The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) organization helps low- to moderate-income families and individuals prepare their tax returns. Heritage is seeking volunteers for the 2024 tax season. You can earn hours for any time spent training and taking the certifications and time spent volunteering throughout tax season.
Do you want to volunteer, but you're intimidated? No worries, United Way will guide you by providing training for basic and advanced preparers. All tax returns are completed with the help of software that helps you through the process. Don't worry because United Way will be double-checking the work to ensure that the form is completed correctly.
If you are interested, below is the information for the training sessions:
Tax Preparer Training:
Starting in January on Wednesdays in the Media Suite (at UW downtown on Main Street) - more details to come
Greeter Training:
Cristina Greeney with United Way will hold training in January for 30-40 mins. If you are interested, email Mandy (mkoester@heritagefederal.org)
Volunteer Signup Calendar:
If you are interested, please contact Mandy and she will send out the signup sheet for volunteers.
Start dates are TBD but likely end of January or begining of February based on when the IRS will start accepting 2023 returns.
Mondays – 1-4:30pm at Legal Aid (downtown courthouse Evansville)
Tuesdays – 1-4pm at Tri-Cap Boonville (Warrick County)
Tuesdays – 5-8pm at Workone (east side Evansville)
Wednesdays – 5:30-7:30pm at United Way office (downtown Evansville)
Potential one-time events – Homeless Connect (Old National Center)
