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
Slideshow: Tax Day for Boston’s Deaf Community
The Boston Tax Help Coalition strives to make its free tax help services accessible to all who qualify, regardless of physical ability. This year, as in past years, the Coalition teamed up with community partners to provide high-quality tax services to the
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.,
Be Like Victoria: Bring a Buddy to Get Your Taxes Done!
For years, Victoria has been coming to the Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment to get her taxes done for free. “Everybody’s friendly and nice,” she said. “It’s worth it!” This Saturday, for example, her volunteer Boston Tax Help Coalition tax
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
BTHC and Partners Hold Tax Help Days for Deaf Community
Because taxes are no less mandatory if you don’t speak the language, the Boston Tax Help Coalition (BTHC) provides help in Chinese, Vietnamese, Spanish, Somali, Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, and Portuguese. But those are only the voiced languages. The
Katie Meets Her Tax Hero: One Taxpayer’s Experience
Last week, I showed up one of the Boston Tax Help Coalition’s VITA tax sites: Urban Edge to get my taxes done – for free – wondering why, in my 10 years in Boston, I’d never done this before. Maybe
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