VITA Milpitas Community Library Site Report 2005 Shahid Mujtaba Site Coordinator May 21, 2005 Presented at IRS Building, San Jose to VITA Volunteers and Coordinators in San Jose Area

Thanks to supporters of VITA Milpitas Community Library Site Milpitas Community Library and staff –Use of facilities –Room and furniture setup –Publicity and off-hours questions 19 Volunteers from Milpitas, San Jose, Fremont, Campbell, Sunnyvale including 2 non-tax preparer volunteers Even a place for volunteer in training to do E-file paperwork Serve taxpayers from San Francisco to San Jose and Tracy

2005 Service Area of VITA Milpitas Community Library

VITA Milpitas Community Library 2005 Statistics* E-filed returns 127 Paper returns 37 Milpitas zip code returns 67 Non-Milpitas zip code returns 97 Earned Income Credit returns – 62 Total EIC obtained – $50,000 Child Tax Care Credit returns 43 Total CTC obtained - $36,000 * Preliminary & Unaudited results

Need g cards, wireless routers, and on site internet connection to accomplish 2006 goal

Stand Alone TaxWise

Networked Taxwise

VITA Milpitas Community Library Network

Conclusions Networking without existing Network Need networking equipment for further technical enhancement VITA always needs volunteers – see Thanks to the Mayor, City Council, and City of Milpitas for recognizing the selfless dedication of volunteers Thanks to unrecognized family members that permit volunteers to be effective