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If you are a Michigan taxpayer looking for FREE help completing your income taxes and claiming the Federal and State Earned Income Tax Credit, then you have come to the right place. Choose from one of the two options below.

Self- Help Tax Prep

 

Volunteer Assisted Tax Prep

ICAN! E-File for 2011 will be online in January, 2012.

If you'd like to prepare your taxes yourself you can use ICAN! E-file. ICAN! E-File is FREE web-based software that will help you do your federal and state of Michigan taxes for FREE. Taxes are easy to do with I-CAN! E-File and you don't need to be a computer expert. Answer a few questions and I-CAN! E-File will prepare your tax forms for you and help you efile. To learn more or to get started started with ICAN! E-file click on the link below.

Click Here to access ICAN! E-File

 

There are hundreds of VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) sites scattered all over Michigan where you can have an IRS-trained volunteer prepare and efile your state and federal tax return for you for free. You must meet income requirements to be eligible, but generally anyone who qualifies for the Earned Income Tax Credit will be eligible for free VITA help.

To locate a VITA site near you, call 2-1-1 or check this list of FREE tax assistance centers (updated 1/20/12)

Show Me the Money Day Events, 2012

Show Me the Money Day is an annual statewide event in Michigan held on the last weekend in January. Local events held across the state provide Michigan residents access to numerous community resources through vendor fairs and free financial education classes. This year Show Me the Money Day kicks off with a press conference at the state capitol on Friday, January 27, 2012  and continues with local events on Saturday, January 28, 2012. 

 

  • BATTLE CREEK: Saturday, January 28, 2012, 10:00AM – 3:00PM

    Place: Battle Creek YMCA (map)

    Download the Event Flyer. Hear opening remarks from State Representative Kate Segal! Receive free income tax preparation onsite (income < $50,000). Helpful financial workshops: “Budgeting Basics,” “Building or Rebuilding Your Credit,” “Avoid Financial Predators,” “Find Money to Start a Savings Account,” “Prepare to Own Your Own Home,” “Plan How to Use Your Tax Refund,” “Couponing By Storm“

    For more information, please contact Courtney Ziny, Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan, at courtneyz@caascm.org or 269-441-1378.

  • FLINT: Saturday, January 28, 2012, 10:30AM – 2:00PM

    Place: Courtland Center Mall, Burton (map)

    Download the Event Flyer. This year hear from Mayor of Flint Dayne Walling and State Representative Jim Ananich at the event kick-off! Attend the free workshop: “Budgeting, Credit and Homeownership“

    For more information, please contact Carlos Cisneros, Mott Community College, at carlos.cisneros@mcc.edu or 810-762-5125.

  • LANSING: Saturday, January 28, 2012, 9:30AM – 2:00PM

    Place: Capital Area District Library – Downtown Lansing Location (map)

    Download the Event Flyer. Opening remarks from Mayor of Lansing Virg Bernero and Ingham County Treasurer Eric Schertzing! Seven great financial workshops: “Get Smart About Credit,” “Education Tax Credits: Get Money Back for School,” “Homeownership Done Right,” “Facing Foreclosure? We Can Help!,” “Foundations of Money Management,” “Extreme Coupon-ing!,” “What Does It Take To Be An Entrepreneur?“

    For more information, please contact Amber Paxton, Asset Independence Coalition, at aic.midmichigan@gmail.com or 517-256-1466.

  • SAGINAW: Saturday, January 28, 2012 9:00AM – 1:00PM

    Place: First Congregational Church (map)

    Download the Event Flyer. The event will kick-off with opening remarks from State Representative Stacey Erwin Oakes! Attend exciting workshops: “Homeownership Panel,” “Repairing Your Credit,” and “Finding Hidden Cash“

    For more information, please contact Marsha Cooley, United Way of Saginaw County, at mcooley@unitedwaysaginaw.org or 989-755-0505.

  • WAYNE COUNTY: Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:00AM – 2:00PM

    Place: Wayne County Community College District, Downriver Campus (map)

    Download the Event Flyer. Receive free tax preparation services onsite or prepare your own taxes for free! Onsite signup for prepaid cards. Financial workshops: “Pay Yourself First,” “Keep Your Credit in Check“

    For more information, please contact Miryam Lulion, Wayne Metro Community Action Agency, at mlulion@waynemetro.org or 734-284-6999.

  • TRAVERSE CITY: Saturday, February 4, 2012 10:00AM – 3:30PM

    Place: Traverse Bay Intermediate School District, Career-Tech Center (map)

    Neighbor to neighbor…learning to achieve self-sufficiency. Free financial workshops: “Tax Refund…Now What?,” “$mart Financial Cents,” “$how Me the Money with IDAs,” “Homelessness to Homeownership,” “Budgeting & Your Credit.” Check out the agency resource booths and free food and prize giveaway! Register for the event and guarantee your appointment to have your taxes done for free.

    For more information and/or to reserve your space at the event, call NMCAA at 800-442-1713 or 231-947-8920.

Show Me the Money Day is a project of the Michigan Earned Income Credit Coalition (MEIC) coordinated by the Community Economic Development Association of Michigan (CEDAM)

Rural Tax Issues:

 

 

Do you have questions about rural tax issues? Utah State University Cooperative Extension recently launched a Rural Tax Education website to provide farmers and ranchers and Extension educators with agriculturally-related income tax information.  The homepage of the website includes information about upcoming free-of-charge webinars related to agricultural taxes, as well as a highlighted hot topic in the farm tax field.  It also includes a link to the updated Tax Guide for Owners and Operators of Small and Medium Farms.

 
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