Here’s some information I received just in time for the tax season. St. John’s Bread & Life Program is offering free tax preparation to lower income families (earning under $50,000/year) and individuals (earning under $18,000/year) until April 15th. St. John’s University student volunteers, supervised by IRS-certified tax preparers, are using their accounting knowledge to help those who live in the Brooklyn area. The program provides hands-on learning for students who become familiar with tax preparation software and also greatly benefits the community. Last year, the program brought in $3.7 million into the local community through tax refunds.
”Many of our guests have no idea that there may be funds due them from the government,” said Anthony Butler, executive director of St. John’s Bread & Life. “This program is a wonderful opportunity for them to secure those funds and for many provides assistance with tax prep that would not otherwise be available to them.”
Assistance will be provided with 1040 and 1040 ES forms and for those who would like to file for special tax credits. Volunteers will be on-hand Mondays through Thursdays from 12:30-7 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be no tax assistance on Fridays and Sundays.
St. John’s Bread and Life is located at 795 Lexington Avenue between Malcolm X Blvd. and Patchen Ave.
St. John’s Bread and Life
Founded in 1982, Bread and Life is a faith-based, 501(c)(3) organization located in one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York City – the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. The organization’s mission is to empower those served stabilizing families and individuals and the communities in which they live. The organization serves as a single-stop provider of food, nutrition, health and social services to people in need, including but not limited to presenting more than 2,000 meals daily/400,000 annually and the following: Case management, medical services and nutritional counseling to 25,000+ community members every year. The organization also operates a Digital Choice Food Pantry providing fresh food chosen via computer terminal by those served.
