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Community Action agencies ask Legislature for $148,000 to expand VITA tax assistance statewide
Summary
Capstone Community Action and partners told the House Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee they want a $148,000 increase to make Volunteer Income Tax Assistance coordinators full-time across Vermont to serve low- and moderate-income residents year-round.
Liz Sharp, director of community economic development and food security at Capstone Community Action, told the House Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee that the statewide Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, known as VITA, helps Vermonters earning $67,000 or less and that she is asking the Legislature to increase state funding for the program.
"VITA stands for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program," Sharp said. "We can file your taxes, at no charge." Sharp said VITA programs are based at every community action agency in Vermont and are run by program coordinators who recruit and train volunteers and set up remote sites across the state's mountainous regions.
Sharp said the treasurer's office funded the five…
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