UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA BLOG

United Way's VITA program offers free tax preparation at one of four locations in central Iowa for anyone who made $58,000 or less last year.

The New Year brings new resolutions -- and the start of tax season. If your goal is to get organized this year, you can start by preparing to file your state and federal taxes in January. United Way of Central Iowa's VITA program provides free professional tax preparation services to anyone in our community who earned $58,000 or less last year. VITA and planned giving experts The Stelter Company offer these three simple steps to get ready for your taxes this year:

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A box on your front step. It’s a thrill to see it there, to imagine what might be waiting for you inside. But there’s an even better feeling than that. A bag on your front step—waiting to go out to people in need.

This Saturday, May 14, you’ll have the chance to pay back the excitement you feel every time the Postal Service leaves you a gift or a personal letter. During the 24^th annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive—the nation’s largest one-day drive—you can leave nonperishable food items in a bag next to your mailbox for your letter carrier to deliver to the Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC), which will distribute the food to local pantries.

“Letter carriers touch every residential andbusiness address in this country at least six days a week,” says Frederic Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC). “And our continued effort in the fight against hunger—often in our own neighborhoods—has made us all too familiar with the staggering numbers of people in need.”

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You've heard the old joke: the only sure things in life are death and taxes. And some people actually think twice about which they prefer.

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