2025 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
Dates/Times:
January 31 – April 11, 2025
(Closed February 14 and March 28)
Fridays 9:30am – 11:30am
Location:
3017 Tyler Ave. El Monte, CA 91731
Income under $67,000. Walk-ins only.
Felix Carrillo
Taxpayer
The Rio Hondo VITA program has helped more than 2,100 people in our local community since 2011!
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is a certificate program offered in conjunction with the IRS and the California Franchise Tax Board.
Students who complete this program can volunteer to participate in the college’s VITA days, assisting community customers in filing their state and federal income tax returns.
“We save the community about $50,000 or more in tax preparation fees...and it brings our students great pride in what they do.” - Jeannie Liu MBA, CMA, EA
Want more information?
Contact the Business office by calling 562-463-7359 or
Student Volunteers Needed!
- Get 2 credits for training and volunteering!
- Add valuable, real-world experience to your resume.
- Receive a tax-preparer certificate.
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I am currently a tax accountant at HCVT working with variety of domestic and international business entities. My academic journey started at Rio Hondo College in 2013, obtained my B.S. in Business Administration – Accounting at Cal Poly Pomona in 2017, and obtained my M.A. in Professional Accountancy at UC Irvine in 2019. I am fortunate to have been a part of accounting program at Rio Hondo College. It enabled me to have an enjoyable college experiences and a strong foundation in business and accounting. It has always been absolutely an amazing experience from the professors that I have met, friends and classmates that I have made, and supportive staffs and academic counselors that I have reached out for help. I could not have asked for a better experience here at Rio Hondo College.
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