LONG BEACH, CA — The City of Long Beach plans to host a free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) event soon for eligible residents from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Silverado Park Community Center, 1545 W. 31st St.<\/p>\n
The event will offer income tax preparation for individuals at no cost. It’s being held in support of the Westside Promise<\/a>, a 10-year community investment plan that aligns existing City efforts and leverages partnerships to address current and historic challenges facing West Long Beach.<\/p>\n The VITA program is available to qualifying taxpayers in Long Beach with an income level of $67,000 or less. Participating volunteers and organizations include the California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) VITA Program, U.S. Bank, Westside Long Beach Advocacy Group, Los Angeles County Consumer & Business Affairs and Free Tax Prep Los Angeles.<\/p>\n Those interested in attending can book ahead online<\/a> or call (323) 909-1975. Although appointments are being encouraged, they’re not required.<\/p>\n VITA is a nationally recognized program sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to serve individuals and families with low-to-moderate incomes. For more information about the program, including items to bring to file your tax return, visit the CSULB VITA webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, CA — The City of Long Beach plans to host a free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-185419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-long-beach","9":"tag-long-beach-headlines","10":"tag-long-beach-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}