Becoming a volunteer tax preparer is a simple 4 step process!
Step 1: Visit our website http://www.eitc-la.com and click on “Volunteer Now” (which you have already done)
Step 2: Find a training that works best for you and sign up. You can take the online course at your own pace by going to http://www.irs.gov/app/vita/index.html or visit us at an one of our in-person training sessions.
Please note that all trainings are meant to be supplemental and to help you get a better understanding of tax preparation. If you already have experience preparing taxes, you may not even need to take any training at all and can skip Step 2 completely.
Step 3: After you have completed the trainings, get certified by taking the IRS’s Link and Learn Certification Test*+ online at:
- http://linklearn.webtechteam.com/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=/Default.aspx
*You are allowed up to 2 attempts to pass this test each tax season
+When you arrive to this website, there will be option for you enter a Practice Lab for TaxWise Online as well. The password to enter the Practice Lab is learntwo.
Step 4: Once you have passed at least the Basic Level of the IRS’s Link and Learn Certification Test, you are now ready to sign up to be a volunteer tax preparer for any of our opportunities listed below.
Volunteer Opportunities
Our Community Tax Days are special days in which we provide free tax preparation service in underserved neighborhoods that have very few or no VITA sites at all. Our Partner VITA sites are Chinatown Service Center, Koreatown Youth & Community Center, Magnolia Place, LBCAP, MAOF, MEND, PACE, Saint Helen Church, and VEDC. This website allows you to sign up to volunteer at all our Community Tax Days and Partner VITA sites throughout LA County.
You are also welcome to volunteer at any other Community Tax Days or VITA sites that are not listed on our website. You will just have to contact those organizations directly for their specific dates and times of VITA operation.