Posted on 01/18/2016 12:59:08 PM PST by The All Knowing All Seeing Oz
Taxpayers could be losing up to $6000 of they don't apply for a certain tax credit, Channel 9's Steve Barrett reported.
Volunteers from Heart of Florida United Way's (HFUW) "Financially Fit" are going door to door to some homes in Central Florida to make sure taxpayers are aware of the Earned Income Tax Credit. The group said it is also making sure low-income taxpayers know that they qualify for free tax assistance.
"It's around $6,000 that they can get for the Earned Income Tax Credit. It's based on your income and the number of people in your household. Then, getting the free tax preparation can save you hundreds," said Traci Blue of Heart of Florida United Way. Advertisement
HFUW said it will hand out door hangers with information on the Earned Income Tax Credit and whether certain taxpayers qualify.
More than 30 free tax preparation sites will be available through HFUW's partnership with the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, starting Jan. 29.
#!: The story calls them "taxpayers." Most haven't paid one cent in income tax in years, if ever.
#2: Most work off the books for cash, so they are cheating other citizens to begin with, and because they are working off the books, they are getting another $6000 in cash.
#3: It's because they are working off the books that they have such a low supposed income so they get the $6000.
#4: On top of this, they are getting free Section 8 housing, free food stamps, free Medicaid, free transportation, free breakfast, lunch and dinner at schools, etc.
Of course, they need that $6000 so they can buy their meth, heroin, speed and crack.
Forget about giving one cent to United Way!
Why? When you give a a buck directly to a charity< United Way doesn't eat 17 cents in fundraising costs off the top. source
When they die and meet their Maker, they can try to explain away their guilt. :o)
All true, TAKASO (Sounds Japanese.:o))
You have to have ‘on the books income’ to qualify for EIC, and the benefit increases with income to a point. There is a maximum income level, beyond which the benefit declines, eventually phasing out entirely.
The Red Cross, even the Veterans organizations, can't match that figure.
A local Volunteer Fire Department or Rescue Squad for equipment or operating costs, for instance, and 100% goes to do what you want it to. In ND a $5,000 donation gets tax credits and only costs the donor about 2 grand in the end. Good if you are in a position to do so.
Other shelter organizations such as Salvation Army, food pantries, and other church based organizations locally also provide for those most in need, and accept clothing and other articles as well as cash.
If you keep it local, the people administering the funds tend to be volunteers. The Red Cross went off my list decades ago, but that is another story, and my personal experience was only bolstered by the recollections of WWII and Korean War vets I know.
A comment from the United Way website:
“I have just learned that United Way will no longer give money, currently $100,000/year, to KY Scouting. Their reason, scouts forbid gays to serve in leadership roles. When I was working, my employer forced me to give to United Way despite their support to the world’s major abortion provider, Planned Parenthood. The left’s attack on scouting has nothing to do for gay’s rights, rather it is part of their agenda to destroy every vital segment of America! Look how they attack Christianity, the military, family and schools. I hope everyone stops giving to this political organization, the United Way.”
If you do a web search for “United Way donates to Planned Parenthood”, you will find even more reason to keep your money local.
About ten years ago a guy here won a big cash prize from a local TV station’s sweeps week contest.
A few months later he turned up on the newscast of a competing station complaining about the “ripoff” being run
by the first station.
The “ripoff” was that due to his $20,000 prize he no longer qualified for his EITC!
The Earned Income Tax Credit (E.I.T.C.) Proposed by Nixon, signed into law by Ford and increased under every administration since, without exceptions.
Thanks for your feedback.
I haven't done my own taxes in DECADES.
We, now I, have a CPA who lives in a SMALL TOWN and his prices reflect that small town. I even recommend him to my friends who get that same small town price tag for doing taxes.
Life is good.
You can claim you did baby sitting or house cleaning. You don’t have to have W2 or 1099 income.
It’s the Washington Merry-Go-Round.
Why? When you give a a buck directly to a charity...Bla Bla..
Why? Because they suck.
“Life is good.”
Really? Done your tax’s lately? The good life where the tax code
is so tedious and frustrating you have to hire someone to do
it for you? Oh yea I forgot, life is good but only if you
can afford it. No thanks I’ll go with Cruz and do my taxes
on a post card and tell the parasitic accountants to go
spoon a goose.
True, but then you would become liable for the self-employment tax on that income, which the government will take regardless of income bracket. That also opens the kettle of worms where you are penalized for not paying in 75% of your estimated tax by the start of the 4th quarter.
Really? Done your tax’s lately? The good life where the tax code is so tedious and frustrating you have to hire someone to do it for you? Oh yea I forgot, life is good but only if you can afford it. No thanks I’ll go with Cruz and do my taxes on a post card and tell the parasitic accountants to go spoon a goose.
Well, our good Lord has been very good to me. Sorry that I can't share in your obvious unhappiness.
My accountant is wonderful but he's in a very small town, which he loves, and I get the benefit of living in a big city and getting my taxes done CHEAP.
"Go spoon a goose"? I like it.
Cruise with Cruz.
Don't CROSS Cruz.
You can't lose with Cruz.
Don't bruise Cruz.
Pay your dues and stay with Cruz.
You'll lose your blues if you cruise with Cruz.
Why don’t a just write a check to these lazy bastards directly?
We do, every April 15.
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