Description
The Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) program provides grants to organizations that represent low-income taxpayers in controversies with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and educate individuals who speak English as a second language about their rights and responsibilities as taxpayers. The program aims to provide tax representation, education, and advocacy on behalf of low-income and ESL taxpayers. Key services include representation, education, and advocacy for low-income taxpayers, as well as outreach and education to ESL taxpayers. The program requires applicants to provide numerical goals as part of the application, outlining the number of new representation cases to be opened, consultations with low-income and ESL taxpayers, educational activities conducted, and low-income and ESL taxpayers who will be reached in educational activities.
• Representation, education, and advocacy for low-income taxpayers
• Outreach and education to ESL taxpayers
• Numerical goals for new representation cases, consultations, educational activities, and taxpayers reached
• Collaboration with community organizations to achieve outreach to the identified audience
• Compliance with all federal tax obligations and federal nontax obligations
• Maintenance of advance payments of federal awards in interest-bearing accounts
• Reporting requirements, including interim and year-end reports