What are you thankful for this holiday season? Boston Tax Help Coalition helps over 13,000 low income Bostonians prepare and files their taxes for free each year and we hear lots of thanks. However, providing financial empowerment services for our
Volunteer for the Boston Tax Help Coalition for Tax Season 2018!
The Boston Tax Help Coalition is a non-profit organization that assists Boston residents by maximizing the impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit and other tax credits through quality, free tax preparation, financial education and asset building opportunities. There are
Thank You 2017 Volunteers!
The Boston Tax Help Coalition would like to thank the 424 Volunteers who dedicated their time during the 2017 tax season to prepare taxes and pull credit reports for FREE to City residents. Without their commitment and hard work, this free tax
Joanne Evans’ Retirement
Joanne Evans, BTHC Asset Building Program Coordinator, has officially retired on July 1, 2017. Joanne first begun her career with BTHC as a Assistant Site Tax Coordinator for the Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment. She has then served as the Asset Building
Tax Day is April 18th
You get three extra days to gather your paperwork and file your tax return in 2017! The tax deadline is April 18, 2017. The following tax sites will be open on April 18th: Codman Square Health Center 450 Washington St.,
Meet The Ambassadors
Created in 2005, the Boston Tax Help Coalition’s Ambassador Program does outreach to immigrant communities who can qualify for free tax preparation and financial services. We have eight Ambassadors who act as community leaders for the Coalition. Each ambassador is
Update on the 2016 Tax Season
Before the Office of Financial Empowerment (OFE) begins preparing for the 2017 tax season, we wanted to share our 2016 results. In 2016, the OFE’s Boston Tax Help Coalition operated 37 free tax preparation sites throughout Boston. These sites opened
Meet the Ambassadors
The Boston Tax Help Coalition’s Ambassador Program was created in 2005. The purpose of the Ambassador program is to do outreach to immigrant communities that can qualify for free tax preparation and financial services. We have eight Ambassadors that act
Multi-Lingual Reading Corners at Boston Tax Help Site Locations
The Boston Tax Help Coalition, in partnership with ReadBoston, is building Reading Corners that offer multi-lingual children’s books at the tax sites! ReadBoston is the city’s only comprehensive early literacy program. The Reading Corners will help keep families busy while
Financial Check-Up Raffle
The Boston Tax Help Coalition’s asset building program, the Financial Check-Up, was conducted at 8 tax sites in 2015. Over 2700 tax clients were seen by volunteer Financial Guides and offered the opportunities to see their TransUnion credit report with FICO score,