Where to find assistance for preparing, filing taxes

2/23/2014

Dozens of sites throughout northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan offer help preparing returns. Some offer walk-up service while others are by appointment only. Appointments could be limited.

Preparers providing free help are trained to do relatively simple returns; people with businesses or rental properties are excluded. The average return takes about 45 minutes and includes state filings.

It is recommended that you call first to see if appointments are still available. The IRS’ Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and the AARP’s Tax Counseling for the Elderly run the programs.

The sites are:

OHIO

Allen County

■ Superior Federal Credit Union, 4230 Elida Rd., Lima, 419-879-4864.

■ Bluffton Senior Citizen Association, 132 North Main St., Bluffton, 419-358-8971.

■ Allen County Council on Aging, 215 N. Central Ave., Lima, 419-228-5135.

■ Hefner Building, 221 N. Main St., Lima, 419-225-9405.

■ Senior Citizens Services Inc., 3400 W. Elm St., Lima, 419-991-8811.

■ Delphos Senior Citizens Inc., 301 E. Suthoff St., Delphos, 419-692-1331.

Defiance County

■ Defiance County Senior Services, 140 E. Broadway St., Defiance, 419-782-3233

Erie County

■ Erie County Senior Center, 620 E. Water St., Sandusky, 419-626-2560.

■ Sandusky Library, 114 W. Adams St., Sandusky, 419-625-3834.

■ Erie Multipurpose Center, 620 E. Water St., Sandusky.

Hancock County

■ Hancock County Agency on Aging, 423 Trenton Ave., Findlay, 419-423-8496.

■ Findlay-Hancock Public Library, 206 Broadway St., Findlay, 419-422-1712.

Henry County

■ St. Paul United Methodist Church, 232 W. Washington St., Napoleon, 419-599-5515.

Huron County

■ Bellevue Senior Center, 690 Flat Rock Rd., Bellevue, 419-483-6600.

■ Bellevue Library, 224 E. Main St., Bellevue, 419-483-4769

■ Services for Aging Inc., 130 Shady Lane Dr., Norwalk, 419-668-6245

Lucas County

■ Reynolds Corners branch library, 4833 Dorr St., Toledo, 419-259-5320.

■ Toledo Urban Federal Credit Union, 1339 Dorr St., Toledo, 419-255-8876.

■ United North, 3106 Lagrange St., Toledo, 419-255-8406.

■ Adelante Inc., 520 Broadway, Toledo, 419-244-8440.

■ United Way of Greater Toledo, 424 Jackson St., Toledo, 419-254-4675

■ East Toledo Family Center, 1020 Varland Ave., Toledo, 419-691-1429.

■ Owens Community College, Founders Building, 30335 Oregon Rd., Perrysburg, 567-661-7000.

■ Sanger Branch Library, 3030 W. Central Ave., Toledo, 419-259-5370.

■ Washington Branch Library, 5560 Harvest Lane, Toledo, 419-259-5330.

■ Sylvania Senior Center, 7140 Sylvania Ave., Sylvania, 419-885-3913.

Ottawa County

■ Ottawa County Transitional Housing, 1854 E. Perry St., Port Clinton, 419-734-2652

■ Genoa Senior Center, 514 Main St., Genoa, 419-855-4491.

■ Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 19225 W. Witty Rd., and ‘Golden Oldies’ Senior Center, Elmore, 419-862-3874.

■ Ida Rupp Library, 310 Madison St., Port Clinton, 419-732-3212.

■ Port Clinton Senior Center, 320 E. Third St., Port Clinton, 419-734-1481.

■ Danbury Senior Center, 8470 E. Harbor Rd., Lakeside Marblehead, 419-798-4101.

Putnam County

■ Ottawa Senior Citizens Service, 1035 E. Third St., Ottawa, 419-523-5593.

Sandusky County

■ Fort Stephenson Senior Center, 600 W. State St., Fremont, 419-334-8181.

■ Clyde Senior Center, 900 N. Woodland Ave., Clyde, 419-547-8052.

Seneca County

■ Salvation Army, 505 E. Market St., Tiffin, 419-447-2252.

■ Tiffin-Seneca Public Library, 77 Jefferson St., Tiffin, 419-447-3751.

■ Fostoria Public Library, 205 Perry St., Fostoria, 419-435-2813.

Wood County

■ Way Public Library, 101 E. Indiana Ave., Perrysburg, 419-874-3135.

■ Wood County Senior Center, 305 N. Main St., Bowling Green, 419-353-5661.

 

MICHIGAN

Hillsdale County

■ Community Action Agency Hillsdale, 55 Barnard St., Hillsdale, 517-437-3346.

Lenawee County

■ Lenawee County Department on Aging, 1040 S. Winter St., Suite 3003, Adrian, 517-264-5280.

■ Community Action Agency Lenawee, 400 W. South St., Adrian, 517-263-7861.