TAX RESOURCES for the 2024 Tax Year

AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP/AARP

Tax-Aide Website: www.taxaidemc.info

Our Scheduling Line: 240-777-2577 (Monday-Friday, 9 am – 4 pm)

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 1-800-829-1040

https://www.irs.gov/

IRS Forms and Publications 1-800-829-3676

IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center (recording) 240-613-8870

6010 Executive Blvd

Ste 100, Rm 103

Rockville, MD 20852

No phone assistance

Appointment required; call 1-844-545-5640 to schedule

https://www.irs.gov/help/contact-your-local-irs-office

IRS Free File marks its 22nd filing season this year and is one of many free options available to taxpayers for filing their taxes either online or in person. IRS Free File is offered via a public-private partnership between the IRS and Free File Inc., formerly the Free File Alliance. Through this partnership, leading tax software providers make their online products available in both English and Spanish for free.

Seven partners will provide IRS Free File online products this year to any taxpayer or family who earned $79,000 or less in 2024. 

MARYLAND TAX INFO

Wheaton, MD Comptroller field office

Westfield Wheaton - South Building

11002 Veirs Mill Rd, Suite 408

Wheaton, MD 20902 

800-638-2937 

Accepts in-person or virtual appointments

https://www.marylandtaxes.gov/locations.php

DC TAX INFO

202-727-4829

AARP TAX-AIDE SITES

(for other non-MC county residents: PG, Frederick, Howard, etc.)

888-687-7669

https://www.aarp.org/money/taxes/aarp_taxaide/

VITA PROGRAM (Volunteers in Tax Assistance)

Run by Montgomery County’s Community Action Agency

Montgomery County residents only

Household income limit: $64,000 or less

240-777-1123

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/cashback/

COMMUNITY TAX-AIDE

Household income limit: $64,000 or less

202-830-1480

appointments@communitytaxaiddc.org

https://www.communitytaxaiddc.org

CASA

14645 Rothgeb Dr.

Rockville,  MD 20850

240-491-5747

lprockvilletaxes@wearecasa.org
https://wearecasa.org/taxes-langley-park-rockville/ 

Low-Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITC)

Low-income Taxpayer Clinics (LITC) assist low-income individuals who have a tax dispute with the IRS and provide education and outreach to individuals who speak English as a second language (ESL).

LITCs are independent from the IRS and the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS). LITCs represent individuals whose income is below a certain level and who need to resolve tax problems with the IRS. LITCs can represent taxpayers in audits, appeals, and tax collection disputes before the IRS and in court. LITCs can also help taxpayers respond to IRS notices and correct account problems. In addition, LITCs can provide information about taxpayer rights and responsibilities in different languages for individuals who speak English as a second language. Services are offered for free or a small fee.

Clinics participating in the LITC Program ensure the fairness and integrity of the tax system for taxpayers who are low-income or speak English as a second Language (ESL) by:

·     Providing pro bono representation on their behalf in tax disputes with the IRS;

·     Educating them about their rights and responsibilities as taxpayers; and

·     Identifying and advocating for issues that impact these taxpayers.

About LITC

LITCs can represent you before the IRS or in court on audits, appeals, tax collection matters, and other tax disputes. Services are provided for free or for a small fee.

To qualify for assistance from an LITC, generally a taxpayer’s income must be below a certain threshold, and the amount in dispute with the IRS is usually less than $50,000.

Although LITCs receive partial funding from the IRS, LITCs, their employees, and their volunteers are completely independent of the IRS.

In 2022, LITC represented 20,358 taxpayers, educated 143,260 taxpayers and service providers, helped secure $6.7 million in refunds and decrease or correct $62 million in tax liabilities. Consider joining the LITC community, made up of independent clinics who network and collaborate on representation projects, educational activities, outreach strategies, and advocacy issues impacting groups of taxpayers.

For more information about LITC in Maryland, please click this link:  https://www.law.umaryland.edu/Programs-and-Impact/Clinical-Law/Requests-for-assistance/Low-Income-Taxpayer-Clinic/