VITA
This funding allows the Stakeholder Partnerships, Education and Communication (SPEC)organization within the IRS to provide grants to partner organizations to achieve the following program objectives:• Enable the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program to extend services to underserved populations
in hardest-to-reach areas, both urban and non-urban;• Increase the capacity to file returns electronically;• Heighten quality control;• Enhance training of volunteers; and• Improve significantly the accuracy rate of returns prepared at VITA sites.
The VITA Grant program supplements the work already being done in the VITA Program by providing support to help organizations grow their existing programs for free federal tax return preparation.
The VITA Grant program supplements the work already being done in the VITA Program by providing support to help organizations grow their existing programs for free federal tax return preparation.
Related Programs
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program
Department of the Treasury
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
VITA Grant Program Overview and Application Instructions
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Not Available
Full Opportunity Web Address:
www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p4671.pdf
Contact:
IRS Grant Program Office
Agency Email Description:
Grant Program Office
Agency Email:
grant.program.office@irs.gov
Date Posted:
2016-05-01
Application Due Date:
2016-06-01
Archive Date:
2016-10-31
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