Aloha and Welcome to Hawai'i Tax Help
****IMPORTANT NOTICE****
Any taxpayer who cannot file their federal return by April 15th should file Form 4868 with the IRS by April 15th in order to obtain an automatic 6-month extension of time. An extension of time ONLY applies to the filing of the return ? it does NOT extend the time for the taxpayer to pay his/her taxes. If a person owes taxes and doesn't pay them by April 15th, they may be subject to penalties and interest. Form 4868 can be downloaded from the IRS' website at www.irs.gov go to Forms and Publications.
The deadline for filing State tax returns is April 20th. If no taxes are due, a taxpayer automatically gets a 6-month extension of time to file their return (not necessary to file any Form). If they aren't sure whether they are going to be required to pay taxes, they should file Form N-101A at the State Tax Dept's website at www.state.hi.us/tax
For those who are filing late and those who need to backfile, please check this website www.hawaiitaxhelp.org after May 15th for a schedule of clinics that will help taxpayers file late returns.
On Kauai, Alulike, Inc. will continue to help taxpayers file their 2007, 2008, and 2009 returns until October. Please contact Bricen at Alulike MSP (he is unavailable from April 28th through May 7th. Phone number: 808-245-8545
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On July 1, 2009, the Family and Individual Self-Sufficiency Program (FISSP) at Aloha United Way moved to and became a part of the Hawai`i Alliance for Community-Based Economic Development (HACBED). All other aspects of the FISSP, including its Program Coordinator, remain unchanged. To learn more about HACBED, please visit www.hacbed.org
The FISSP is the only Statewide coordinated effort that recruits, supports, and works with organizational partners to provide free tax assistance services to qualified workers in order to help them claim valuable tax credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit. Free tax assistance sites are staffed and run by extraordinary community volunteers who spend many hours training in order to obtain IRS certification that enables them to prepare tax returns for Hawai`i residents. Free tax assistance sites also offer other volunteer opportunities - e.g., interviewers, translators, and schedulers.
During the last four tax seasons, the FISSP has provided free tax assistance services to 6,345 taxpayers and obtained refunds exceeding $7.15 Million, including over $3.1 Million in EITC benefits and over $1.3 Million in Child Tax Credits. Most of these funds are used to purchase local goods and services which helps to stimulate local businesses and generate money for the State of Hawai`i in the form of general excise taxes. The success of the FISSP has been nationally recognized with the FISSP receiving one of the nation?s first VITA grants in 2009 and an unsolicited grant from the WalMart Foundation.
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Please browse this site to learn more about the EITC, the changes in tax credits for the upcoming tax season resulting from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), and the upcoming plans of the FISSP. Some areas of this site may be under re-construction because of the FISSP's move to HACBED. If you encounter any problems with the site or have a question, please contact the FISSP Coordinator at stamanaha@hacbed.org or call (808) 381-0881 (not a toll free number).
