City, Massasoit Community College, NeighborWorks Southern Mass. to provide free income tax preparation assistance

City, Massasoit Community College, NeighborWorks Southern Mass. to provide free income tax preparation assistance

January 15, 2015 – BROCKTON—The City of Brockton, Massasoit Community College and NeighborWorks Southern Mass. are joining forces to provide free income tax preparation assistance to local residents through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program.

The VITA program offers free tax preparation and electronic filing assistance for individuals and families who have an annual income of $53,000 or less. Tax preparation assistance will be available on Mondays at the Brockton Public Library from 4 to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Massasoit Community College Library in the Student Center building beginning Feb. 2 and continuing through April 6, 2015. The site will be closed Feb. 16 in observance of Presidents Day, March 21 during Massasoit’s spring break, and may close due to inclement weather.

Assistance will be provided on a first come, first served basis and generally takes about one hour.

For more information or to confirm that the site is open in inclement weather, please contact Patty Lynch at Massasoit at 508-588-9100 ext. 1018 or Joe Madaio at NeighborWorks Southern Mass. at 508-587-0950 ext. 45.