04.22.09
Low Income Tax Clinics
“National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson announced today (IR-2009-43) that the IRS has awarded $9.5 million in matching grants to Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITCs) for the 2009 grant cycle (Jan. 1, 2009, through Dec. 31, 2009). Through the LITC program, the IRS awards matching grants of up to $100,000 a year to qualifying organizations. For the 2008 grant cycle, the IRS awarded LITC grants to 162 organizations representing all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam.” Link.
Maybe I should be ashamed, but I didn’t even know such things exist. We give low-wage people the earned income credit and low marginal rates. We also pay money so they can get free help when they don’t pay the right amount?
According to the IRS publication, incidentally, a family of nine (yes, those freaks do exist) qualifies for LITC assistance if the family income level is below $101,876.
