By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
Tax season is here and if you are having trouble figuring out those tax forms, InterServ is out to help.
InterServ's Counseling for the Elderly program is currently underway. Appointments are necessary to get assistance.
Director of Volunteer Services Laraine Jones says the program assists those 60 and older with moderate to low income with their taxes.
"By moderate we mean under $60,000 this year," Jones tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "And we have trained volunteers that have been through certified IRS training that are available to help people file taxes."
Applications for the Counseling for the Elderly Program at InterServ began earlier this month. Jones says every year the program draws in a lot of people looking for help.
"We probably get phone calls from about, geeze I don't even know, my clerk that actually takes the appointments she probably has 60 phone messages every day, to try to call people back to schedule appointments," Jones says.
You can call InterServ's tax line at 816-558-3240 to leave a message to set up an appointment. Appointments can either be in person or drop offs at the offices.
Over the past three years all tax assistance was done by people dropping forms off at the InterServ offices
Jones says after only that during the pandemic, things are slowly starting to move back to in person, but it’s still more popular to just drop your forms off.
"Dropping them off and letting us process them and we call them in to come and pick up their documents has worked very well the last three years," Jones explains. "So, we're still doing that but there are a few people who want to be seen by a preparer and it's all still by appointment, and if they need to be seen they need to let us know, so still kind of a hybrid situation going on."
InterServ has three different tax assistance programs that run February 1st through April 15th.