United Way of Southern Cameron County and VITA partners help working families claim over $4.8 million of Earned Income Tax Credits in 2017
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Sites are open annually from late January until April 15 for individuals and families with household incomes of $54,000 or less. United Way of Southern Cameron County and its coalition partners are committed to helping hard-working families achieve financial stability. Funding for VITA is provided by:
- BBVA Compass Bank
- HEB
- Brownsville Foundation for Health & Education
- Internal Revenue Service
- United Way Worldwide
- United Way of Southern Cameron County
Find a free tax assistance site near you by calling 2-1-1 during the tax season or click here for the most recently updated schedule.
Whether residents need professionally trained tax preparers to help file a federal income tax return or are looking to do the work themselves, there are free options for low to moderate income wage earners here in Cameron County. These partners make VITA possible:
- Brownsville Independent School District
- Brownsville Public Utilities Board
- Community Development Corporation of Brownsville
- Ethel L. Whipple Memorial Library
- Harlingen Outreach Center
- La Feria Independent School District
- La Hacienda Casitas
- Laguna Madre Youth Center
- Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District
- Lyford Consolidated Independent School District
- Port Isabel Public Library
- San Benito Consolidated Independent School District
- Texas Southmost College
- Texas 2-1-1
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- United Way of Northern Cameron County
- United Way of Southern Cameron County
You can also do your own taxes online for FREE using MyFreeTaxes!
