The Share the Blessing Free Tax Preparation Program

      Each year since 2004 we have offered a partnership driven Free Tax Preparation Program, called Share the Blessing, to the community. Share the Blessing tax sites will be coming online in Coatesville, West Chester and Phoenixville beginning in February with appointments beginning to be scheduled in late January.

      The Share the Blessing Free Tax Preparation Program offers free assistance to those with low-moderate incomes (average income $13,000 in 2008) including persons with disabilities, limited English proficiency, families and older taxpayers who file Form 1040 for Federal tax returns. In the previous tax season over 250 families were assisted by Share the Blessing.
Through Share the Blessing, volunteers with little or no experience will be trained and certified by the IRS in basic income tax return preparation before they assist a taxpayer. A link to the web-based training module that can help to prepare you to become certified is available on this page. Volunteer tax assistors prepare all tax returns and the volunteers also provide educational information about the Earned Income Tax Credit and other credits and deductions for which they may be eligible. These credits and deductions may help to increase a taxpayer’s refund amount.

      We are presently recruiting volunteers to assist people in preparing their tax returns, organizing tax sites, as well as marketing and promotion of the tax program and sites.  If you have a skill and would like to Get Involved, we can find a way to plug you in with the program.  You can register your interest in volunteering with Share the Blessing by clicking on the image to the right and completing the form.

      If you or your organization is interested in partnering and would like more information about the Share the Blessing Free Tax Preparation Program, please contactLife Transforming Ministries.

Life Transforming Ministries
c/o Open Arms Transformation Center
643/645 E. Lincoln Highway
Coatesville, PA 19320
Volunteer Information: 610.384.5393
Share the Blessing Appointment Line (after January 19, 2009): 610.380.9099