Publication 4134 Low Income Taxpayer Clinic List Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITCs) represent low income taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service, assist taxpayers in audits, appeals and collection disputes and can help taxpayers respond to IRS notices and to correct account problems. If you are a low income taxpayer who cannot afford professional tax assistance or if you speak English as a second language (ESL) and need help understanding your tax rights and responsibilities, you may qualify for help from a LITC that provides free or nominal cost assistance. Although LITCs receive partial funding from the IRS, LITCs, their employees, and their volunteers are completely independent of, and are not associated with, the federal government. These clinics are operated by nonprofit organizations or academic institutions. Clinics receiving federal funding for the 2006 calendar year are listed below. Each clinic independently decides if you meet the income 1 guidelines and other criteria before it agrees to represent you. Low income taxpayers also may be able to receive assistance from an attorney referral system operated by state bar associations, state or local societies of accountants and other nonprofit tax professional organizations. This notice is not, and should not be understood to be, a recommendation by the IRS that you retain a Low Income Taxpayer Clinic or other similar organization to represent you before the IRS. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 The department of Health and Human Services (HHS) publishes poverty guidelines each year. A controversy clinic receiving federal funding must have at least 90% of the taxpayers served with incomes that do not exceed 250% of the poverty guidelines. For the 2006 calendar year, the income ceilings for low income representation are as follows: Size of Family Unit 1 2 3 4 5 Income Ceiling (250% of Poverty Guidelines) $24,500 $33,000 $41,500 $50,000 $58,500 For family units with more than 5 members, add $8,500 for each additional member. Note: HHS publishes separate poverty guidelines for Alaska and Hawaii. See http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty. Type of Clinic: State AK C = Controversy Clinic City Anchorage AL Birmingham Birmingham AR West Memphis Little Rock AZ Phoenix Tucson Fresno Orange San Francisco Los Angeles Los Angeles CA Santa Ana E = ESL Clinic B = Both Controversy and ESL Clinic Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITCs) Organization Public Phone Numbers 907-562-0335 Alaska Business Development Center 1-800-478-3474 Birmingham Business Resource Center, Inc. 205-250-6380 Lawson State Community College LITC 205-925-1039 870-733-1704 Delta Economic Education Resource Service 1-877-733-1704 University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law 501-324-9441 602-258-3434 Community Legal Services, Inc. 1-800-852-9075 520-388-9153 United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona 559-441-1611 The LITC of Central California Legal Services, Inc. 1-800-675-8001 714-628-2535 Chapman University Tax Law Clinic 1-877-242-7529 Chinese Newcomers Service Center 415-421-2111 ext. 691 213-487-9804 Filipino American Service Group (FASGI) LITC 1-888-345-8683 HIV & AIDS Legal Services Alliance, Inc. (HALSA) 213-637-1690 714-571-5258 LITC of the Legal Aid Society of Orange County San Diego Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc. - HomeStart, Inc. San Diego University of San Diego Legal Clinic Pub 4134 (Rev. 3-2006) Cat No. 35391Q Type of Clinic B Languages Served in Addition to English Various B E B Spanish Spanish Spanish B B Spanish B B Spanish Spanish/Hmong B Spanish/Vietnamese B E Cantonese/Mandarin/ Chinese Tagalog/Ilokano/Visaya B B Spanish Farsi/Spanish Vietnamese Spanish/Russian/French/German/ Farsi/Arabic/Tagalog/ Korean/Vietnamese/Chinese/ Laotian Spanish 1-877-534-2524 B 619-260-7470 B Department of the Treasury – Internal Revenue Service 1 CO CT Denver New Haven Hamden Hartford DC Washington Washington Washington DE Wilmington Wilmington Plant City Daytona Beach FL St. Petersburg Gulfcoast Legal Services Plantation West Palm Beach Miami Tallahassee Legal Aid Service of Broward County Atlanta GA IA ID IL JC Vision and Associates, Inc. Carrollton West Georgia Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Impuestos Ahora (Taxes Now) - Women's Economic Development Agency, Inc. Honolulu Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii Honolulu Legal Aid Society of Hawaii Des Moines Iowa Legal Aid Moscow University of Idaho Tax Clinic Twin Falls East Dundee Sisters of Mercy Regional Community of Omaha Administer Justice Chicago Midwest Tax Clinic - Center for Economic Progress Chicago IIT Chicago - Kent College of Law LITC Chicago Chicago Indianapolis Bloomington Kansas City Korean American Resource & Cultural Center (KRCC) Loyola (Chicago) Federal Tax Clinic Lutheran University Association dba Valparaiso University Law Clinic Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic Indiana Legal Services El Centro, Inc. Lawrence University of Kansas Legal Services for Students Wichita Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas Inc Louisville Legal Aid Society Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Covington Northern Kentucky University LITC Valparaiso IN KS Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc. Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. Legal Services of North Florida Federal Tax Clinic, College of Law Georgia State University Hinesville Atlanta HI University of Denver College of Law New Life Corporation Quinnipiac University School of Law Low Income Taxpayer Clinic University of Connecticut School of Law Tax Clinic American University WCL Janet R. Spragens Federal Tax Clinic Central American Resource Center UDC David A. Clarke School of Law LITC Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council (DCRAC) LITC Legal Services Corporation of Delaware Bay Area Legal Services Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida (CLSMF) Low Income Taxpayer Clinic KY LA MA MD ME Baton Rouge New Orleans Legal Assistance - Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Southern University Law (Clinic) Center Waltham Bentley College Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (BLITC) Boston Greater Boston Legal Services Springfield Springfield Partners for Community Action, Inc. Baltimore East Harbor Community Development Baltimore Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Bangor Pine Tree Legal Assistance New Orleans Pub 4134 (Rev. 3-2006) Cat No. 35391Q 303-871-6140 203-777-0313 203-582-3238 C E B Spanish Spanish 860-570-5165 202-274-4144 C C Spanish Spanish 202-328-9799 202-274-7317 302-654-5024 1-877-825-0750 302-575-0408 813-752-1335 386-255-6573 ext. 337 1-866-886-1799 727-821-0726 1-800-230-5920 954-736-2402 561-655-8944 1-800-403-9353 305-576-0080 850-385-9007 404-651-1412 E C E Spanish Spanish Spanish C B B Spanish Spanish Spanish C Spanish B B Spanish/Creole Spanish/Creole B B C Creole/Haitian/Spanish Spanish Spanish 912-877-4243 912-877-4274 678-839-4813 678-904-2201 B Spanish C E Spanish 808-522-0674 B 808-536-4302 515-243-2151 1-800-532-1275 B B 208-885-6541 1-877-200-4455 208-734-8700 847-844-1100 312-630-0284 1-888-827-8511 312-906-5050 312-906-5041 1-877-360-6416 312-915-7176 219-465-7903 1-888-729-1064 317-415-5337 1-800-822-4774 913-281-1186 785-864-5665 B Chuukese/Filipino/ItalianHawaiian /Japanese/Korean/ Marshallese/Samoan/Vietnamese Japanese/Filipino Spanish Interpretation available for other languages Spanish B E B Spanish Spanish Spanish C Spanish E C C Korean B C E E 316-688-1888 1-800-550-5804 502-584-1254 1-800-292-1862 859-572-6124 859-572-5781 504-529-1000 1-877-521-6242 225-771-3333 781-891-2083 C B 617-371-1234 B 413-263-6500 E 410-534-6522 1-800-510-0050 410-547-6537 207-942-8241 E C Chinese/Korean/Mandarin/Polish/ Russian/Spanish Spanish Spanish Arabic/Chinese/Hindi/Japanese/ Korean B C Spanish B Spanish C Spanish/Vietnamese B Haitian/Creole/Arabic/ Italian/Russian/Spanish/Armenian Chinese/Creole/Haitian Spanish Spanish/ Vietnamese Spanish Spanish Department of the Treasury – Internal Revenue Service 2 East Lansing Michigan State University College of Law - Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Flint Legal Services of Eastern Michigan - LITC Detroit Accounting Aid Society 517-336-8084 B 1-800-339-9513 810-234-2621 313-647-9620 612-332-1441 B 612-625-5515 816-221-2034 417-836-5414 B B B 816-235-6201 662-234-8731 1-800-898-8731 1-800-666-6899 406-543-8343 919-613-7169 1-888-600-7274 252-758-0113 1-800-682-4592 704-971-2622 1-800-438-1254 252-338-5466 1-877-639-8695 402-435-2161 1-877-250-2016 402-453-5656 603-224-3333 1-800-639-5290 603-228-6028 973-353-1685 1-800-510-2492 505-277-5265 1 800 789 -7287 505-325-8886 1-800-657-5482 518-445-2328 718-636-1155 716-847-0662 Ext 13 212-636-7353 212-426-3013 718-928-3700 C C 718-657-8611 B 718-281-5446 E Chinese/Creole/Hindi/Korean/ Russian/Spanish/Urdu Korean/Chinese/Spanish 585-340-3342 1-800-888-6770 718-237-5528 B Spanish B Russian/Spanish 315-443-4582 914-592-5600 Ext 150 C E Spanish 718-460-5600 1-866-901-5600 419-255-0814 1-888-534-1432 1-800-998-9454 216-961-6005 E Korean B Spanish MI Minneapolis Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance Minneapolis Kansas City University of Minnesota Tax Clinic BFMA Tax Clinic Springfield Missouri State University LITC Kansas City Kansas City Tax Clinic - UMKC Law School MS Oxford North Mississippi Rural Legal Services MT Missoula Montana Legal Services LITC Durham Duke Law School Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Greenville Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc. MN MO NC Charlotte ND NE NH NJ NM NV Camden New Town Omaha Legal Aid of Nebraska Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Omaha Greater Omaha Community Action Concord Legal Advice & Referral Center Concord Newark Camden Albuquerque NH Pro Bono Referral Program Rutgers Law School Federal Tax Clinic South Jersey Legal Services, Inc. University of New Mexico School of Law Farmington DNA-People's Legal Services, Inc. Las Vegas Albany Brooklyn Buffalo New York New York Nevada Legal Services LITC Albany Law School Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Legal Services Corp. Volunteer Lawyers Project - Erie County Bar Assoc. Fordham University Legal Aid Society LITC (NY) Legal Services for New York City-Bronx LITC (LSNY Bronx) Bronx NY Jamaica Queens Legal Services Corporation Bayside Queensborough Taxpayer Outreach Program (Q-TOP) Rochester Rural Opportunities, Inc. Brooklyn Syracuse Elmsford OH OK Western North Carolina LITC (Legal Services of Southern Piedmont) Northeastern Community Development Corporation Legal Services of North Dakota South Brooklyn Legal Services - Brooklyn Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Syracuse University College of Law Taxpayer Education Services - Westchester Community Opportunity Program, Inc. Flushing Young Korean American Service & Education Center Toledo Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. Akron Community Legal Aid Services LITC Cleveland Friendship Foundation of American-Vietnamese, Inc. Painesville Piketon Lake Erie College - Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Community Action Committee of Pike County Cleveland Legal Aid Society of Cleveland Columbus Legal Aid Society of Columbus Newark Ohio State Legal Services Association Low Income Taxpayer Clinic at Oklahoma Indian Legal Services Inc Oklahoma City Pub 4134 (Rev. 3-2006) Cat No. 35391Q 440-375-7000 740-289-2371 216-687-1900 1-866-529-6446 614-241-2001 1-888-246-4420 1-866-529-6446 405-943-6457 1-800-658-1497 B B Arabic/Bahasa/Chinese/French/ German/Greek/Hindi/Indonesian/ Malay/Polish/Spanish/Urdu/Thai/ Korean/Japanese/Italian/Russian/ Vietnamese Spanish/German Arabic/Spanish Spanish/Somali/Russian/Arabic/ Hmong/Oromo/Amharic Somali/ Hmong/Spanish Spanish Chinese/Korean/ Spanish/Thai/Vietnamese C C Spanish B Spanish B Spanish B B B Spanish Arikara/Hidatsa/Mandan Spanish C E Spanish Spanish C C E B B Spanish Spanish Spanish Navajo/Hopi B C C B C B C B E Spanish Spanish Spanish/Chinese Spanish/ 150 other languages Cambodian/Lao/Spanish/Arabic/ Vietnamese E C C C Spanish C B Spanish Department of the Treasury – Internal Revenue Service 3 OR PA PR RI Gresham Portland Portland Pittsburgh Catholic Charities - El Programa Hispano Legal Aid Services of Oregon Lewis & Clark Legal Clinic Duquesne University School of Law - LITC Pittsburgh Jewish Family & Children's Service of Pittsburgh Philadelphia Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh School of Law LITC Philadelphia Villanova Law School Federal Tax Clinic Adjuntas Rural Opportunities Puerto Rico Arecibo Educacion al Contribuyente en la Region Arecibo Oficina para la Promocion y el Desarrollo Humano, Inc. Providence Rhode Island Legal Services Low Income Tax Clinic Providence Sugarland Rhode Island Tax Clinic, Inc. Low Income Taxpayer Clinic - South Carolina Centers for Equal Justice, Inc. South Carolina Association of Community Action Partnerships Technology for the Rural Enhancement of Communities Taxpayer Assistance Program Rural Alliance, Inc. Conexion Americas Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands Centro Familiar Cristiano, Inc. LITC San Antonio Federal Tax Clinic San Antonio Our Lady of the Lake University Houston Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program San Juan Corpus Christi La Union del Pueblo Entero Latino Education Project Inc. Greenville SC Columbia SD Nisland Rapid City, SD Nashville TN TX Oak Ridge Ft. Worth Provo Salt Lake City University of Utah Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Richmond Community Tax Law Project Charlottesville Legal Aid Justice Center Falls Church Legal Services of Northern Virginia, Inc. Barre Central Vermont Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Austin Lubbock UT VA VT Burlington Spokane WA WI WV WY Legal Aid of Northwest Texas Texas Taxpayer Assistance Project at Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid Texas Tech University School of Law Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Action Contra La Probeza Inc Centro Hispano Vermont Low Income Taxpayer Project (Vermont Legal Aid, Inc.) Gonzaga University: University Legal Assistance Seattle University of Washington Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Vancouver Milwaukee Milwaukee Wausau Morgantown Jackson National Youth Support & Development University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee Inc. Wisconsin Judicare, Inc. Clinical Law Program - West Virginia University Latino Resource Center Wyoming Legal Services LITC - Wind River Legal Services Rural Alliance, Inc. (serving Wyoming) Lander Rapid City, SD Pub 4134 (Rev. 3-2006) Cat No. 35391Q 503-669-8350 503-648-7163 503-768-6500 412-396-5877 412-422-7200 B B C C E Spanish Spanish 215-981-3800 1-888-541-1544 412-648-1300 610-519-4123 1-888-829-2546 1-800-888-6770 B Russian/Spanish/ SerboCroatian/Chinese Spanish C C Spanish B Spanish 787-817-6951 787-817-6954 787-817-6955 401-274-2652 1-800-637-4529 401-421-1040 864-679-3242 1-888-364-5592 803-771-9404 E Spanish B Spanish/Portuguese B B Spanish Various E Spanish 605-390-4391 B 1-866-370-7293 615-269-6900 865-483-8454 1-866-481-3669 281-340-2400 210-732-2688 432-687-1175 210-433-5800 713-228-0732 C E B Spanish Spanish E B Spanish/German Spanish 956-787-5557 361-980-0361 817-336-3943 1-800-955-3959 1-888-988-9996 E E B Bosnia/Hungarian/ Spanish Spanish Spanish Spanish B Spanish/French 806-742-4312 1-800-420-8037 801-655-0258 801-587-7206 801-587-7221 804-358-5855 804-643-1086 434-977-0553 1-800-763-7323 703-778-6800 B E B B B Spanish Spanish B B Spanish Spanish B 802-479-1053 1-800-639-1053 1-800-747-5022 B Spanish/ Vietnamese Bosnian/Spanish/French/Russian B All languages 509-323-5791 206-685-6805 1-866-866-0158 360-253-3001 414-229-3232 414-727-5300 715-842-1681 304-293-7249 307-734-0333 307-332-6626 1-800-442-6170 1-866-370-7293 B B Spanish/Russian Spanish/Russian/Somali/Chinese /Japanese Russian/Ukrainian Spanish Spanish B B C C C E B Spanish Spanish C Department of the Treasury – Internal Revenue Service 4