Regional Tax Assistance Collaborative Greater Cincinnati 2018
LUCY CRANE: Brought this program to UWGC in 2006, retired this year….
Recruiting • Info Sessions • Lunch and Learns • 333 new prospective volunteers • Word of Mouth • 226 who did not return from 2017 • Volunteer Match • Newspaper/Web Calendar Posts • 167 NEW VOLUNTEERS • Church Bulletins and Newsletters • Corporate Outreach • 466 CONFIRMED VOLUNTEERS • Universities
Love doing taxes for free? Normal? Probably not. Helpful? Absolutely! Volunteer Income Tax Assistance: We love to do taxes for free.
Training • New curriculum slides • Online through Link and Learn • 29 separate training sessions • Community Training • Volunteer Income Tax Intro • 7 trainers • Basic Tax Preparation Part A • Basic Tax Preparation Part B • Approx 149 attended training • Taxslayer and Test Taking • Specialty Courses • Corporate Trainings: IRS, GE, Kroger, • Affordable Care Act Fifth Third, Huntington, Union Savings • Self Employment, Uber, Lyft • Foreign Students and Immigrants • Specialty taxpayer trainings for new • Multi-State Tax, IN, KY , OH immigrants/refugees
SITES • General Community Church Groups • • Universities and Community Colleges Corporations • • Community Action Agencies Financial Opportunity Centers • • Job Centers (OhioMeansJobs) • Disability Services • Refugee/Immigrant Services Emergency Assistance/Food Pantries/Headstart/Child Services • LINK •
VITA SITES Volun- Northern Kentucky Returns Refund teers Centro De Amistad 374 $526,755 8 Volun- INDIANA Returns Refund teers Center for Great Neighborhoods 601 $819,828 36 SIEOC/ BC- Kentucky Career Center 115 $193,008 13 Lawrenceburg Community BC- Center for Employment Training 350 $372,490 22 Center 88 $84,985 9 BC- Grant County NKU 165 $134,310 5 15 $16,427 My FreeTaxes BC- multiple locations FSA 43 1 SITE 3 LOCATIONS 103 $101,412 9 St. Paul School 230 $240,954 12 Cincinnati Campus VITA 402 $505,110 12 Gateway CTC 4 locations FSA 11 4 NKCAC -Five Counties 115 $143,887 5 MyFreeTaxes 247 $513,738 9 sites, 17 locations 2653 $3,450,080 83
VITA SITES Ohio – OHIO- Volun- Butler Cty Volun- Clermont Cty Returns Refund teers Returns Refund teers Booker T. Washington 79 ChildFocus $117,549 21 Community Center 152 $187,135 5 CareCenter at Northstar Military Veterans Resource Community Church 237 $211,847 17 Center 115 $101,851 1 Clermont County OhioMeansJobs of Butler Community Services 149 $153,972 6 County 503 $663,528 26 MyFreeTaxes 146 $296,292 Robert "Sonny" Hill Community center 10 4 3 Sites, 3 Locations 611 $779,660 39 MyFreeTaxes 272 $287,961 3 SITES, 4 locations 1052 $1,240,475 35
VITA SITES Volun- Volun- Cincinnati Hamilton County Returns Refund teers Returns Refund teers American Red Cross, Cincinnati Harrison Community Center 254 $276,735 3 Area Chapter 159 $236,674 21 The Healing Center 728 $902,277 54 Cincinnati-Hamilton County CAA 1035 $1,139,566 22 Houston Conference Center/Kroger 257 $502,637 29 Urban League of Greater SW Ohio 168 $159,469 9 Northminster Presbyterian Church 325 $269,987 16 Madisonville Recreation Center 241 $243,703 19 St. John United Church of Christ/GE 130 33 Millvale Community Center 167 $220,741 11 Reading High School FSA 29 4 North Avondale Community Center 263 $402,548 16 United Way Roving (includes all OhioMeansJobs Cincinnati - roving sites 6 Hamilton County 115 $117,951 12 MyFreeTaxes 1015 $1,552,265 Price Hill Collaborative- Elder HS 332 $491,945 33 16 sites; 21 locations 5649 $7,077,777 293 Santa Maria FOC FSA 103 1 Catholic Charities 47 Hearing Speech and Deaf Center 33 US Probation Office/UW Roving 8 $362,830 16 Providom FSA 30 3 Xavier University 240 $192,781 21
MyFreeTaxes Corporate Partners General Community Returns Children, Inc Boone County 64 Cinti-Ham Co Community Action Agency Campbell County 86 City of Cincinnati Fifth Third Kenton County 138 Hillebrand Grant County 13 Hydro Brown County 10 Life Enriching Communities Butler County 202 Mercy Neighborhood Ministries Clermont County 136 Miami Valley Gaming and Racing, LLC Milacron Hamilton County 1147 Ohio National Warren County 70 Santa Maria Community Services Dearborn County 15 Talbert House MyFreeTaxes OVERALL 1881 Thrive Impact Sourcing United Way of Greater Cincinnati West Chester Protective Gear
Reading High School- MyFreeTaxes
NEW THIS YEAR • New Site Coordinators: Child Focus • • Healing Center • Lawrenceburg Grant County • CET • • St. Paul’s • Specialty Project: Catholic Charities • Specialty Project: Providem Tax Coaching • Global Carryover • Two day Training (not a success) • Volunteer Coordinator • UC Impact Project
And the final numbers…. Drumroll
EIC Total Refund 2018 RETURNS Sites Volunteers % Dollars VITA 8,187 25% $9,982,721 31 457 MyFreeTaxes 1,881 25% $2,666,681 4 5 AARP, SWO 7,535 8% $6,312,636 24 197 AARP N KY 1,070 13% $968,693 5 36 OHIO BENEFIT BANK 1,851 33% $2,575,659 29 53 20,524 19% $22,506,390 93 748 TOTAL @ $277/return $ 5,685,148
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