Lower-income Brooklynites have a variety of options for filing their taxes online for free. If your adjusted gross income (AGI) is $54,000 or less, you can use The Beehive, sponsored by One Economy Corporation. a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. If you have an AGI of $30,000 or less, OR you are eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit (with an AGI of up to $39,783) OR you served in active duty with the military in 2007 with an income of $54,000 or less, you can use TurboTax Freedom Edition online.

For free in-person help in Brooklyn with your taxes, there are a variety of places you can go. FoodChange offers free tax prep assistance to low-wage New Yorkers with three locations in Brooklyn: Downtown, Bed-Stuy, and Sunset Park.

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The following organizations have provided free tax prep assistance in prior years, call for information on 2007/2008 services available.

Bed.-Stuy. Restoration - CFRC
Phone: 1-866-924-3758


Independence Community Bank - CFRC
Phone: 1-866-924-3758

Center for Family Life - CFRC
Phone: 1-866-924-3758


Warburg Lutheran Home for the Aged - CTA
CTA Tax line – 212-613-3187


Flatbush Dutch Reform Church - CTA
CTA Tax line – 212-613-3187


Brooklyn IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center
Phone: (718) 488-2068


Make the Road by Walking, sponsored by Bushwick Cooperative Credit Union
Phone: (718) 418-7690


ACORN
Phone: 718-246-7900, ext. 266


COJO (Council of Jewish Organizations) Flatbush
Phone: 718-627-5036


BROOKLYN CREDIT UNION
Phone: 917-345-0431


YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!
Phone: 718-246-7900, x270