall Parkway, D'Iberville.
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays.
•
New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church
3302 23rd Avenue, Gulfport.
9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
• Hancock County Kiln Library 16603 Mississippi 603, Kiln.
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursdays.
•
Ocean Springs Public Library
525 Dewey Ave., Ocean Springs.
9 a.m.-1 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
• Vancleave Public Library 12604 Mississippi 57.
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays.
•
Long Beach Public Library
209 Jeff Davis Ave., Long Beach.
1 p.m.-5 p.m. Thursdays.
•
Jackson County Civic Center
2902 Shortcut Road, Pascagoula.
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays.
