Volunteer Income
Tax Assistance
​VITA at UCSB provides free tax preparation services for students and local Santa Barbara County residents who make $67,000 or less a year. Tax returns are prepared and electronically filed by IRS-certified volunteers for qualified individuals or families. Tax preparation will take place from February - April, 2025.​
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If you are interested in having your taxes filed, please click the link to schedule your appointment.
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Appointments can be made up to 3 hours ahead of the requested time, if it is still available.
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We will take appointments FIRST, walk-ins are welcome but we won’t accept new clients 30 minutes before closing.
Team
VITA is brought to you by the hard work and time put in by our board. The team goes above and beyond to ensure VITA is running efficiently. VITA is a subsidiary of the Undergraduate Accounting Society (UAS) at UCSB and partnered with United Way of Santa Barbara.
Jared Fang
President
Site Coordinator
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Bela Holguin
VP of External Affairs
Grace Chen
VP of Internal Affairs
Lisa Oshiba
VP of PR and Marketing
Lina Correa
VP of Training and Development
Yesenia Padilla
Director of Internal Affairs
Tina Zhang
Director of Training and Development
Pawnit Kaur
Advisor
Former President of VITA
Doug Kulper
BS, MBA, JD, CPA
Faculty Advisor
Site Information
From February to mid-April, we provide free tax services on Saturdays.​
Saturdays
10am-3pm
Location TBD
Thank You to United Way
Thank you to United Way of Santa Barbara County for supporting us this tax season by providing supplies, funding, and advice! Your support this year has made it possible for us to provide our services.