Free Tax Help For Low Income Lakewood Families

LAKEWOOD, OH - Tax help for low-income families is coming to Lakewood on March 4. A tax preparation event will be held at the Turkish Cultural Center, 13303 Madison Ave. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To reserve a spot, call 211.

To be eligible for free tax help, you must meet one of the following criteria, according to the event website:

• Families with three or more qualifying children who earned less than $47,955 in 2016 (or less than $53,505 for married filing jointly) are eligible for a credit of up to $6,269.
• Families with two qualifying children who earned less than $44,648 in 2016 (or less than $50,198 for married filing jointly) are eligible for a credit of up to $5,572.
• Families with one qualifying child who earned less than $39,296 in 2016 (or less than $44,846 for married filing jointly) are eligible for a credit of up to $3,373.
• Individuals who do not have a qualifying child, but are between the ages of 25 and 64, with earned income of less than $14,880 in 2016 (or less than $20,430 for married filing jointly) are eligible for a credit up to $506.

During the event, other organizations will also be on-hand to provide services for low-income families. For example, Cox Communications will be present to sign families up for high speed Internet at a rate of $9.95 a month. Cox will also provide free public Wi-Fi for the tax preparation event. ESOP will also be on-hand to provide housing counseling. LakewoodAlive will also be at the event and offering its services to attendees.

“The LakewoodAlive Super Saturday event is a wonderful opportunity to help ease the burden of preparing and filing tax returns for Lakewood residents,” said Robert Brill, market vice president for Cox Communications in an email to Patch. “At Cox, central to our values as a company is to be good corporate citizens for the people and communities we serve. Ensuring our neighbors can file their taxes easily and safely is just one of the ways we’re giving back.”

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