NYC Health+Hospitals and MetroPlusHealth offer free tax preparation for eligible New Yorkers

In-person and virtual tax preparation services are available in various languages by appointment 

NYC Health + Hospitals and MetroPlusHealth on Feb 7 announced they will offer free, in-person and virtual tax preparation to eligible patients and members of the community as part of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection’s (DCWP) NYC Free Tax Prep initiative and in partnership with BronxWorks, Grow Brooklyn, Urban Upbound, and Code for America’s GetYourRefund initiative. The service is available to New Yorkers who earned $56,000 or less in 2022 and are filing on their own or families who earned $80,000 or less. Select NYC Health + Hospitals sites offer support in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean, and virtual tax preparation is available in Spanish. For in-person services, individuals should schedule an appointment in advance and bring identification and proof of income. For virtual services, individuals can upload their documents and meet virtually with a tax preparer to review their tax return before submission. A full checklist of the documents needed to file taxes is available here. The deadline to file taxes this year is April 18.

 “Whether you’re coming in for a check-up or to visit a loved one, help with preparing taxes is just another way we take care of our patients,” said NYC Health + Hospitals Vice President and Chief Population Health Officer Nichola Davis, MD, MS. “We know that finishing one’s taxes may be complicated and time consuming, and these free services allow our patients a little peace of mind.”

New Yorkers can call 311 or visit nyc.gov/taxprep and use DCWP’s interactive map to search for the most convenient free tax site near them

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