It’s Tax Time again, and if you don’t see well or have any of a number of other access needs, those piles of forms can be downright daunting! But wait! There’s lots of help out there!
The Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities once again announces “Tax Time with Lex the Service Dog,” a captioned video guiding people who have disabilities to accessible online resources for tax prep. And he even does it in sign language. Just click the red and white arrow to meet Lex:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=B6cMaSwCjU8
For those not comfortable doing taxes on the Internet, we also have great local resources to help with tax prep. Both the Bryan and College Station public libraries offer FREE tax prep assistance to anyone in the community, and they tell us they are more than willing to take the extra steps to assist their neighbors who have disabilities, such as explaining complex tax topics and reading small print forms out loud.
Here are the times and locations:
Clara B. Mounce Library in Bryan:
201 East 26th Street
Bryan, Texas 77803
(979) 209-5600
Hours are: MWF 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., T 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., R 2:00 – 5:00 p.m., Saturdays 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Larry J. Ringer Library in College Station:
1818 Harvey Mitchell Parkway
College Station, Texas 77845
(979) 764-3416
Hours: MWF 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Saturdays 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Both locations are fully wheelchair accessible. Use elevator at Bryan location to access tax help on second floor.