{"id":67269,"date":"2015-08-26T07:38:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T12:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=67269"},"modified":"2015-08-26T07:38:38","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T12:38:38","slug":"elderly-low-income-taxpayers-helped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2015\/08\/26\/elderly-low-income-taxpayers-helped\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly, low-income taxpayers get help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Internal Revenue Service information<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Volunteer tax preparers have had an impact on local taxpayers, as well as across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. taxpayers filed more than 145 million federal individual income tax returns in 2015, and, thanks to supporters of the Internal Revenue Service\u2019s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) programs, some 3.7 million of those tax returns nationwide &#8212; including approximately 100 in Van Wert County &#8212; were prepared at no cost to seniors and people with low-to-moderate incomes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IRS-logo-12-2013.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-46906\" alt=\"IRS logo 12-2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IRS-logo-12-2013.png\" width=\"100\" height=\"34\" \/><\/a>VITA and TCE volunteers come from all walks of life and backgrounds. No prior experience is needed &#8212; volunteers receive specialized training and can serve in a variety of roles.<\/p>\n<p>VITA\/TCE is a way to stay current with U.S. tax law and put that knowledge to use for others. It offers accounting and business students real-world experience. VITA\/TCE is friends and neighbors helping friends and neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>Those people seeking a unique way to make a positive difference in their community should consider VITA\/TCE. To learn more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/irs.gov\/\">IRS.gov<\/a> and type &#8220;tax volunteer&#8221; in the search box.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internal Revenue Service information Volunteer tax preparers have had an impact on local taxpayers, as well as across the nation. U.S. taxpayers filed more than 145 million federal individual income tax returns in 2015, and, thanks to supporters of the Internal Revenue Service\u2019s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-21 18:02:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}