Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program

The IRS’s Volunteer Income and Tax Assistance (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) programs offer free basic tax return preparation for qualified individuals, including:

• People who generally make $67,000 or less
• Persons with disabilities; and
• Limited English-speaking taxpayers

In addition to VITA, the TCE program offers free tax help, particularly for those who are 60 years of age and older, specializing in questions about pensions and retirement-related issues unique to seniors.

Our tax site at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at 815 E Grace St. Richmond, VA 23219 will be operating from February 4–April 15 at the following times:

• Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 3:30–7 p.m.
• Fridays, 10:30 a.m.–4 p.m. 
• Saturdays, 9:30 a.m.–1 p.m. 
  • The site is closed March 7-14, March 20, April 2-4

The entrance to our tax site at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at 815 E Grace St. Richmond, VA 23219 is on 9th St., between Grace St. and Franklin St. 

There is limited free parking in St. Paul’s parking garage for tax clients (address of the garage is 111 N. 8th St.). Parking is available on a first come, first serve basis. Please let the attendant know that you are visiting the tax site.

The nearest bus stops are:

• Pulse Bus stop at Government Center
• Bus #5 to 9th & Main
• Bus #14 to 5th & Grace

For University of Richmond student volunteers, please contact the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement for free transportation to the tax site.

You can make an appointment here. We have limited capacity to accept walk-ins on a first come, first served basis. Appointments are highly recommended.

Sign Up for a Downtown Tax Appointment

You can also contact urdvita@gmail.com or leave a message with (804) 506-0704 for help in making an appointment.

The CCE is hosting a free on-campus tax clinic for University of Richmond faculty, staff, and students who have a household income of $67,000 or less; who are 60 years or older; who have a disability; or are limited-English speakers on Friday, March 20, 2026 from 8 a.m.–11:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.–5 p.m. We are not qualified to prepare foreign student returns. 

Sign Up for an On-Campus Appointment

If you are filing a joint return, your spouse must also be present for us to electronically file.

There is one VITA site in the Richmond region that is qualified to prepare foreign student tax returns. Once we recieve information about the dates and times for that tax site, we will share it here.

Unfortunately, the University of Richmond’s tax site isn’t qualified to prepare foreign student tax returns.

WHAT TO BRING TO YOUR APPOINTMENT

To prepare for your appointment, please bring the following documents with you. We cannot prepare your taxes without these:

• Social Security card (yours, spouse, dependents) - we can accept a photo or copy of your social security card
• Government-issued photo ID (e.g., driver’s license, state I.D.)
• All of your income tax documents (e.g., W-2, SSA-1099, 1099-INT, 1099-DIV, 1099-G, 1099-R)
• If a student, 1098-T
• If you have health insurance through the Marketplace, 1095-A
• Other tax documents
• If you’d prefer direct deposit for tax refunds, bring your bank routing and account number
• IF MARRIED FILING JOINTLY, your spouse must also be present during the appointment

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE?

You should reserve at least 90 minutes for your appointment. During your appointment you will meet with a tax preparer and a quality reviewer as part of the two-step process of this program. Your appointment time will depend on the number of tax returns we are preparing for you, the number of tax forms you have, and how many available Quality Reviewers we have.

If you need to leave early, we can re-schedule you to return.

GETTING A HEAD START

To save time during your appointment, you can complete the intake form ahead of time and bring it with you or email it to shollist@richmond.edu  with your name and appointment date. Here is a link to the intake form.

ACCOMMODATIONS

The tax site is accessible by wheel chair. We also offer over-the-phone interpretation services in over 120 languages. If there is another accommodation that you would like to request, please notify Sasha Hollister at shollist@richmond.edu. Please allow us two weeks to make a reasonable accommodation.

TAX RETURNS THAT ARE OUT-OF-SCOPE

There are some tax returns that we are not qualified to prepare at our site. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Non-resident alien tax returns
• Foreign student tax returns
• Income from rental property
• Received, sold, exchanged, gifted or disposed of virtual currency (or financial interest in a digital asset). If you purchased virtual currency with real currency, that is in scope.
• Tax returns for years 2018 and prior

Should you have any further questions, please contact urdvita@gmail.com or leave a message at (804) 506-0704.