EQUITY e-newsletter: January 2005

Making Tax Time Pay for People with Disabilities

The TAX FACTS SOLUTION: The Missing Link in Building Economic Security for Persons with Disabilities

Johnette Hartnett, Vice President with the NCB Development Corporation, and researcher at the Law, Health Policy & Disability Center, eloquently provides a personal narrative that frames the details of the TAX FACTS Campaign and the essential role that it plays in the ability for people with disabilities to build assets.

Tax Laws and Asset Accumulation for People with Disabilities

Steven Mendelsohn, Tax Policy Expert, Law, Health Policy & Disability Center, University of Iowa College of Law, briefly describes tax credits for individuals with disabilities and businesses that employ and serve people with disabilities.

An EITC Success Story: Helping People with Disabilities Earn and Save

Judy Stengel, Internal Revenue Service, Wichita,KS, illustrates what initiative and a little ingenuity can do to help low-income people with disabilities make money by filing for the Earned Income Tax Credit.

Advocating for Economic Equality

Richard Keeling's work for the Stakeholder Partnerships, Education & Communication (SPEC), at the IRS is personal. Being disabled himself since 1975; he understands the need for people with disabilities to take advantage of valuable tax credits.

EITC Fact Sheet

A simple fact sheet about the refundable tax credit that can serve as a beginning for people with disabilities to build assets.

EQUITY Responds: Answers to common questions received from either the Asset Building Community or the Disability Community

I am a person with a disability and while I don't have a regular-paying job, I sell some jewelry that I make. I've never filed taxes because I don't make that much. I think I may qualify for this Earned Income Tax Credit, but I would like some help filing my taxes so I don't effect my SSI payments. Where can I go for help?