For
Immediate Release:
March 21, 2011
Contact:
Elise Marsh
703-209-3787
VA Free File Public Briefing and
Tax Preparation Training Workshop
McLean, VA – Delegate Comstock announced today that
she will be attending a public briefing and tax training workshop on Tuesday, March 29 at 10a.m., at
the McLean Community Center to highlight the Virginia Free File program, a public-private partnership
that provides FREE online federal and state income tax preparation and
e-filing services to Virginia’s lower and moderate
income taxpayers, active-duty military, students, and seniors.
The Virginia
Free File program allows the majority of taxpayers access to several of the
most popular commercial tax software programs for free. Taxpayers can use those programs to
prepare and electronically file both
their state and federal taxes at once, which Virginia taxpayers never had
before.
This year the
eligibility for Free File is capped at $58,000 AGI, however, if you used
Virginia’s old iFile system last year, you are eligible for, and should have
received, a voucher from the Virginia Tax Department to use Free File this
year. Additionally, on February
27, 2011, the General Assembly passed a budget that included language that will
allow all Virginia taxpayers to be able
to prepare and electronically file their state and federal taxes for free next
tax season.
WHO: Virginia
Free File Program
WHAT: Public
Briefing and Tax Workshop
WHEN: Tuesday,
March 29th
10:00 a.m.
(Briefing), 10:30 a.m. (Tax Workshop)
WHERE: McLean
Community Center
1234 Ingleside Ave.
McLean, VA 22102
There will be a
news conference at 10:00am, which will be followed by a hands-on tax
training workshop featuring TurboTax Freedom Edition (www.taxfreedom.com), a member of the
IRS and Virginia Free File programs.
The Virginia Free File Program is designed to help you receive all the
credits and deductions you deserve; pay no hefty fees; and file electronically
for a faster refund.
Delegate
Comstock issued the following statement:
“I
look forward to the opportunity to learn more about the new Virginia Free File program
and share it with my constituents. I am pleased that beginning next
year, all of our taxpayers will have the option to prepare and e-file their
state and federal taxes free of charge, and at no cost to the Commonwealth.”
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