HOW TO GET FREE INCOME TAX ADVICE
Today is the deadline for all employers to mail employees their W-2 forms, which detail wages and taxes paid during 1990.
If you have not received your W-2 form by the second week of February, you should contact your employer. If your employer is no longer in business or you are having trouble persuading your employer to send out your W-2 form, you should contact the Internal Revenue Service in Laguna Niguel at (800) 829-1040.
The IRS offers two programs to help those who need assistance in figuring out their federal income taxes. Trained volunteers versed in basic tax law will help people through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and the Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) programs. While the programs are primarily for elderly, handicapped and low-income people, Internal Revenue Service spokeswoman Sally Ruhnau said anyone with simple tax questions can get help through the programs.
Taxpayers interested in the VITA sites’ hours of operation and services offered should call the IRS assistance line at (800) 829-1040 or the IRS Taxpayer Education office at (714) 643-4060. Both are operated out of the Laguna Niguel IRS office. Those interested in the TCE sites’ hours and services should call the phone number listed below with each site.
Most of the following sites will be staffed beginning next week and continuing through April 15.
VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
George Washington Community Center
250 E. Cypress St., Anaheim
Jeffrey-Lynne Neighborhood Center
1329 W. Lynne Ave. No. 6, Anaheim
Brea Branch Library
1 Civic Center Circle, Brea
Orange Coast College
2701 Fairview Road, Business Education Building No. 104,
Costa Mesa
Cypress Library
5331 Orange Ave., Cypress
Maple Senior Multi-Service Center
701 S. Lemon St., Fullerton
Huntington Beach Library
7111 Talbert Ave.,
Huntington Beach
La Habra Senior Center
165 E. La Habra Blvd., La Habra
Crown Valley Library
30341 Crown Valley Parkway, Laguna Niguel
Dana Niguel Library
33841 Niguel Road, Dana Point
El Modena Center
18672 Center Ave., Orange
Gomez Center
1701 Atwood Ave., Placentia
Whitten Center
900 S. Melrose Ave., Placentia
San Juan Capistrano Library
31495 El Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano
Corbin Community Center
2215 W. McFadden Ave., Santa Ana
Delhi Center
542 E. Central Ave., Santa Ana
El Salvador Recreation Center
1825 W. Civic Center Drive, Santa Ana
Newhope Branch Library
122 N. Newhope St., Santa Ana
Presbyterian Hispanic Ministry
2014 S. Main St., Santa Ana
Southwest Center
1601 W. 2nd St., Santa Ana
TAX COUNSELING FOR THE ELDERLY PROGRAM
Buena Park Senior Center
8150 Knott Ave., Buena Park
(714) 952-1949
Cypress Senior Center
9031 Grindlay St., Cypress
(714) 761-5098
Garden Grove Senior Center
11300 Stanford Ave.,
Garden Grove
(714) 741-5240
Michael Rogers Center
1706 Orange Ave.,
Huntington Beach
(714) 536-9387
La Palma City Recreation Center
7921 Walker St., La Palma
(714) 522-6740
Los Alamitos Community Center
10911 Oak St., Los Alamitos
(714) 430-1073
North Orange Senior Center
16561 E. Lincoln Ave., Orange
(714) 998-4010
Orange Senior Center
170 Olive Ave., Orange
(714) 538-9633
Santa Ana Senior Center
424 W. 3rd St., Santa Ana
(714) 547-5671
Senior Citizen Center at Mary Wilson Library
707 Electric Ave., Seal Beach
(213) 431-2527
Stanton Community Hall *
11081 Cedar St., Stanton
(714) 220-2220, Ext. 278
Tustin Senior Center
200 C St., Tustin
(714) 544-8890
Westminster Senior Center
8200 Westminster Blvd., Westminster
(714) 895-2875
* Home visits for shut-ins can be arranged
