The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a tax refund for low-to-moderate income working individuals and families. Ten of thousands of 1199SEIU members have gotten back tens of millions of dollars under the EITC in the past dozen years with the help of 1199SEIU’s Tax Prep program.

This year, the program was available in most of the New York, Massachusetts and Maryland/DC regions. In 2014 alone, the program helped 2,248 members of 1199SEIU claim $5.8 million in tax refunds.

For over a decade, the Union has partnered with community groups and coalition partners to encourage members to apply for the EITC. The 1199SEIU Program is also open to non-members, and this year with the help of EITC program partners, more than 1,600 working people got back over $3 million in refunds.

“So extremely helpful and kind you all are,” said Stacey Sezlowski of the staffers who helped complete her taxes at the program’s Rochester site. “It’s so good to know that there are still wonderful people out there willing to help.”

For more information about the EITC program, visit www.1199seiubenefitfunds.org.