Sen. Padilla is leading a push for the U.S. Treasury Department to provide voter registration services at federally funded centers that prepare taxes for low- to moderate-income people, disabled people and people with limited English at no cost to them.
Padilla is leading a push for the U.S. Treasury Department to provide voter registration services at federally funded centers that prepare taxes for low- to moderate-income people, disabled people and people with limited English at no cost to them.
“Such individuals are often also the least likely to be touched by typical voter registration efforts, even in states that maintain robust voter registration programs,” a sent to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday said. The letter was signed by Padilla and co-signed by 17 other Democratic senators.Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
, or VITA, program. The program has existed for 50 years, the IRS website said. The IRS provides grants to organizations whose volunteers, often retirees, operate the centers. According to the IRS, tens of thousands of volunteers in the program and another for older adults prepare millions of federal and state returns.
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