About a dozen volunteers work together to complete taxes for low income earners in Sault Ste. Marie through the United Way
Tax season is a busy time of the year for working accountants everywhere, but also for volunteers who give their own time to prepare tax returns for Sault Ste. Marie’s low income earners
Traditionally many of the clients who use the service are on some form of social assistance, like Ontario Works, or seniors on fixed incomes, but D'Angelo said that is starting to change. “On paper it might look like they make more money, but their expenses are so great they can’t even afford to go to a book keeper or H&R block. They might be looking at $200 to have their taxes done and that might be something they can’t swing at that time,” she said.
“It’s not just me. There are a number of people who have been doing this for years and years,” he said.“We will bounce stuff off each other. If I can’t figure it out, I will call someone else or they will call me and ask how to handle it,” said Thorp. “Credit goes to all of the volunteers and the staff here [at the United Way] are just great.”
In theory, the returns filed by the volunteers should be very straightforward, but Thorp said that isn’t always the case. “Sometime you’ll get some people come July, they will be sitting there wondering where their GST rebate is or their child benefit,” said Thorp. “Then they say, ‘uh oh. I forgot to file my tax return.’”
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