{"id":156201,"date":"2026-02-08T18:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/156201\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T18:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:09:12","slug":"where-to-go-and-how-to-qualify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/156201\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to go and how to qualify"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tax season is here<\/a>, and as Houston-area residents begin filing, some may need help.<\/p>\n

Several Houston organizations are offering free tax assistance, with eligibility that varies by taxpayers’ income. Here’s where you can get free tax help.<\/p>\n

University of Houston-Downtown<\/p>\n

The University of Houston-Downtown is offering income tax assistance for the 2025 tax year through its VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) program. The service is available to people who earn $67,000 or less and to seniors 65 and older.<\/p>\n

Taxpayers can access virtual and in-person assistance from\u00a0Feb. 7 through April 14. The site will be closed March 10-14.<\/p>\n

In person hours:<\/p>\n

Tuesday-Friday: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Shea Street Building, 320 N. Main St., Room B226, second floor<\/p>\n

Saturday: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at\u00a0One Main Building, library, fourth floor, Rooms N412-N414<\/p>\n

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Cypress Assistance Ministries<\/p>\n

Cypress Assistance Ministries and BakerRipley Neighborhood Tax Centers are offering tax help for 2026.<\/p>\n

Taxpayers can visit CAM at 12930 Cypress North Houston Road from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 6 through April 10.<\/p>\n

Memorial Assistance Ministries<\/p>\n

Memorial Assistance Ministries will offer free walk-in tax preparation for families and individuals with income of $58,000 or less.<\/p>\n

Services are available now through April 15, Monday-Friday from 1 p.m.-7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. at 1625 Blalock Road, Houston, TX 77080.<\/p>\n

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Chinese Community Center<\/p>\n

The Chinese Community Center will offer tax assistance at 9800 Town Park Drive from Feb. 3 through April 14. Services are available to families and individuals who make $67,000 or less.<\/p>\n

Tuesdays and Thursdays: 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
Saturdays: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.<\/p>\n

This article originally published at Houston-area free tax help for 2026: Where to go and how to qualify<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tax season is here, and as Houston-area residents begin filing, some may need help. Several Houston organizations are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[64333,64334,56,2873,58,57,16288,11328,64339,64338,64337,64335,64336],"class_list":["post-156201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-1040-tax-form","tag-free-tax-help","tag-houston","tag-houston-area","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-income-tax","tag-internal-revenue-service","tag-memorial-assistance-ministries","tag-midtown-houston","tag-tax-help","tag-tax-preparation","tag-volunteer-income-tax-assistance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}