CVITP Program Offering Help With Tax Returns

The Community Volunteer Income Tax Program is offering new volunteer training directly from the Canada Revenue Agency to help people in their community process income tax returns.

Lavinia Jararuse had asked numerous questions about the volunteer training that the Canada Revenue Agency is doing.

And she made the decision to become a volunteer for her community, to help individuals file their income tax returns.

The CVITP says this is a community organization that arranges and hosts tax preparation clinics.

The volunteers must be affiliated with the community organization registered with the CVITP.

In the Quebec region the program is called the “Volunteer Program”.

This program helps aboriginal people, social assistance recipients, newcomers to Canada and persons with disabilities, seniors and students.

The taxpayer status is as follows: to process a single person’s tax return, the annual income must be less than $30,000.

To process a couple’s income tax, they must make $40,000 or less.

One adult with one child must make an income of $35,000 or less.

Volunteers do not prepare returns for the following situations: individuals who report a business or rental income and expenses, individuals who report capital gains and losses, individuals who report employment expenses, individuals who file for bankruptcy, and individuals deceased in the tax year.

Volunteers must respect the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ensure protection of privacy, follow the criteria for eligible clients, and adhere to policy and procedures of the CVITP.

Jararuse adds that she is now trained and has already filed over 9 returns so far.

She does have a lot of people on her list to file returns.

Jararuse would like to inform everyone who did contact her to do their return to be patient, as there is still a lot of time to process income tax returns.

She adds that you must have all your paper work with you in order for the returns to be processed.

Jararuse will be contacting people on her list when she is available.