In-Person Session - December 3rd (returning volunteers are welcome)
Attend a 1-Day tax workshop and receive hands-on training for VITA volunteering for the 2023 filing season.
Attendees will leave with the confidence needed to complete the required IRS certification (Basic or Advanced.)
Prerequisite: Attendees should complete the two following online trainings before we meet on December 3rd: Links are below. Memorization is not needed. No tests are to be taken until after the workshop.
1. Volunteer Standards of Conduct (VSC) training (Ethics)
Link to Publication 4961, Ethics training: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p4961.pdf
2. Intake Interview & Quality Review training:
Link to Publication 5101, Intake Interview & Quality Review training: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p5101.pdf
Intake Form 13614-C (2022):https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f13614c.pdf
The Nuts & Bolts of VITA Volunteering - 2023 Filing Season
(new volunteers only)
When: Saturday December 3, 2022
Time: 9am - 4:00pm
Place: 32 Ford Avenue, Milltown, NJ 08816 (take the elevator to the 2nd floor and follow the signs to the classroom)
Seats are limited to 11 persons. (light breakfast & lunch provided)
Laptops/ study resources / handouts provided!
NJ United Ways VITA video: https://www.facebook.com/NJVITA/videos/3070554683267833
Each year United Way of Central Jersey helps complete hundreds of free tax returns for people in need through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, resulting in hundreds of dollars kept in our communities. The Middlesex County, NJ VITA Coalition is recruiting additional volunteers in various capacities to help with this effort. Volunteers must complete certification timely and be ready to start by February 1 2023 through April 30, 2023.
Volunteers will work at one or more of our community host sites in New Brunswick, Jamesburg North Brunswick, Highland Park, Perth Amboy, Piscataway, Sayreville, Carteret, South Amboy or Milltown to provide this valuable service.
Volunteers will be engaged as:
- Income tax preparers and/or
- Income tax preparer assistants
Assistants provide support by conducting Interviews, reviewing Intakes, following up with clients for missing information, spreadsheet updating, scanning and online uploads, appointment scheduling, translation.
Skills – Detail oriented, great interpersonal skills, dependable, flexible.
Certifications required:
1. Ethics test (open book test)
2. Intake/Interview module (open book test)
3. Basic or Advanced level Certification (open book test)
Charmaine Rodriguez | VP Financial Stability | United Way of Central Jersey
32 Ford Avenue, Milltown, NJ 08850 | tel: 732-247-3727 Ext 216
www.uwcj.org Email: crodriguez@uwcj.org
