{"id":20254,"date":"2026-02-19T18:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caribefederal.com\/?p=20254"},"modified":"2026-02-19T19:17:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:17:54","slug":"vita-puede-ayudarte-a-preparar-tu-planilla-federal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caribefederal.com\/en\/vita-puede-ayudarte-a-preparar-tu-planilla-federal\/","title":{"rendered":"VITA can help you prepare your federal tax return"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/caribefederal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/logo_vita_CFCU.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20261\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7857605177993527;width:187px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caribefederal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/logo_vita_CFCU.png 300w, https:\/\/caribefederal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/logo_vita_CFCU-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">VITA 2026 Program<br>Caribe Federal Credit Union<br>Ponce Branch<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The VITA program offers tax filing help for low- and middle-income employees and retirees (annual income under $78,000). In addition, the VITA program assists persons in the community who qualify for the federal child tax credit. Caribe Federal sponsors this program in collaboration with the Internal Revenue Service, college students from the University of Puerto Rico Ponce Campus and volunteer tax professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The service will be by appointment or walk-in from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Fridays and 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm on Saturdays. beginning on Friday, February 20th, 2025. For appointments, please call 787-474-5151 ext. 5432 or send an email to vita@caribefederal.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Required documents for tax filing:<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Federal Employees<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Photo Identification (taxpayer and spouse)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Security Cards (of all those listed on the form)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forms W-2 (and informative returns of any other form of income: interest, dividends, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bank and Routing Numbers of an account for direct deposit or to pay any outstanding balance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copy of local Tax Return (to calculate the Foreign Tax Credit)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Federal Tax Return from the previous year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Pensioner<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Photo Identification (taxpayer and spouse)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Security Cards (of all those listed on the form)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Form 1099-R: Pension Income<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Form SSA-1099: Social Security Benefits (if applicable)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Federal Tax Return from the previous year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Federal Child Tax Credit (Residents of Puerto Rico)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Photo Identification (taxpayer and spouse)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Security Cards (of all those listed on the form)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forms W-2(PR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Self-employed<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Photo Identification (taxpayer and spouse)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Security Cards (of all those listed on the form)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Programa VITA 2026Caribe Federal Credit UnionSucursal de Ponce El programa VITA ofrece ayuda para la preparaci\u00f3n de planillas a empleados y jubilados de ingresos bajos y moderados (ingresos anuales menores de $78,000). Adem\u00e1s, el programa VITA asiste a personas de la comunidad que cualifican para el Cr\u00e9dito Tributario Federal por Hijos. Caribe Federal auspicia este [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sin-categoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribefederal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribefederal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribefederal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribefederal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribefederal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20254"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/caribefederal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20266,"href":"https:\/\/caribefederal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20254\/revisions\/20266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribefederal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribefederal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribefederal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}