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Benefit and Tax ResearchThe Benefits and Tax Research project is committed to developing a coalition of organizations focused on the financial self-sufficiency of people with disabilities and others who qualify because of their low-income status. This is being accomplished through relationships with other disability service providers, community-based financial institutions and tax preparation volunteers. The project's goal is to build a successful support structure for each person through education in individual and family budget managment - including benefits management, assets management and tax planning.
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A natural extension of the CPRF Kansas Benefits Counselors Network and Employment Network, is the development of a project that focuses on tax planning and asset development for people with disabilities. While the KBCN helps people understand their Social Security benefits, food stamps, housing and other support payments, and the Employment Network helps people plan for and obtain employment, the Benefits and Tax Research project assists people in managing their taxes in the most favorable way and to seek ways to safely accumulate assets.
To do this, CPRF has employed an experienced tax accountant, who provides services as a benefits specialist and a tax preparer, and low-income financial planner. Additionally, the project is researching various tax issues as they affect people with disabilities.
Today, CPRF operates as a “closed Volunteer in Tax Assistance (VITA) site,” in cooperation with the Wichita office of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The goal is to expand these coordinated benefits management-and-tax planning services. CPRF’s Benefit and Tax Research team also works with Communities United Credit Union, a community development credit union in Wichita, to establish and expand programs for people with disabilities such as Individual Development Accounts, where the credit union provides matching funds for participants who save a target amount. These assets can then be used for homeownership, a college education, or starting a small business.
The program’s tax accountant is also CPRF’s specialist in Plan for Achieving Self-support (PASS) plans and self-employment as these programs affect benefits and taxes.
Become a Benefits and Tax Research partner
If you are currently employed and have received Social Security disability benefits (SSI, SSDI or both) at any time since 2002, and would be interested in participating in a research project concerning benefits and taxes, please contact the Benefit and Tax Research team. The research project is entirely confidential.