February 2, 2011
The
Portland Observer Black History Month
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Super Saturday Kicks Off Tax Season
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Free help and
advice on
Earned Income
Tax Credit
Key Bank is teaming up with the
non-profit CASH Oregon and AARP
to provide free tax preparation on
what it is promoting as “Super Re­
fund Saturday” Feb. 5 at Lloyd Cen­
ter. The free event will run from 9
a.m. to4 p.m. in Suite 2010.
A primary target is help with ba­
sic assistance on tax preparation,
but there’s also assistance with tak­
ing advantage of the Earned Income
Tax Credit.
The EITC was established to pro­
vide tax relief for low income citizens
and can turn into a refund between
$457 and $5,666. But the credit an­
nually goes unclaimed by as much
as a quarter of eligible households.
The EITC is calculated according
to the number of qualifying children
as compared to earned income.
Taxpayers with no children still
qualify if their income for 2010 was
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Volunteer tax preparers get ready for a surge o f Portlanders
seeking help with the tax forms. From left are Jose Soto, Marya
Gonzalez and Jerald Robinson, all with KeyBank; and Camille
McDonald with CASH Oregon.
less than $ 13,460. Families with three
or more children making less than
$48,362 would earn $5,666.
Those interested in attending
Saturday’s event or future CASH
Oregon tax help dates should bring
all documents relating to filing a tax
return, including W-2 forms, 1099
forms, unemployment forms, proof
of child care payments, Social Secu­
rity card for yourself and each de­
pendent, other IRS forms as appro­
priate, bank account information,
valid photo ID and your previous
year’s tax return.
CASH Oregon (Creating Assets,
Savings, Hope) was established to
provide free tax preparation for resi­
dents of Multnomah, Clackamas and
Washington County.
The organization is sponsoring a
second tax help day on Thursday,
Feb. 1 Oat the Northside Family Sup­
port Center, 7650N. Commercial Ave.
Additional events are also sched­
uled through April 16 with more
information available on the website
cashoregon.org or call 2-1 -1.
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