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Jul 14 2010

2010 Common Cents Conference

Join your free tax preparation and asset building colleagues in Bethesda, Maryland on August 31-September 1. The Common Cents Conference will present two days of workshops and sessions surrounding free tax preparation and asset building initiatives.

If you live/work/volunteer in Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia or the District of Columbia and want to learn more or become more involved with your local coalition we invite you to participate.

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Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 3:54 PM - Categories: Conferences/Webinars

Jul 14 2010

Brookings New Factsheet "The Child Tax Credit After ARRA"

Elizabeth Kneebone, Senior Research Analyst, Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution has released "The Child Tax Credit after ARRA: How Would Expiration Affect Metropolitan Families?"

"The Child Tax Credit's $3000 earnings threshold put into place by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is set to expire after tax year 2010. This factsheet uses our MetroTax Model to estimate the number of working families that would see their Child Tax Credit (CTC) reduced or eliminated if policymakers allow the CTC's earnings threshold to revert to pre-ARRA levels."

Virginia CASH Campaign Results

VACAP is pleased to announce the final free tax preparation results from its 28 coalitions:

# federal returns filed electronically- 18,511
# federal returns filed by paper- 893
Total federal refunds- $25,901,558
Tax preparation savings- $3,702,200 (approx $200/return)
# EITC returns- 6,463
Total EITC refunds- $9,164,155

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Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 11:49 AM - Categories: Coalition Partners | Press Releases | VITA

Jul 2 2010

Harvest Foundation Highlights VITA in Martinsville

The Harvest Foundation supports VITA in Henry County and Martinsville. The HOPE Initiative's three year old Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program is highlighted in the Summer 2010 Newsletter.

Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 10:59 AM - Categories: Coalition Partners | Flyers

Jul 1 2010

Webinar Highlights Now Posted

The State Information Technology Consortium webinar series from the past tax season is now posted for your viewing and listening pleasure. You can listen to the webcasts and download the presentations. Many thanks to all our webinar participants for a successful series.

"Kick Start Your Savings" This Summer

America Saves is launching their first-ever virtual savings campaign, "Kick Start Your Savings," to inspire and motivate people nationwide to become savers.