(Virginia Beach, VA) — Liberty Tax Service offices nationwide that exhibit the Hispanic Service Seal of Excellence on their storefront windows can be counted on to provide Tax ID (ITIN) application services FREE of charge for all immigrants who require this identification to file their tax returns. Through its Hispanic initiative – Una Familia Sin Fronteras – Liberty Tax service provides FREE services to the Hispanic community such as FREE ITINs, FREE tax education, FREE small business education, a FREE Interpreter’s Course for its bilingual staff and many more educational opportunities for Latino communities nationwide.*
Why would anyone need an ITIN number and why do they want to file taxes?
1) The ITIN will help undocumented immigrants open bank accounts, establish credit, buy car insurance, in some areas apply for home loans and generally enter the mainstream economy.
2) Since money is being withheld from each paycheck to cover benefits for which the undocumented immigrant does not qualify, i.e. Medicare, Social Security, etc., they can recover some of the withheld dollars by filing a tax return and declaring the dependents that qualify. For instance, because of our treaties with Mexico and Canada, a Mexican national can claim all of the dependents he/she might be supporting in Mexico, as well as in the states.
3) The undocumented immigrants can also file current year’s taxes, as well as the past three year’s returns and hopefully recover some of the monies that have been withheld over the years.
4) Tax returns are an excellent means of proving length of time in the United States which is a requirement for citizenship.
5) Because it is the law!