Koreatown Youth and Community Center

Please note, since the 2024 tax season is over this program is currently only accepting previous VITA volunteers. We encourage all new volunteers to join us in November/December 2024 for our next series of trainings, with the new tax season starting in February 2025. The IRS-sponsored Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is a rewarding experience and a wonderful way to give back to your community. For each hour a volunteer contributes - $1,800 in refunds are brought back to your community. With your support, we can help more households with free VITA services. Our VITA program begins training in December, and operates seasonally from February - April every year. During our VITA season, we have the following positions available: Volunteer Intake Specialist - Assist taxpayers complete the Intake & Interview Sheet at the VITA site. These positions require the successful passing of both (1) Volunteer Standards of Conduct test and (2) Intake & Interview tests. Each test is 10 questions, open book, and about take 2-3 hours to complete. Expect 2-3 hours of studying and completing both tests. ​​ Volunteer Tax Preparer - Prepare simple tax returns on the IRS's Tax Slayer Software. This position requires the successful passing of (1) Volunteer Standards of Conduct, (2) Intake/Interview tests, and (3) either Basic, Advance, or Circular 230 tests. Expect 12-20 hours of studying and completing the tests. Our current tax season has begun and will be ending in mid-April 2024. Volunteers are welcome to join at any time during the tax season. ​All tests are self-paced and open book. Also, free tax preparation software is available to help you train. You can learn more about VITA here: https://www.volunteertaxprep.com/serve. Should you have any questions or if you would like to join please contact our VITA team at freetaxes@kyccla.org.