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Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program


  • Martin Luther King Center 630 9th Street Rock Island, IL, 61201 United States (map)

United Way each year helps hundreds of local families prepare their income taxes, free of charge, with their Volunteer Income Tax Assistant (VITA) program. The VITA program provides free income tax return preparation for taxpayers earning up to $57,000 annually.

VITA helps working families take advantage of all eligible tax credits, including the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Child Tax Credit (CTC) and educations credits.

The MLK Center is one of eight sites that will host the VITA program. The center will be a walk in only in-person tax filing site.

Volunteers will be at the center Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursdays from 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM and on Saturdays from 9:00 AM - Noon.

For more information about the VITA program, visit their website here or dial 2-1-1 or call 563.355.9900

All volunteers and sites will enact health and safety best practices to prevent the spread of illness. Face mask are required.