Volunteer Opportunity Details:

Community Tax Aid trains volunteers to prepare tax forms (federal,state and local) for low income tax payers. Training for the 2010 tax prep season will be offered at the end of January-beginning of February 2010.

After training, volunteers pick a day/eve or place at which to volunteer. Our sites are in all boroughs except S.I. Services are provided from mid-Feb. to Mid-April. We are different from other free tax prep organizations in that our training followed by volunteer tax prep time qualifies for CPE credit for CPA's - a definite benefit for the volunteer. Also, for tax payers we can file out of state and prior year forms and we also have people available year round if needed for follow-up tax info. Many of our clients have been with us for many years.

If you are interested in volunteering for the 2010 season, send contact info ( email, home address in case your email changes and you forget to notify us) and we will add you to our contact list. We will get back to you in the fall with training dates and info. Send contact info to ctaVolunteerInfo@aol.com Thanks for your interest.

Anyone who has experience filling out tax forms and feels comfortable doing them should be able to serve after training. Our volunteers come form all walks of life. Many of our sites are handicapped accessible.

This opportunity is sponsored by: Community Tax Aid, Inc. This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Group/Corporate Groups Welcome Senior Citizens Welcome We need volunteers who are free at these times Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Morning X Afternoon X X Evening X X X Contact Person: Judith Russell, President, (212) 613-3101, (email) View all organization contacts Address: Box 1040, Cathedral Station New York, NY 10025 (See a map) Details where opportunity can also be performed This opportunity can also be performed in these locations: Zip codes: 10011,   10019,   10025,   10036,   10039,   10455,   10457,   11207,   11226,   11368 Web Site: http://www.communitytaxaidnyc.org Miscellaneous Information Borough Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens Volunteer Shifts Generally our volunteers work for 3-4 hours on the same day of the week each week from mid-Feb to mid-April for a total of 8 weeks - we have a one week break in the middle of the tax season.

5 Overall Experience   
I learned so much from the training, made good friends and contacts and felt that I had helped a lot of really good people.

Community Tax Aid offered me an opportunity to feel as if I was really helping people and that my mind was a valuable resource. Through training and practice I have become quite knowledgeable about personal income tax and am constantly learning new things. I really like working with our clients and feel as if I've helped them a lot. CTA offers FREE, extremely competent services and stands behind its clients. I could be working for a "pay for service" place, but would feel bad about having to sell other services to clients who just need to have their tax forms filled out. I enjoy the clients and the long term relationships that I have made with them. I always leave my site feeling that I have done something good for the people I've served. posted by cta volunteer on October 21, 2006

5 Overall Experience   
Volunteering is the one of the most powerful sources of satisfaction within myself because I can rest knowing I've done somthing to help someone.

Forest Hills Community House Day Care Center I helped cvolunteer at this center and watched children and learned a lot from them. I love children and I love meeting new people. It's so important to help give something back to a community that has given you so much. posted by gfuller on April 2, 2005