Tax Assistance Project
Legal Services of North Florida (LSNF) offers free legal advice and assistance to low income citizens and those who speak English as a second language. Through our Low Income Tax Clinic (LITC), attorneys and tax professionals can help you learn about your tax rights and responsibilities. We also handle cases for t hose having problems with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
If you, or someone you know, are having problems proving their claim to the earned income credit, dependency exemptions, or certain filing statuses, we may be able to help.
During January, February, March, April, and May, tax experts and attorneys, assisted by volunteers, will be available at workshops held throughout Calhoun, Gadsden, and Jackson counties. Spanish translation will be offered at all of the clinics held in Quincy. Spanish translation is also available at the LSNF Quincy office (850-875-9881).
Residents of Leon, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Wakulla, Franklin, Calhoun, Liberty, Escambia and Santa Rosa counties can apply for free legal assistance at the Legal Services of North Florida's home office in Tallahassee or its branch offices in Quincy and Pensacola. To locate other Low Income Taxpayer Clinics in Florida click here.
We ask that any public service agencies interested in hosting our tax services project contact us.
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HOW?
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Have more than $3,000 income (Social Security benefits, VA benefits, and/or railroad retirement benefits of at least $3,000 annually).
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Must file 2007 tax return on Form 1040 or 1040A.
Next Tax Clinic Date
Thursday, June 19, 8:30 - 3:30 p.m. EST - TAX DAY Tallahassee. Return to this site for details.
Contact Tara at tara@lsnf.org for more information.
Tax Assistance Services
The program is designed to help low-income taxpayers with federal controversies under $50,000. Although this program does not assist with tax preparation for the current tax year, we can help with a number of other tax issues:
· Earned Income Tax Credit
· IRS Audits
· Innocent Spouse Relief and Injured Spouse Relief claims
· Deficiency Notices
· Liens and Levies
· Responding to letters from the IRS
· Offers in Compromise
· Installment Agreements
· Other Controversies with Federal Income Taxes
Many of the cases we handle can be resolved simply by filling out a form and making sure the math calculations are accurate. Others may be more complex, requiring a more substantial amount of time and effort. We never charge a fee for our services.
How to get help
You must meet the following criteria in order to qualify for this program:
· Your tax issue must be a controversy. This means that you must have an issue involving past tax years. Your problem may be that the IRS notified you that you are being audited, your refund is being withheld by the IRS, or the IRS placed a lien on your property for owed taxes.
· The back taxes owed or the amount the IRS is questioning cannot exceed $50,000 for any one tax year. In other words, if the IRS is questioning three years of returns, the amount of each year cannot be over $50,000 in taxes owed, or a total of $150,000 for the three-year period.
LSNF's Taxpayer Assistance Hotline
(850) 385-0029
LSNF offers free legal advice over our telephone legal advice hotline. Volunteer attorneys assisted by tax professionals provide legal support pertaining to federal and state tax issues from 2 to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday.
If you need assistance you can leave a message at any time and a staff member will return your call.
LSNF's hotline has continued to be a means for people to receive immediate advice about their tax controversies and is often a great time-saver for clients wondering how to deal with the IRS.
Thanks to our Tax Attorneys
LSNF appreciates having on its LITC team these incredibly talented lawyers whose work continues to help LSNF serve the needs of its clients with a variety of tax and tax related problems: Pace Allen, Terry Dariotis, Grant Dearborn, Belinda France, Andy Granger, Ben Phipps, and Art Stern.
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