As a VITA site we offer free tax help to people who need assistance in preparing their tax returns. While certain situations are out-of-scope, generally we are able to provide these services to people with low to moderate income, persons with disabilities, and some others.

While the IRS manages the VITA program, the VITA sites are operated by IRS partners like us, and staffed by volunteers who want to make a difference in their communities. In our case, we are able to help our clients and others in the community meet their obligation to file without the significant expense of a paid preparer or an opportunistic lending company, and often the clients receive much-needed refunds they otherwise would have missed

 All VITA/TCE volunteers who prepare returns must take and pass tax law training that meets or exceeds IRS standards. Over the three years since beginning this service, Love Columbia has assisted in successfully filing over 300 tax returns for free.

We are now scheduling for this tax season. Those interested can contact
Ashlin at (573) 256-7662 extension 142.