I ka wā ʻauhau, loaʻa iā 211 ka poʻe loea Community Resource ka nui o ka poʻe kelepona e ʻimi ana i ke kōkua e hoʻomākaukau a waiho i kā lākou ʻauhau. Me ka piʻi ʻana a me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumu kūʻai o ke ola, paʻa nā kālā no nā poʻe a me nā ʻohana he nui. He mea koʻikoʻi ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā unuhi ʻauhau āpau no ka mālama ʻana i ke kālā keu ma nā ʻauhau i kēia makahiki.

ʻO nā hōʻaiʻē ʻauhau he ʻokoʻa no ka ALICE a me nā ʻohana ʻilihune. ʻO nā hōʻaiʻē maʻamau, ʻo ka Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) a me Child Tax Credit (CTC) e hāʻawi i kahi kōkua nui no nā hale me nā keiki. He nui ka poʻe i hoʻohana ʻole i kēia mau hōʻaiʻē, waiho ʻia he mau tausani kālā i koi ʻole ʻia. Mai hana i kēia kuhi hewa a hoʻohana i kēia hōʻaiʻē koʻikoʻi.

No ka ʻike inā ʻae ʻoe, eia nā lula koʻikoʻi EITC:

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He mau lula koʻikoʻi ko ka EITC no nā lālā o ka pūʻali koa, nā lālā kahuna pule, a me nā mea ʻauhau a me ko lākou ʻohana me ke kino kīnā.

E heluhelu hou e pili ana i ka nā kulekele loaʻa kālā a me nā koi hoʻopiʻi. Makemake ʻoe i ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i kou kūpono? E ho'āʻo i ka Kokua EITC ma ka pūnaewele IRS.

Pehea e koi ai i ka EITC

ʻO ka mea mua, pono ʻoe e waiho i kahi hoʻihoʻi ʻauhau federal a hoʻokomo i nā palapala i koi ʻia. Eia ka IRS nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ke koi ʻana i ka EITC. Inā ʻoe e nānā ana i ka papa inoa a manaʻo e hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i ke kōkua no ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana a me ka waiho ʻana i nā pepa kūpono, e noʻonoʻo e hana pū me kahi mea manawaleʻa VITA hōʻoia ʻia IRS.

ʻO VITA, he acronym no Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, he lawelawe ia e kōkua ana i nā kānaka a me nā ʻohana haʻahaʻa a haʻahaʻa e hoʻomākaukau a waiho i kā lākou ʻauhau no ka manuahi. Aia he mau kahua VITA a puni ka mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi i kākoʻo ʻia e nā ʻoihana ʻauhau kūloko e hāʻawi manawaleʻa ana i ko lākou manawa i ke kaiāulu. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi loea i aʻo ʻia e hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e koi i nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā hōʻaiʻē ʻauhau āu e kūpono ai e mālama paha ʻoe i nā kālā he nui a me ka manawa.

Inā hiki iā ʻoe a i ʻole kekahi mea āu i ʻike ai ke pōmaikaʻi mai ke kākoʻo mai ka papahana VITA, e ʻoluʻolu e kaʻana like HawaiiTaxHelp.org. Inā makemake ʻoe i ke kōkua kālā hou aku, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻopili me ka 211 Statewide Helpline e ʻimi i nā kumuwaiwai kōkua kokoke iā ʻoe.