Host a Tax-Aide Site

Host a Tax-Aide Site for Your Community

Benefits to your organization

Partner with AARP Foundation Tax-Aide to:

• Increased community awareness/involvement

• Providing a much-needed service within your community and service area

• Attract wider interest in, and possible support of, your organization

Site Requirements

Each site must provide a designated space to prepare tax returns from around February 1st through the end of the Tax-Season (usually April 15th). This space must be available for 4 or more hours a week on a regular basis during the tax season.

• Ensure ADA accessibility standards compliance.

• Provide essential amenities, including heating, electricity, and adequate lighting.

• Supply seating arrangements, including chairs and tables, for both taxpayers and volunteers, as well as individuals in a waiting area.

• Offer parking for both volunteers and taxpayers.

• Ensure secure, reliable, and robust access to the site's WIFI preferably connecting to our routers.

• Guarantee sufficient privacy for counselors to assist taxpayers with their tax returns without inadvertent data exposure between taxpayers.

Tax-Aide and the IRS expect that a new site will generate additional returns that would not have been done at a nearby site if the new site did not exist. A new site is expected to prepare a minimum of 50 returns the first year. After the first year, the IRS expects the number of returns to be very close to if not more than 100.

Tax-Aide Provides

• Training and supervision in tax law and site management

• Provide AARP Foundation Tax-Aide and IRS-sanctioned equipment, including computers, printers, and routers

• Provide consumable supplies such as pens, paper, toner, and printer drums

• Insurance coverage

• Offer free tax preparation services for your community by IRS-certified volunteer tax preparers.