Because taxes are no less mandatory if you don’t speak the language, the Boston Tax Help Coalition (BTHC) provides help in Chinese, Vietnamese, Spanish, Somali, Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, and Portuguese. But those are only the voiced languages. The
Our own Trinh Nguyen, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development, representing the City of Boston, spoke this week on the City’s financial literacy programs and initiatives at the Massachusetts State House at an event hosted by Citizens Bank
Last week, I showed up one of the Boston Tax Help Coalition’s VITA tax sites: Urban Edge to get my taxes done – for free – wondering why, in my 10 years in Boston, I’d never done this before. Maybe
The Office of Financial Empowerment’s Boston Tax Help Coalition prepares and files taxes for eligible individuals and families for free. If you worked in 2015 and earned less than $54,000, you may be eligible. Last week NECN visited our tax
The OFE’s last blog post described how the Financial Check Up helps residents learn about and improve their credit and financial well being. Today, we want to introduce you to one of our volunteers who helps us serve Boston residents year round:
What is the Financial Check Up? The Financial Check Up (FCU) is a light touch strategy, one-on-one financial assessment tool that provides a City of Boston resident with the opportunity to review his or her credit report with a trained
During the 2015 tax season, the Boston Tax Help Coalition, which is part of the Office of Financial Empowerment, conducted a Survey Inclusion Tablet Pilot Program at the Dorchester House Multi-Service Center free tax preparation (VITA) site. The goals of the
The Office of Financial Empowerment (OFE) was invited to Unity Day on August 15 at the Charlestown Housing Development. Unity Day is an annual event, established by the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) in the mid-1980s to generate a greater sense of