Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Q Cinema presents “Excluded”, a film about a gay couple that lives happily until one partner’s student visa expires. This is at 6:30 pm at OutReach, 800 Williamson St. Call Outreach at 255.8582 for event details

The Rock County Progressives presents the forum “Why Unions Matter” with speakers Kathleen Falk, gubernatorial candidate, former Executive of Dane County and Ed Sadlowski, AFSCME, Janesville district staff representative. This begins with a reception at 6pm and forum at 6:30pm. This is at Basics CO-OP Natural Foods, 1711 Lodge Dr, in Janesville. Go to RockCountyProgressives.net for more information.

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance provides income tax assistance to low-income individuals, handicapped or elderly. VITA will prepare basic income tax returns free of charge and offers free IRS electronic filing of tax returns at some locations. There are a number of Please call 1-800-829-1040 for specific VITA sites in Madison and surrounding areas.

The Low Income Taxpayer Clinic serves individuals who have a problem with the Internal Revenue Service and whose income is below a certain level. LITCs are independent from the IRS and can provide representation before the IRS or in court on audits, tax collection disputes, and other issues for free or for a small fee. The Dane County program provides service in English and Spanish For more information regarding your local LITC, please call 1-877-UWW-LITC.