A free program to help low-income individuals with filing their taxes is running again this year.
The Community Volunteer Income Tax Program is a free service provided in Manitoba by Prairie Mountain Health. This Program aims to offer free help to people to get all the benefits from their tax returns that they can.
Lead of the Program Brett Turner noted that this initiative has a huge impact across the province.
In Western Manitoba last year, with just our programs, we made a difference of about $7 million in additional revenue into the community by helping people get their tax returns done and it was an average of about, I think $3000 per individual. We did something like 2800 returns.
To qualify for this program, you must fall under either a single person making less than $35,000 or two persons with income less than $45,000, with additional dependents adding $2,500 each.
To apply, PHM drop-off sites are available in Brandon and several other communities across Manitoba.
For finding the closest drop-off to you or any other detail on this service, visit www.prairiemountainhealth.ca/cvitp.