https://mosroadmap.com/tags/vita/Recent content in VITA on MOS RoadmapHugoen-usjohnnyhashim@gmail.com (Sgt Hashim)johnnyhashim@gmail.com (Sgt Hashim)Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:36:03 -0400https://mosroadmap.com/guide/free-tax-filing-low-income/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000johnnyhashim@gmail.com (Sgt Hashim)https://mosroadmap.com/guide/free-tax-filing-low-income/<p>For a household living on wages under $30,000 a year, the federal tax refund is almost always the largest single payment that arrives all year — bigger than any month of SNAP, bigger than the annual value of a Lifeline discount. For tax year 2024, the IRS reported that about 23.5 million workers and families received roughly $68.5 billion through the Earned Income Tax Credit alone, averaging $2,916 per household (<a href="https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-joins-national-partners-to-launch-eitc-awareness-day">IR-2026-11</a>).</p>