MoTax: Missouri Taxpayer Education Initiative
It’s often said that money talks — but sometimes it can be difficult to have that conversation. The Missouri Taxpayer Education Initiative is here to help.
Through this hands-on financial education program, IRS-certified student volunteers discuss and prepare tax returns for free at Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites. VITA program volunteers provide free tax help to people with low to moderate incomes, disabilities, the elderly and English-as-a-second-language taxpayers. VITA sites, set up at community and neighborhood centers throughout the nation, offer electronic tax filing with direct deposit refunds.
Service is provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
Free federal and state tax preparation sites
Learn more about filing taxes online for free with support from the IRS.
Use this IRS tax site locator to find assistance near you, for taxpayers who qualify.
For taxpayers who are 50 or older with low to moderate incomes, locate AARP assistance.
Tax filing assistance in Missouri
VITA services in the Kansas City metro area:
KC tax prep services
VITA services in Columbia, MO:
Starting Jan. 22, 2025, VITA services will be provided at the MU Family Impact Center on a walk-in/first-come first-served basis at the following dates and times:
- Mondays 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
- Wednesdays 4 p.m.–8 p.m.
- No services March 22-30 due to Spring Break
VITA services are also provided at the Daniel Boone Regional Library by appointment only.
Be sure to bring:
- Photo Identification for you and your spouse (if applicable)
- Social Security cards for every person listed on the return
- W-2s for every job worked
- Routing and account number for direct deposit (if desired)
- The amount of any stimulus received or not received
- Last year's tax return (optional, but helpful)
If you have these forms, please bring them:
- 1099-Interest
- 1099-Dividends
- 1099-R Retirement income
- 1098 Mortgage interest
- 1099-NEC Nonemployee compensation
- 1099-MISC Other income
- 1098-E Student loan interest
- 1098-T Tuition and your account statement
- 1099-G Unemployment
- 1099-G State refund
- 1099-B Broker exchange
- SSA 1099 Social Security income
- 1095-A Marketplace Statement
- W-2G Gambling income
- Form 5674 Verification of Rent Paid, signed by your landlord
- Real estate and personal property tax receipt
- Childcare expenses and the name, address, and tax ID of the provider
- Identity Protection PIN from the IRS for everyone who has one in your family
