The IRS has announced that it has awarded approximately $8 million in matching grants to Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITCs) for the 2006 grant cycle (1/1/06 – 12/31/06). LITCs are qualifying organizations that represent low income taxpayers involved in tax disputes with the IRS or that provide education on tax rights and responsibilities to taxpayers for whom English is a second language or who have limited English proficiency. For more details about the languages in addition to English served by LITCs, see Publication 4134, Low Income Taxpayer Clinic List.
The LITC grant program, now in its eighth year, encourages the creation and growth of Low Income Taxpayer Clinics across the nation. LITCs provide free or nominal cost assistance to taxpayers who otherwise may not be able to afford a tax professional.
Under the program, the IRS awards matching grants of up to $100,000 a year to organizations operating independent tax clinics. For the 2006 grant cycle, the IRS awarded LITC grants to 150 organizations representing 50 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
32 law school clinics received funding from the IRS:
IRS Funding of Law School Low-Income Tax Clinics for 2006
Law School Clinic
State
Amount
Arkansas-Little Rock
AR
$80,000
Chapman
CA
$85,000
San Diego
CA
$85,000
Denver
CO
$40,000
Quinnipiac
CT
$85,000
Connecticut
CT
$85,000
American
DC
$85,000
Univ. of District of Columbia
DC
$65,000
Georgia State
GA
$85,000
Idaho
ID
$85,000
Chicago-Kent
IL
$93,000
Loyola (Chicago)
IL
$70,000
Valparaiso
IN
$45,000
Kansas
KS
$40,000
Northern Kentucky
KY
$50,000
Southern
LA
$70,000
Michigan State
MI
$50,000
Minnesota
MN
$90,000
Missouri-Kansas City
MO
$95,000
Duke
NC
$50,000
Rutgers-Newark
NJ
$90,000
New Mexico
NM
$65,000
Albany
NY
$85,000
Fordham
NY
$95,000
Syracuse
NY
$85,000
Lewis & Clark
OR
$65,000
Pittsburgh
PA
$85,000
Villanova
PA
$95,000
Texas Tech
TX
$51,655
Gonzaga
WA
$54,000
Washington
WA
$97,250
West Virginia
WV
$29,299
