Membership

As a member of the National Community Tax Coalition, you become part of a nationwide network of over 2,100 organizations and individuals working together to build prosperity for working families. There are a million reasons to join, but here are our top five.

1. The opportunity to interact. 

Whether you are networking with your colleagues at events, working to guide the field on one of our working groups, or simply getting answers from our knowledgable staff, NCTC offers you numerous opportunities to improve, plan and grow. NCTC is your gateway to the latest tax preparation information through our e-newsletter, Tax Buzz, and our four listservs, full of great articles and helpful tools of the trade. You can also connect and network with your colleagues through our many online trainings, regional summits and biennial conference.

2.The resources you need in one place. 

Our online program tools section has over 1,000 documents, articles, tools and guidelines you need to succeed in the tax preparation field.  We have resources for everything from Quality Assurance to Volunteer Management to Managing Tax Sites and much more! The best part: It's only a click away.

3. Free trainings. Need we say more?

As an NCTC Affiliate, you can attend all of our convenient online trainings completely free!  With over 45 trainings to choose from annually, you can attend classes such as Marketing Your Tax Prep Site to Effective Conversations with Your Congressperson to Delivering Asset Building Services.  Not to mention, you'll receive significant discounts on all of NCTC's regional summits and our biennial national conference.

4. A strong voice (and resource) for you. 

NCTC provides a strong voice in Washington, D.C. for the free tax preparation field, monitoring legislation and encouraging action.  Did you know that NCTC was the organization responsible for leading the effort to establish the federal VITA Grant Program?  It's true.  In 2007, we proved that through the expertise, commitment and numbers of our members, we could change tax policy and practice at the highest level.

5. Expect technical assistance with trained staff. 

NCTC was created for you!  Our expert and trained staff can help you with almost every technical assistance need you have whether it's just a quick phone call with a question about setting up TaxWise or advice for creating an employer-based VITA site, we can help you get the answers you need quickly.

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It's easy to join! Visit the Join Our Coalition page for all the details.

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Cuyahoga County EITC Vols

Cuyahoga County EITC Coalition

 

Located in the heart of Cleveland - one of the poorest cities in the country - the Cuyahoga County EITC Coalition has been preparing taxes, offering financial education classes and more since 2005.

Since then, the Coalition has gone from preparing 2,000 tax returns a year to about 10,000 in 2012. 

Kathy Matthews of Enterprise Community Partners, the Coalition's lead organization, answered a few questions about the Cuyahoga County EITC Coalition's work.
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