The AFTC, in conjunction with the IRS, oversees the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for military members and their families. Corps officers are eligible for free tax assistance through the VITA program. The VITA program volunteers are trained and certified by the IRS to do tax returns for military members and their families free of charge. Some VITA volunteers receive advanced training to handle more complex tax situations. Corps officers should evaluate their tax situations and be able to describe their situation to VITA volunteers. The VITA site may or may not have someone that is able to help you depending on the complexity of your tax situation. Interested Corps officers should contact the nearest military installation and ask for the VITA program. The U.S. Navy is the only Armed Force that lists its VITA sites. The list can be found at:
http://www.jag.navy.mil/organization/documents/tax/VITA_Sites.pdf
For a list of what to bring to the VITA site, see:
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=154789,00.html
A guide to State taxes and the Armed Forces Tax Guide can be found at the following links:
http://www.jag.navy.mil/organization/documents/tax/StateTaxGuide.pdf
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p3.pdf
The sole purpose of this article is to give a brief overview of the AFTC and inform you of a military benefit, i.e. frees tax assistance through the VITA program, and should not be viewed as an attempt to help, influence or guide Corps officers in their tax preparations.
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