Submitted by Jace Weir
The Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP) provides free tax preparation of your personal income tax for qualified people. If you have a simple tax situation, and your income is $35,000 or less for one person, up to $45,000 for two people, plus $2,500 for each additional person, then you may qualify. Your tax situation is simple if you have no income, or if your income comes from any of these sources:
• employment
• pension
• benefits (such as the Canada Pension Plan, disability insurance, employment insurance, and social assistance)
• registered retirement income funds (RRIFs)
• support payments
• scholarships, fellowships, bursaries or grants
• interest (under $1,000)
This year, tax preparation will begin Tuesday, March 17th, at The Meeting Place, 20 Centennial Drive, Tobermory. Jennifer Cuffe, Community Information and Resource Coordinator, will be contacting clients from previous tax years directly to set up appointments. If you have not previously had your taxes prepared by a tax volunteer at The Meeting Place, please contact Jennifer at 519-596-2313 to arrange an appointment.
If you have previous tax preparation experience, and you would like to become a CVITP volunteer, please contact Jace Weir at 519-596-2057.
