Free tax preparation & EITC promotion
Asset Building
Marketing & Delivering Financial Products at Tax Time
Free tax preparation & EITC promotion
- The National Community Tax Coalition (NCTC) and its 500-plus affiliates bring the voices of low- and moderate-income taxpayers to the tax policy arena and provide tools to free tax preparation and financial service programs.
- The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sponsors the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) programs.
- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities produces and distributes an annual Earned Income Tax Credit Outreach Kit, which contains useful information about a range of tax credits for low-income tax filers.
- Corporate Voices for Working Families, a non-profit corporate membership organization that brings the private sector voice into the public dialogue on issues affecting working families, produces an annual "EITC Toolkit" with ready-to-use outreach materials.
- CfED is a nonprofit organization working to expand economic opportunity, with a particular focus on asset building for low-income families.
- The Asset Building Program of the New America Foundation and its companion web site contain a wealth of information about asset-based policy, research and community initiatives.
- The National Community Tax Coalition has a resource library with downloadable documents concerning asset building linked to tax preparation.
- The Center for Social Development (CSD) at Washington University conducts extensive research on asset building, including studies of the effectiveness of various asset building programs and policies, and a catalog of state-level asset policies.
Marketing and Delivering Financial Products at Tax Time
- The Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) helps pioneering institutions both large and small to better serve under-banked consumers, with a focus on innovative financial products and marketing strategies.
- The Consumer Federation of America provides consumers a voice in decisions that affect their lives by gathering facts, analyzing issues, and disseminating information to the public, policymakers, and rest of the consumer movement. CFA manages AmericaSaves , a national social marketing campaign to encourage saving by all Americans, with focused initiatives in dozens of cities across the country.