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  (IRS) Disaster Assistance and Emergency Relief Program The Internal Revenue Service provides tax counseling and assistance to taxpayers whose property has been damaged or lost in a Federally declared disaster area. The following are examples of the types of assistance available:
  Armed Forces Tax Benefits The program offers tax credit or relief for special tax situations of active members of the U.S. Armed Forces.... view more
  Casualties, Disasters, and Theft The program offers tax relief for casualty losses that result from the destruction of, or damage to your property from any sudden, unexpected, or unusual event such as a flood, hurricane, tornado, fire, earthquake or even volcanic eruption.... view more
  Child Tax Credit The Child Tax Credit program can reduce the Federal tax you owe by $1,000 for each qualifying child under the age of 17.... view more
  Child and Dependent Care Credit The Child and Dependent Care Credit program can reduce your tax by claiming the credit for child and dependent care expenses on your Federal income tax return.... view more
  Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) This program offers a Federal income tax credit for working individuals and families who earned less than $48,279 during 2009.... view more
  Farmer's Tax Guide The Farmers Tax Guide program is designed to offer Federal income tax credit to farmers.... view more
  Go Direct® Don’t let a disaster come between you and your money. If you receive federal benefit payments by paper check, switch to direct deposit through the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Go Direct® campaign. Direct deposit is safer, easier, and gives peopl... view more
  Innocent Spouse Relief Many married taxpayers choose to file a joint tax return because of certain benefits this filing status allows. Both taxpayers are jointly and individually responsible for the tax and any interest or penalty due on the joint return even if they later... view more
  Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic If you are a low-income taxpayer who cannot afford professional tax assistance or if you speak English as a second language (ESL) and need help understanding your taxpayer rights and responsibilities, you may qualify for help from a Low Income Taxpay... view more
  Medical and Dental Expenses Tax Credit This program can reduce the Federal tax you owe by utilizing medical expense deductions. Medical expenses are the costs of diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, and the costs for treatments affecting any part of function o... view more
  Savings Bond Redemption and Replacement Savings Bond Redemption assistance allows bond owners in areas affected by a Presidentially declared disaster to redeem bonds prior to the expiration of the initial 12-month holding period. Approximately 40,000 financial institutions across the count... view more
  Tax Benefits for Adoption The adoption credit and employer-provided adoption benefits can reduce your income tax by claiming your qualified adoption expenses on your federal income tax return.... view more
  Tax Benefits for Education Certain tax benefits may be available to you if you are saving for or paying educations costs for yourself or another student who is a member of your immediate family. Most benefits apply only to higher education.... view more
  Tax Counseling for the Elderly The Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) Program provides free tax assistance to individuals who are age 60 and older. Trained with IRS materials and certified by an IRS examination, a network of volunteers provides free tax counseling and assistance... view more
  Tax Help for People with Disabilities The program provides tax relief for disabled individual taxpayers.... view more
  Tax Relief for Divorced or Separated Individuals There are certain special Federal tax rules for divorced or separated individuals that can result in a lower tax liability than would otherwise apply.... view more
  Terrorist Attack-Disaster Relief Information for Individuals For eligible individuals and families who were victims of terrorist attacks, special provisions were enacted under the Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act of 2001. Under this act, the federal income tax liability of those killed in the following atta... view more
  Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offers free tax help to people who cannot afford professional assistance. In addition to free tax return preparation assistance, many sites also offer free electronic filing (e-filing). Volunteers he... view more
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