Tax Help Utah

Tax Help Utah File your state and federal taxes 100% FREE. Easy. Safe. Secure. No hidden fees. Tax help you can tr Our services are free, secure, and high-quality.

Tax Help Utah is a coalition of organizations who sponsor Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites that provide free tax return preparation throughout Utah in partnership with the IRS. Tax returns are prepared by trained and IRS-certified volunteers. Our volunteers are trained to ensure our clients receive all the tax credits, like the Earned Income Credit, they qualify for therefore maximizing their refund.

02/21/2022

Columbia University published a study showing our child poverty rate rising in January 2022 with expiration of the Advanced Child Tax Credit in January (last payment in December of 2021). The US monthly child poverty rate increased from 12.1 percent to 17 percent. This represents 3.7 million more children in poverty.

https://www.povertycenter.columbia.edu/news-internal/monthly-poverty-january-2022

02/01/2022

Tax Help Utah Do-It-yourself option used to use H&R Block and now uses Taxslayer, why?
H&R Block started charging for their returns if you use certain forms and our returns use these forms, so not too many are free. Taxslayer began as a family firm 50 years okay. this is the same software that VITA and AARP uses for their in person programs.
All tax return data goes to the same IRS forms no matter the software you use. Taxslayer is a little different from H&R Block but the same interview process is used and it has a well staffed help line. Income up to $73,000 uses taxslayer. If your income is higher the software takes you to Credit Karma.
All forms for federal and state returns are free!!!

02/01/2022

Looking for an appointment? Call 1-800-568-9397 between 9AM and noon. OR got to Tax Help Utah, taxhelput.org and make an appointment for in person, virtual or do-it-yourself.

01/29/2022

What is the scanning process? Why do you use it?
The scanning process is one of our responses to covid. We have restrictions for physical space and for volunteers who prefer working remotely. Moving from traditional VITA to scanning gives us 3X the capacity over traditional.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
You go to Tax Help Utah and select in person. Most appointments are at Sorenson and as we use half the computers we use to, we scan. The process ensures you only spend 30 minutes at the site and return in 10 business days to pickup your return. If you have an appointment on February 7, we interview and scan your documents, a volunteer is assigned your return, a second volunteer Quality reviews it and on Feb 21, you sign for and pick it up. DONE - you have spent a total of 45 minutes of your time to get your tax return completed.

01/29/2022

What is your VIRTUAL program?
this is a stay at home process for you. Click on Virtual at our Tax Help Utah website. You will be asked to register. Once you do, you will be asked to complete form 13614 (an IRS form that is the start for all tax returns in the VITA program) and then upload documents. The you will select an appointment time. The site administrators will assign your return an IRS certified volunteer for completion and then a second for Quality Review. YOUR RETURN WILL BE COMPLETED AND RESY FOR REVIEW AT YOUR APPOINTMENT TIME!!

01/29/2022

I never received my stimulus, Can you help?
Yes, the IRS estimates that 45,000 people are missing the stimulus. This means UTAH is missing $123,750,000!!! That's a lot. Visits tax help Utah to make a tax appointment, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT HAVE INCOME. We will file a 2020 tax return to get the EIP (stimulus) ball rolling.

01/29/2022

Will my refund be hurt by the Child Tax Credit I got last year?
You received half of the increased child credit from July to December last year (2021). The other half will be part of your tax refund in this years' (2022) tax return. The maximum child Tax credit refund was $1,400 and this year it will be $1,500 or $1,800 depending upon the age of your child.
Unless.....(there is always a but) you used the non-refundable credit last year. What does that mean ? Check line 19 on last years' tax return. the number you see there might be the amount your Child tax credit refund is reduced this year.

01/29/2022

Is your child in day care and you pay out of pocket for it? There is a new/improved Dependent Care Credit. You can claim up to $8,000 and part of it is now refundable. Refundable means that if you don't need it to pay taxes, you get it back as part of your refund!

01/29/2022

With COVID last year i couldn't file my tax return? Am I in trouble? NO!!!
Tax Help Utah can file returns for the last three years so we can certainly do this years' and last years returns.
There is no IRS penalty if you file late and are receiving a refund. If you owe there is a late fee penalty and interest charges on top of what you owe.

01/29/2022

If I am separated or divorced, do I get the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)? YES!!! If you have dependents (children) your credit will depend on the number of children and your income. The maximum credit for one child is $3,618. 2 children, the maximum credit is $5,980 and 3 children maximum credit is $6,728.
REMEMBER: the credit is based on income and family size.

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265 East 100 South, Suite 290
Salt Lake City, UT
84111

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 9pm
Sunday 9am - 9pm

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(800) 568-9397

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