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Speaker 1: Dishing out four or five hundred dollars to get your

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Speaker 1: taxes done isn't possible for many low income taxpayers, so

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Speaker 1: getting it done for free is a huge help.

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Speaker 2: Combined with financial education at no cost.

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Speaker 1: Brian Robinson, the director of the Boston Tax Help Coalition,

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Speaker 1: says the program helps create economic stability.

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Speaker 3: Put dollars back in people's pockets, maximize tax benefits like

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Speaker 3: the urncome Tax Credit child tax Credit, which are some

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Speaker 3: of the nation's largest anti poverty tools that exist.

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Speaker 1: There are more than eighty volunteer income tax assistance locations.

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Speaker 3: Those appointment sites. There's walking sites. There are sites that

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Speaker 3: are open nine to five. There are sites that are

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Speaker 3: open in evenings or sites that are open on weekends.

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Speaker 1: In multiple languages including ASL, and accommodations for people with

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Speaker 1: disabilities in Dorchester. Suzanne Salsville WBZ, Boston's news radio