Armed Forces Tax Benefits
The program offers tax credit or relief for special tax situations of active members of the U.S. Armed Forces. A list of these special tax benefits for Armed Forces Personnel can be found at http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Information-for-Members-of-the-U...
Casualties, Disasters, and Theft
The program offers tax relief for casualty losses that result from the destruction of, or damage to your property from any sudden, unexpected, or unusual event such as a flood, hurricane, tornado, fire, earthquake or even volcanic eruption....
Child Tax Credit
The Child Tax Credit program can reduce the Federal tax you owe by $1,000 for each qualifying child under the age of 17....
Child and Dependent Care Credit
The Child and Dependent Care Credit program can reduce your tax by claiming the credit for child and dependent care expenses on your Federal income tax return....
Disaster Assistance and Emergency Relief Program
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provides tax counseling and assistance to taxpayers whose property has been damaged or lost in a Federally declared disaster area. The following are examples of the types of assistance available:
Assistance wi...
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), sometimes called EIC, is a tax credit to help you keep more of what you earned. It is a refundable Federal income tax credit for low to moderate income working individuals and families. Congress originally approve...
Farmer's Tax Guide
The Farmers Tax Guide program is designed to offer Federal income tax credit to farmers....
Innocent Spouse Relief
Many married taxpayers choose to file a joint tax return because of certain benefits this filing status allows. Both taxpayers are jointly and individually responsible for the tax and any interest or penalty due on the joint return even if they later...
Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic
If you are a low-income taxpayer who cannot afford professional tax assistance or if you speak English as a second language (ESL) and need help understanding your taxpayer rights and responsibilities, you may qualify for help from a Low Income Taxpay...
Medical and Dental Expenses Tax Credit
This program can reduce the Federal tax you owe by utilizing medical expense deductions. Medical expenses are the costs of diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, and the costs for treatments affecting any part of function o...
Savings Bond Redemption and Replacement
Savings Bond Redemption allows bond owners in areas affected by a presidentially-declared disaster to redeem bonds prior to the expiration of the initial 12-month holding period. Approximately 40,000 financial institutions across the country redeem s...
Tax Benefits for Adoption
The adoption credit and employer-provided adoption benefits can reduce your income tax by claiming your qualified adoption expenses on your federal income tax return....
Tax Benefits for Education
Certain tax benefits may be available to you if you are saving for or paying educations costs for yourself or another student who is a member of your immediate family. Most benefits apply only to higher education....
Tax Counseling for the Elderly
The Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) Program provides free tax assistance to individuals who are age 60 and older. Trained with IRS materials and certified by an IRS examination, a network of volunteers provides free tax counseling and assistance...
Tax Help for People with Disabilities
The program provides tax relief for disabled individual taxpayers....
Tax Relief for Divorced or Separated Individuals
There are certain special Federal tax rules for divorced or separated individuals that can result in a lower tax liability than would otherwise apply....
Terrorist Attack-Disaster Relief Information for Individuals
For eligible individuals and families who were victims of terrorist attacks, special provisions were enacted under the Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act of 2001. Under this act, the federal income tax liability of those killed in the following atta...
The Go Direct® Campaign
The Treasury Department's Go Direct® national public education campaign informs Americans of the change and helps them understand what they need to do to get their Federal benefit payments electronically. Direct deposit is safer, easier, and gives pe...
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offers free tax help to people who cannot afford professional assistance. In addition to free tax return preparation assistance, many sites also offer free electronic filing (e-filing). Volunteers he...
