Tax
What is Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)?
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) is free tax return preparation service for qualifying taxpayers. Find out more at the IRS website.
VITA offers free help to people who generally make $54,000 or less, persons with disabilities, the elderly and limited English speaking taxpayers who need assistance in preparing their tax returns. IRS-certified volunteers provide free basic income tax return preparation with electronic filing to qualified individuals.
Information and/or documents required:
- Proof of identification (photo ID)
- Social Security cards for you, your spouse and dependents or a Social Security number verification letter issued by the Social Security Administration
- An Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) assignment letter may be substituted for you, your spouse and your dependents if you do not have a Social Security number
- Proof of foreign status, if applying for an ITIN
- Birth dates for you, your spouse and dependents on the tax return
- Wage and earning statements (Form W-2, W-2G, 1099-R,1099-Misc) from all employers
- Interest and dividend statements from banks (Forms 1099)
- A copy of last year’s federal and state returns, if available
- Proof of bank account routing and account numbers for direct deposit such as a blank check
- To file taxes electronically on a married-filing-joint tax return, both spouses must be present to sign the required forms
- Total paid for daycare provider and the daycare provider's tax identifying number such as their Social Security number or business Employer Identification Number
How to Locate VITA Sites?
VITA sites are generally located at community and neighborhood centers, libraries, schools, shopping malls and other convenient locations across the country. To locate the nearest VITA site near you, use the VITA Locator Tool http://irs.treasury.gov/freetaxprep/ or call 800-906-9887.
At select tax sites, taxpayers also have an option to prepare their own basic federal and state tax return for free using Web-based tax preparation software with an IRS-certified volunteer to help guide you through the process. This option is only available at locations that list “Self-Prep” in the site listing.
TAS Local Offices
Las Vegas Office
110 City Parkway, Stop 1005 LVG, Las Vegas, NV 89106
Phone: 702-868-5179*
Fax: 855-820-5132
Days/Hours of Services: Monday thru Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
* Note: The phone numbers in the chart above are not toll-free for all locations. When you call, you will reach a recorded business message with information about office hours, locations and services provided in that office. If face-to-face assistance is not a priority for you, you may also get help with IRS letters or resolve tax account issues by phone, toll free at 1-800-829-1040 (individuals) or 1-800-829-4933 (businesses).
Service Provided:
- Account inquiries (help with letters, notices and levies on your wages or bank account)
- Adjustments (changes to tax account information or payments)
- Alien clearances (Sailing Permits)
- Application for Taxpayer Assistance Order (ATAO)
- Basic tax law assistance January 1 - April 15 (answers related to your individual Federal Tax Return)
- Help with preparing Form 2290 (Heavy Vehicle Use Tax)
- Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers and Form W-7
- Multilingual assistance (over 150 languages translated)
- Payment arrangements
- Payments (check or money order only)
- Procedural inquiries
- Solutions to tax issues
- Tax forms (based on availability)
*Does not accept cash payments
Reno Office
Office Information:
IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center-200 S. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89501
Phone: 775-824-2218*
Days/Hours of Services: Monday thru Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
* Note: The phone numbers in the chart above are not toll-free for all locations. When you call, you will reach a recorded business message with information about office hours, locations and services provided in that office. If face-to-face assistance is not a priority for you, you may also get help with IRS letters or resolve tax account issues by phone, toll free at 1-800-829-1040 (individuals) or 1-800-829-4933 (businesses).
Service Provided:
- Account inquiries (help with letters, notices and levies on your wages or bank account)
- Adjustments (changes to tax account information or payments)
- Alien clearances (Sailing Permits)
- Application for Taxpayer Assistance Order (ATAO)
- Basic tax law assistance January 2 - April 15 (answers related to your individual Federal Tax Return) (
- Check, money order, or cash payment acceptance (Exact Change is Required)
- Help with preparing Form 2290 (Heavy Vehicle Use Tax)
- Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers and Form W-
- Multilingual assistance (over 150 languages translated)
- Payment arrangements
- Procedural inquiries
- Solutions to tax issues
- Tax forms (based on availability)
This office provides Facilitated Self Assistance (FSA), a self-assistance computer kiosk with an IRS employee available to assist you with navigating the IRS.gov website. With FSA, you can access the IRS.gov website to complete a number of IRS-related tasks or get more information on the following subjects:
- Free File program
- Forms & Publications
- Where's My Refund?
- Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
- Tax law questions
- Transcripts
- Online Employer Identification Number (EIN) Application
- Online Payment Agreement
- Electronic payments (Direct Pay and EFTPS)
Toll-Free Assistance
You can also call the Taxpayer Advocate Service toll-free at 1-877-777-4778, or fill out Form 911, Request for Taxpayer Advocate Service Assistance, and fax or mail it to the address above.
Things You Should Know About TAS
The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) is an independent organization within the IRS and is your voice at the IRS. TAS helps taxpayers whose problems are causing financial difficulty. This includes businesses as well as individuals.
You may be eligible for our help if you’ve tried to resolve your tax problem through normal IRS channels and have gotten nowhere, or you believe an IRS procedure just isn't working as it should. If you qualify for our help, you’ll be assigned to one advocate who will be with you at every turn. And our service is always free.
We have at least one local taxpayer advocate office in every state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. You can call your advocate, whose number is in your local directory, in Pub. 1546, Taxpayer Advocate Service -- Your Voice at the IRS, and on TAS website at irs.gov/advocate. You can also call TAS toll-free at 877-777-4778.
The TAS Tax Toolkit at TaxpayerAdvocate.irs.gov has basic tax information, details about tax credits (for individuals and businesses), and much more.
TAS also handles large-scale or systemic problems that affect many taxpayers. If you know of one of these broad issues, please report it to us at www.irs.gov/sams.
You can get updates at:
About our LITC
Authored By: Nevada Legal Services' Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
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About Us
Mission statement:
Our Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (“LITC”) provides free assistance, including representation, to lower-income Nevadans who have Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) tax disputes. Our LITC also educates lower-income taxpayers about their rights and responsibilities. Additionally, we advocate to resolve systemic tax issues that affect low-income and English as a second language taxpayers. Our LITC has staff fluent in Spanish and Mandarin. People who speak other languages have access to a phone interpreter service.
Who are we?
Nevada Legal Services ("NLS") is a non-profit law firm that provides free representation to low income people throughout the state. Clients' information is confidential, and the attorney-client privilege protects it. Our LITC receives funding from the IRS, but we are not affiliated with the IRS or any other government agency. A person’s decision to use our services will not affect their rights before the IRS. We operate the only LITC in Nevada.
What We Do?
NLS provides free representation with IRS disputes like garnishments (“levies”), audits (“examinations”), identify theft, injured spouse relief, innocent spouse relief, and proposed income tax debts. Our LITC helps people throughout the process, from audits to U.S. Tax Court litigation to collection defense. We generally do not provide tax return preparation services. For free help with preparing and filing your current IRS tax return, please visit www.irs.gov/Individuals/Free-Tax-Return-Preparation-for-You-by-Volunteers. For more details about what our LITC does and who we can help, please click here.
Access to Tax Refunds for Nevada Families
Authored By: Nevada Legal Services' Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
Access to Tax Refunds for Nevada Families
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IRS Tax Collection: Process and Options
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Taxpayer Bill of Rights
Authored By: Internal Revenue Service ("IRS")
Taxpayer Bill of Right (Multiple Languages)
1. The Right to Be Informed.
Taxpayers have the right to know what they need to do to comply with the tax laws. They are entitled to clear explanations of the laws and IRS procedures in all tax forms, instructions, publications, notices, and correspondence. They have the right to be informed of IRS decisions about their tax accounts and to receive clear explanations of the outcomes.
2. The Right to Quality Service.
Taxpayers have the right to receive prompt, courteous, and professional assistance in their dealings with the IRS, to be spoken to in a way they can easily understand, to receive clear and easily understandable communications from the IRS, and to speak to a supervisor about inadequate service.
3. The Right to Pay No More than the Correct Amount of Tax.
Taxpayers have the right to pay only the amount of tax legally due, including interest and penalties, and to have the IRS apply all tax payments properly.
4. The Right to Challenge the IRS’s Position and Be Heard.
Taxpayers have the right to raise objections and provide additional documentation in response to formal IRS actions or proposed actions, to expect that the IRS will consider their timely objections and documentation promptly and fairly, and to receive a response if the IRS does not agree with their position
5. The Right to Appeal an IRS Decision in an Independent Forum.
Taxpayers are entitled to a fair and impartial administrative appeal of most IRS decisions, including many penalties, and have the right to receive a written response regarding the Office of Appeals’ decision. Taxpayers generally have the right to take their cases to court.
6. The Right to Finality.
Taxpayers have the right to know the maximum amount of time they have to challenge the IRS’s position as well as the maximum amount of time the IRS has to audit a particular tax year or collect a tax debt. Taxpayers have the right to know when the IRS has finished an audit.
7. The Right to Privacy.
Taxpayers have the right to expect that any IRS inquiry, examination, or enforcement action will comply with the law and be no more intrusive than necessary, and will respect all due process rights, including search and seizure protections and will provide, where applicable, a collection due process hearing.
8. The Right to Confidentiality.
Taxpayers have the right to expect that any information they provide to the IRS will not be disclosed unless authorized by the taxpayer or by law. Taxpayers have the right to expect appropriate action will be taken against employees, return preparers, and others who wrongfully use or disclose taxpayer return information.
9. The Right to Retain Representation.
Taxpayers have the right to retain an authorized representative of their choice to represent them in their dealings with the IRS. Taxpayers have the right to seek assistance from a Low Income Taxpayer Clinic if they cannot afford representation.
10. The Right to a Fair and Just Tax System.
Taxpayers have the right to expect the tax system to consider facts and circumstances that might affect their underlying liabilities, ability to pay, or ability to provide information timely. Taxpayers have the right to receive assistance from the Taxpayer Advocate Service if they are experiencing financial difficulty or if the IRS has not resolved their tax issues properly and timely through its normal channels.
1. El Derecho de Estar Informado
2. El Derecho de Recibir Servicio de Calidad
3. El Derecho de Pagar No Más de la Cantidad Correcta de Impuestos
4. El Derecho de Cuestionar la Posición del IRS y de ser Escuchado
5. El Derecho de Apelar una Decisión del IRS en un Foro Autónomo
6. El Derecho de Llegar a una Resolución
7. El Derecho de Privacidad
8. El Derecho de Confidencialidad
9. El Derecho de Contratar a un Representante
10. El Derecho de Tener un Sistema de Impuestos que sea Justo y Adecuado
1. 被告知的權利
2. 獲得優質服務的權利
3. 不支付超過正確稅額的權利
4. 質疑國稅局的立場和申訴的權利
5. 在獨立論壇對國稅局的決定提出上訴的權利
6. 終結的權利
7. 隱私的權利
8. 保密的權利
9. 取得代表的權利
10. 享有公平公正稅務制度的權利
1. Quyền Được Cho Biết
2. Quyền Nhận Dịch Vụ có Phẩm Chất
3. Quyền Trả Không Nhiều Hơn Số Tiền Thuế Đúng
4. Quyền Phản Đối IRS và Được Lắng Nghe
5. Quyền Khiếu Nại Quyết Định của IRS tại một Diễn Đàn Độc Lập
6. Quyền Hành Động Cuối Cùng
7. Quyền Riêng Tư
8. Quyền Kín Đáo
9. Quyền Thu Dụng Người Đại Điện
10. Quyền Hưởng Hệ Thống Thuế Công Bằng và Đúng Đắn
1. 법규 준수를 위한 알 권리
2. 우수한 서비스를 받을 권리
3. 정확한 세금만을 납부할 권리
4. IRS 입장에 도전하고 이에 대한 결과를 들을 권리
5. IRS 결정에 대해 독립적 토론회를 통하여 항소할 권리
6. 최종 결정인지 알 수 있는 권리
7. 사생활보호 권리
8. 비밀보장 권리
9. 대리인을 선임할 권리
10. 조세제도가 공평하다고 기대할 권리
1. Право на информированность
2. Право на качественное обслуживание
3. Право платить не больше правильно начисленной суммы налогов
4. Право оспаривать позицию Налогового управления США (IRS) и требовать рассмотрения возражений
5. Право на обжалование решения Налогового управления США (IRS) в независимой инстанции
6. Право на окончательность процедур
7. Право на приватность
8. Право на конфиденциальность
9. Право нанимать представителя
10. Право на честную и справедливую налоговую систему
Temas de impuestos federales para familias que trabajan en Nevada
Authored By: Nevada Legal Services