Assistance with tax filing available through VITA program
The VITA program offers tax filing assistance to low-income and elderly people. Photo courtesy of Cook County VITA
The tax assistance program offered by local volunteer tax preparers will once again look a bit different this year. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be no face-to-face meetings with clients. But the service is available through drop off sites in Grand Portage, Grand Marais, and Tofte. The program is available from February 1 to April 15.
Tax assistance through the VITA program is free to all low to moderate-income Cook County residents, seniors over 60 years old, and international students working in the county. WTIP’s Rhonda Silence spoke with Steve Deschene, who has been a volunteer with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for 12 years.
Learn more about the program and how it will work this year in the interview below.
Drop off tax information on the following days and times:
Tofte Town Hall
Tuesdays
10:00 a.m. – Noon
Tofte Town Hall
Tuesdays
10:00 a.m. – Noon
Cook County Community Center
Tuesdays
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Grand Portage Post Office
Weekdays
During Post Office hours
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