{"id":10483,"date":"2014-01-24T08:40:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T13:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=10483"},"modified":"2014-01-23T22:41:17","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T03:41:17","slug":"volunteers-make-taxing-chore-less-unpleasant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=10483","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers make taxing chore less unpleasant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><em><strong>Life Transforming Ministries offering needy free help with IRS returns<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/RS_1040_Form_Computer_Monitor1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10484\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"RS_1040_Form_Computer_Monitor1\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/RS_1040_Form_Computer_Monitor1.jpg\" width=\"191\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s that time again: Free tax preparation is being offered to area residents who qualify for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA), which is run by Life Transforming Ministries in Coatesville.<\/p>\n<p>Modeled after a similar IRS program, VITA has been helping low- and moderate- income households throughout Chester County since 2004 with basic tax returns, including persons with disabilities, limited English proficiency, families, and older taxpayers who file Form 1040 for federal tax returns.<\/p>\n<p>The VITA program also draws attention to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a federal credit that ranges in 2013 from $487 to $6,044 depending upon household income and size.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The Chester County VITA Program began preparing taxes the week of Jan. 21 although the IRS will not begin accepting returns until Jan. 31, regardless of where they are prepared.<\/p>\n<p>To view the operating schedule for the various locations \u2013 including Kennett Square, Coatesville, West Chester, Downingtown, and Exton \u2013 visit the calendar at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=ltmvita%40gmail.com&amp;ctz=America\/New_York\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=ltmvita%40gmail.com&amp;ctz=America\/New_York<\/a>\u00a0or the program\u2019s Facebook page:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/LTM-VITA\/165112330188259\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/LTM-VITA\/165112330188259<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or questions, contact the VITA office with any questions by calling 610-380-9099.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life Transforming Ministries offering needy free help with IRS returns It\u2019s that time again: Free tax preparation is being offered to area residents who qualify for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA), which is run by Life Transforming Ministries in Coatesville. Modeled after a similar IRS program, VITA has been helping low- and moderate- [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[370,16,1520,1710],"class_list":["post-10483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-coatesville","tag-kennett-square","tag-life-transforming-ministries","tag-volunteer-income-tax-assistance-program-vita"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}