Tax Preparation
The Boston Tax Help Coalition (BTHC) provides FREE tax preparation and filing services to Boston area residents earning $70,000 or less at a neighborhood tax site or completely online. Residents can file safely while maximizing their tax refunds and credits, including the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC). To learn more about what credits you qualify for, visit the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website.
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Find a Tax Site Near You
The 2025 tax deadline has passed, but the Boston Tax Help Coalition still offers free tax preparation services at some tax sites.
Brighton Library
- 40 Academy Hill Road, Brighton, MA 02135
- 617-863-7376 | vita@cfmp.us
- 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month, 10 am - 3 pm
- Ends October 31, 2025
- By appointment only. Call to make an appointment.
- Preparing tax returns for years 2022, 2023, and 2024
Codman Square Public Library
- 690 Washington Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
- 617-863-7376 | vita@cfmp.us
- 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month, 5 pm - 8 pm
- Ends October 31, 2025
- By appointment only. Call to make an appointment.
- Preparing tax returns for years 2022, 2023, and 2024
ABCD Mattapan FSC
- 535 River Street, Mattapan, MA 02126
- 617-298-2045
- Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 am - 4 pm
- Ends June 30, 2025
- By appointment only. Call for an appointment.
- Preparing tax returns for years 2022, 2023, and 2024
Center for Working Families
- 7 Palmer Street - 2nd floor, Roxbury, MA 02119
- 617-541-2699 | Helayne.Jobson@Boston.gov
- Thursdays 1 pm - 5 pm
- Ends May 29, 2025
- Accepting walk-ins.
- Preparing tax returns for years 2023 and 2024
Virtual Tax Prep
Update: This service has closed and will return in February 2026.
The Boston Tax Help Coalition has teamed up with GetYourRefund.org to provide remote tax preparation, assisted by certified VITA volunteers.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
- Access to a smartphone or computer
- Photo ID
- Tax documents (Find the list here)
- Email address and phone number
HOW IT WORKS
- You will be asked a series of questions.
- Upload tax documents.
- Schedule a call with a certified IRS tax preparer to be finalized.
- Submit your return.
What You Need
What You Need- Non-Expired Photo ID
- Social Security Card or Individual Taxpayer ID Letter (ITIN for you and everyone else who will be in your tax return, including dependents and souse)
- Legible bank account and routing numbers, if you want your refund deposited directly into your account
You may have received many of these documents by mail or by email.
- All 1099 forms: 1099G (unemployment), 1099 R(pension payments), 1099INT (bank interest), 1099SSA (Social Security), 1099 or self-employment
- W2 forms from all jobs in 2024
- Proof of health insurance (Health insurance cards, HC-1099 and 1095-A. 1095-C if applicable) for the taxpayer, spouse, and all dependents*
- If you received health insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace or the Massachusetts Health Connector, you must bring in a 1095A
- Total Child care expenses in 2024, and child care provider’s name, address, and Employer Identification Number (EIN) or Social Security Number (SSN)
- All 1098T forms (tuition payments), college statements, receipts for school materials
- Total student loan interest paid (1098E) or lender statement (1098E) or lender statement
- Total rent paid in 2024
- Proof of ANY deductible out-of-pocket expenses (mortgage payments, property taxes, homeowner expenses, charitable receipts)
- Any mail from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue and/or from the IRS
- The IRS letter that says you received the Child Tax Credit, if you got this credit
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