Milwaukee residents can access tax prep help for free through the IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, or VITA, program.
Certified VITA volunteers can file state and federal tax returns for households with an income of about $67,000 or less and people who have disabilities or limited English-speaking abilities.
Since appointments can fill up quickly and may require a few weeks of work, check out the options before the April 15 tax-filing deadline.
View VITA sites by location at the IRS Free Tax Prep Help website. Find a list of documents to bring here.
AARP Tax-Aide sites
For adults age 50 and older or those who have low to moderate income, the IRS’s Tax Counseling for the Elderly, or TCE, program is another option for free tax help.
Many TCE sites are operated by the AARP Foundation’s Tax-Aide program at local senior centers and libraries. Find a site with the Tax-Aide site locator.
Here’s where you can still find free tax prep locations around Milwaukee
La Casa de Esperanza
La Casa de Esperanza will offer VITA appointments from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during tax season in Milwaukee at YMCA Southeast Wisconsin, 1915 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
The Waukesha VITA site, 134 Wisconsin Ave., also has appointments available from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays.
La Casa works with English, Spanish and bilingual speakers. Schedule an appointment online or call 262-832-1534.
Prime Financial Credit Union
Prime Financial Credit Union is providing in-person VITA appointments at two locations through April 10.
The Northwest branch, 4878 N. Swan Road, is scheduling appointments from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays and the Walker’s Point branch, 225 W. Greenfield Ave., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Appointment slots are limited and can be scheduled on Prime Financial’s website or by calling 414-486-4500.
St. Francis of Assisi
VITA appointments are available from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 12 at St. Francis of Assisi Parish, 1937 N. Vel R Phillips Ave. Call 414-376-8124 to schedule an appointment or find out more information.
Greater Mt. Sinai COGIC
The VITA site at Greater Mt. Sinai Church Of God In Christ, 5384 N. 60th St., is open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through April 12. No appointment is required.
Meredith Melland is the neighborhoods reporter for the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service and a corps member of Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. Report for America plays no role in editorial decisions in the NNS newsroom.
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