The town of Windsor Locks offers free tax preparation for CT residents with household incomes under $50,000 through VITA, the Volunteer Income Tax Program. Volunteers are IRS trained and certified. Appointments are available on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM from January 23 to April 17. Please call 860-627-1446 for an appointment. All necessary paperwork should be brought to the appointment, including Social Security cards/numbers for all family members, all income forms (W-2, 1099, bank interest / dividends, etc), education expenses, medical & dental statements and premiums, charitable donations, real estate transaction information, property tax information, mortgage interest, child care expenses, and, if available, 2011 tax return. Both husband and wife must be present if married.

Volunteer AARP IRS-Certified tax counselors will also be available at the Windsor Locks Senior Center, 41 Oak Street. This service is available during February, March, and April for eligible lower and middle income taxpayers and those over 60 years of age. Hour-long appointments will be available on Mondays between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM beginning Monday, February 11. Call Lori Lapointe at the Senior Center (860-627-1425) after January 15 to schedule an appointment.

You may contact Connecticut AARP for information on other Tax-Aid locations in our state. No tax help is available at the library. Members of the library's staff are not trained to advise you on your tax returns or on the appropriate tax forms to use, but we are happy to help you locate needed forms in the library or online.

For information on the Affordable Care Act and how it might affect your tax return, visit Affordable Care Act Tax Provisions.

Information on free electronic tax filing will be available soon for taxpayers that meet the maximum adjusted gross income requirement through the IRS FreeFile Page. All taxpayers will find information about e-filing at IRS.gov/efile.

The U.S. Post Office no longer stocks tax forms. As a service to our patrons, the Windsor Locks Public Library is happy to provide access to both State and Federal tax forms and instructions. During the months of January, February, and March the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and the CT Department of Revenue Services send us many of the most requested forms and instruction booklets for distribution to our patrons. These are available free of charge at the library. Due to space constraints we are unable to provide paper copies of every form that might be requested, so we also offer reproducible copies of most U.S. and State tax forms. These may be copied in the library for $ .20 per page.

All of the State and Federal tax forms and instructions are also available online and may be printed out at home or in the library. Click on the links below for complete listings of state and federal forms. We charge $ .20 per page for printing.

Many of these forms are in PDF (portable document) format, and accessing them requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader. This software may be downloaded and installed on your home computer for free from Adobe Systems .

Current and prior years' federal tax forms and information may be accessed at the IRS Forms and Publications page.

Forms and instructions for the State of Connecticut are available at the CT Department of Revenue Services.

Current year forms and instructions for any state in the U.S. can be downloaded from Federation of Tax Administrators. If you need a tax lawyer or have legal questions related to your tax filings, FindLaw.com may provide some helpful resources.

Please remember that although your library staff is willing and able to help you locate any tax forms or instructions that you might need, we are not trained to answer specific questions about your tax returns or to recommend forms. Consult your a trained tax preparer for information about your returns.

Updated 1-16-2013