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Tax Preparation Assistance: Virtual Over-the-Phone & Digital Upload 

During this public health emergency, every taxpayer should be free to focus on their health and well-being. Please, use this time to collect all tax documents to reduce the number of visits to our office or for digital upload.

Start here: Upload the required documents

 

First: Start online

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Then: Upload your documents

List of required documents

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Drop-Off Tax Preparation

Drop-off Taxes at Bresee, Koreatown 

(English, Spanish, Farsi, Armenian, & Russian)

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Drop off Taxes at El Nido, South LA

(English, Spanish, Farsi, Armenian, & Russian)

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Schedule your Over-the-Phone Intake

KYCC Intake & Interview Appointment

Locate another free tax site near your home.

IRS Website

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Prepare your own taxes

No income limit. It's simple, too.

Be Prepared:  Required documents

(Print list here)

Returns that are considered Out-of-Scope.

If any of the following apply, we are not able to assist you:

• Incomes more than $57,000

• Married Filing Separately returns (If you are legally married & file alone - you may be a Married Filing Separate taxpayer - this is out of scope and we will not be able to assist you).

• Self-employed or cash income with certain deductions:

  • Taking expenses with no proof (receipts, documented mileage, etc. are required)

  • Business related expenses over $10,000

  • Have a loss

  • Businesses with employees, inventory, or business property.

  • Returns for companies and/or businesses

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Taxpayers may benefit from seeing a paid preparer to take deductions with no proof or cannot substantiate. The free program follows strict guidelines set by the IRS. 

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• Cancelled debt income (Forms 1099C and 1099A) for foreclosures or short sales.

• Handwritten tax documents (W-2, 1099, 1098, etc.)

• Returns for visitors, such as “F,” “J,” “M,” or “Q” visas, that require a 1040NR tax return.

• Rental Income or income from AirBnB

• Foreign Income

• Royalty Income

• Partnership or income from an LLC (Form K-1)

• Sale of stocks with more than 20 sales. Please, see a paid preparer. 

 

Forms that WE DO NOT NEED:

• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

• Child Support

• Veterans Benefit

• Life insurance when someone passes

• Settlements not related to a job or employment

• CalFresh or food assistance

• CalWorks or welfare cash assistance from the county

• Inheritance, gifts, or bequests

• Alimony for divorces after 2018

• Money from a scholarship is not taxable. However, if you use the money for room and board, or use it to pay other personal expenses, that portion is normally taxable.

• Health insurance from an employer or county (Forms 1095B and 1095C)

These are not taxable

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Please, bring have all of your documents ready for the appointment:

• Required: All taxpayers must be present with photo identification

• Required: Original Social Security Cards or ITINs for tax filers and dependents

• Last year’s tax return (tax year 2019)

• W-2 from your job/employer

• 1099 G from EDD/Unemployment

• Total Cash income (VITA: expenses are limited to $10,000)

• 1099 Misc from a Job or Contract Work (VITA: expenses are limited to $10,000)

• 1099K for Uber, Lyft, GrubHub, etc.

• 1099 R from Retirement Income

• 1099 SSA from Social Security Administration

• 1099 INT for Interest income (savings or bank account)

• 1099 DIV from Dividends

• W-2 G from Gambling

• Form 1095A for health insurance purchased through Covered CA

• Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN) issued by the IRS

• Bank account number for fast and secure direct deposit of your refund.

 

Forms for credits and deductions:

• Proof of expenses for your self-employment and cash income (proof of mileage and expenses)

• Form 1098T Tuition form for you or anyone on the return attending college (

  • Up to $2,500 in refunds with form 1098T from college

• Complete tuition, financial aid statements, and/or textbook receipts for you or anyone on the return attending college

• Form 1098E Interest paid on Student Loans

• Name, Address, Social # and Phone Number of your Child Care provider

• Form 1098 Mortgage and Property Tax

• Donations over $500 require a letter

• Medical expense​