Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program
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.
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Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program
Department of the Treasury
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Publication 4671
Additional Information of Eligibility:
This funding announcement is not a request for applications.
This is a single source award to CyArk.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p4671.pdf
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
Grant Program Office
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2018-05-01
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2018-06-30
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