Volunteer as a Tax Preparer - With or Without Previous Experience!

Grow Brooklyn is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to enable members of its community to preserve and grow their assets, thereby securing their economic future. We began in Bushwick, Brooklyn, with only one volunteer. Now, we run 20+ NYC Free Tax Prep sites in partnership with the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DWCP) throughout Brooklyn.

As Brooklyn’s largest noncommercial tax provider, our tax prep program now reaches North, South, East, West, and Central Brooklyn! This is, in large part, thanks to our volunteer tax preparers.

Volunteers will be tasked with helping us prepare and, for more advanced volunteers, to review returns as well. Tax Preparers help with completing high quality tax returns for low- and middle-income New Yorkers. You can also help with running the site doing intakes or interpreting if you speak other languages. Our ideal volunteers would have a high interest and motivation for using or building tax preparation knowledge to help others file for free and answer their questions. Most of all, our volunteers should be able to practice patience, good customer service skills, and have a good sense of humor! This will ensure your success and our success.

This is a great opportunity to build valuable work experience, meet new friends, and help people who need it.

Benefits

Wide ranging benefits include building on or learning new skills and valuable professional experience with active work duties. You will be an IRS certified tax preparer, as well. Additionally, we have served as professional references for many of our volunteers. College students, CPAs, Attorneys, and Enrolled Agents also receive Continuing Education Credits upon completion of volunteer service.

Build a sense of achievement for directly and positively affecting your fellow New Yorkers by providing them with top quality tax service without the predatory service fees associated with retail tax providers. And, we’ll also provide snacks.

General Requirements

• No experience is necessary, but if you do we encourage you to join (you can obtain an Advanced certification to help further)
• Be available for and travel to at least one of our locations in Brooklyn
• Be available to commit from late January - April 2026
• Pass IRS certification before Tax Season begins in late January
• Complete orientation and needed training, virtually or in-person. Here we will go over your availability and commitment- we provide training, mentorship so that you can prepare for and pass the certification exam created by the IRS

Certification

All tax preparers must pass the IRS Volunteer Basic or Advanced Certification online. We will provide instructions regarding this when it is available.

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