A Las Vegas Tax Clinic Returned More Than $25 Million Through Free Tax Preparation

Johnette S. said the coalition helped her file taxes going back to 2013 in “a couple of hours.”

“They helped me with my taxes all the way back to 2013 and they did it all in a couple of hours.”

Her account shows what IRS-certified volunteers can do for taxpayers in Las Vegas.

Nevada Free Taxes Coalition offers free tax preparation in Las Vegas through its volunteer VITA network and local help. Its platform data says the volunteer VITA network has returned more than $25 million through free, accurate filing. The coalition says its work helps Nevadans maximize tax credits, overcome economic barriers, and improve their financial well-being. Nevada Free Taxes Coalition

Founded in 2016 and based in Las Vegas, the coalition serves Nevada, especially Southern Nevada. Doree G., a senior who used the service in Las Vegas, said she felt lucky it was available and called the staff excellent and friendly. The service is also built for low- and moderate-income taxpayers, veterans, disabled residents, and people with limited English proficiency.

How to support free tax preparation in Las Vegas

The formats are practical answers to different paperwork problems. At an in-person site, an IRS-certified volunteer prepares the return and a reviewer checks it. A taxpayer who cannot reach a site can use Virtual VITA through GetYourRefund.org, submit documents digitally, complete identity verification, and follow up with the preparer. Drop-off service lets another taxpayer leave documents, return for quality review, and sign the completed return at the same site.

The coalition also publishes guidance on the Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, due dates, refund tracking, record keeping, and tax forms. Information matters here because credits have deadlines and forms have consequences.

It turns a pile of forms into a completed filing with an accountable human being in the loop.

Service is available in English, Spanish, Tagalog, and Chinese. In a metro area built from arrivals, shifts, and households that often run in more than one language, that is the kind of detail that decides whether help is actually reachable.

Clients can book online or call 702-987-4625. Multiple VITA sites operate during tax season.

More than $25 million is a neighborhood-scale number

That figure accumulated across more than 4,500 personal income tax returns prepared and filed for low- and moderate-income people.

A tax refund can become rent paid on time or the car repair a family had been putting off. The coalition does not assign those dollars a single destiny. It gets people to the point where the money is theirs to direct.

Paper and toner are part of the refund engine

Tax work produces a funny kind of donor need: paper and toner. Nevada Free Taxes Coalition identifies both as current needs for its VITA sites, alongside financial support for free tax preparation services and IRS-certified volunteer operations.

This is where a gift has an admirably direct job. It keeps client documents printable, returns reviewable, and volunteer-run appointments available for people who need a reliable filing path. The coalition also welcomes client facilitators, technological coordinators, communications coordinators, and administrative volunteers, useful roles for anyone who can give a few hours a week during tax season.

Somewhere in Southern Nevada, another taxpayer may be carrying a backlog with a year stamped on it. Johnette’s started in 2013, and a couple of hours helped move it into the past.

Give to sustain the coalition’s free tax preparation services and stock the VITA sites with paper and toner.