Volunteers with the AARP Foundation’s Tax-Aide program will be available to prepare income tax returns from February 1 through April 14. This free community service is open to people of all ages, with emphasis on assisting area seniors and those in need.
For Brazos Valley residents we have three service sites: the Clara B. Mounce Library in Bryan, Larry J. Ringer Library in College Station, and St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Brenham.
1. Schedule an appointment, either online or by telephone.
To self-schedule online (preferred for the Bryan and College Station sites; not available for Brenham), go to one of the links below:
- For the Mounce Library Bryan: https://tinyurl.com/BryanAppt
- For Ringer Library in College Station: https://tinyurl.com/CoStaAppt
Select your preferred date for an appointment AFTER today, and you will be shown the available times. If these don’t work, select a later date, and try again. Select your desired time and click Make Appointment at the bottom of the list. Next you will be asked to enter your name, email address, and phone number. There is no need to enter the birthdate. In the Notes box indicate the year for which the tax return is being prepared. Once you review and confirm, you will receive an email to verify. Make a separate appointment for each tax year and taxpayer. A joint return is completed in one appointment.
To Schedule by telephone, beginning Wednesday, January 29:
- Call 979-217-1778 for the Mounce or Ringer Library. Available to take calls: Monday, 9am-1pm, Wednesday, 9am-1pm, Thursday, 9am-1pm, Friday, 9am-1pm, and Saturday, 9am-1pm. That’s 9 to 1 every day, except Tuesday and Sunday.
- Call 979-836-4441 for the Brenham location at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Call 9am to 5pm, Monday through Friday. Appointments are available February 6, 20 and 27; March 13 and 20; April 3 and 10.
If the line is busy or there is no answer, don’t immediately dial again. Wait a new minutes and try again. We cannot return messages. Some Internet providers’ phone services may not connect with our number. If you are unsuccessful, try calling from another phone system.
2. Obtain a Tax-Aide information packet if you haven’t already done so. You may obtain a printed packet at any one of the three locations. The contents are also available online:
- For the Bryan-College Station sites, go here to download the Tax-Aide Instructions. The Instructions in Spanish are here
- For the Brenham site, download this packet in English or this packet in Spanish.
- In addition, you’ll need this booklet, a fillable Intake/Interview booklet (Form 13614-C). Simply download and save as a PDF by clicking the download arrow, open with Adobe Acrobat Reader (free program), complete on your computer, and print to bring to your appointment. Here’s the booklet in Spanish.
3. Prepare your packet for your appointment. Complete the forms and assemble your tax documents (W-2s, 1099s, etc.) before coming to your appointment. Be sure to watch for the tax-related documents that come in the mail, as we will need them to file your taxes. Also, please print the documents that you receive by email or download from a website.
- Fill in all 10 pages of the Intake/Interview booklet (except the gray shaded parts).
- Use the “Documents Needed” in the packet or download it here to assemble your tax documents.
- Bring a Social Security card for each person on your tax return.
- Place all the documents in a packet and print your name on the front cover.
4. On the day of your appointment be sure to bring the following: (a) your packet with all the completed forms and documents; (b) a picture ID to verify your and your spouse’s identity, and (c) your previous year’s income tax return. We respect your health concerns and will provide/wear masks at your request.
- A volunteer facilitator will verify your identity and interview you while reviewing your documents.
- A tax return preparer will meet with you to complete your return.
- A second tax preparer will review your return with you to double check everything.
- Following the review, you will be asked to sign a form to authorize filing your tax return electronically. For joint returns, both spouses must sign.
- Appointments generally take approximately 1 to 2 hours.
5. Other resources. We have additional worksheets available to help with other tax situations.
Itemized Deductions. To download a worksheet for Itemizing Deductions (Schedule A), go here. With the higher Standard Deduction, more taxpayers find it advantageous to take the Standard Deduction rather than itemize.
Self-Employment. If you are self-employed or received form 1099-NEC, you will find this worksheet to be helpful.
Education Credits. If you or your dependents are in college, then you will want to see if you are eligible for education credits. Start here.
Free Tax Service in Bryan, College Station, & Brenham, Texas 
I understand your problem. Unfortunately this website for scheduling appointments is beyond our control. It was developed by AARP Tax-Aide, our national organization. This information is not needed to schedule an appointment. We have not been entering it when we schedule for clients who call in. We need to add a note to disregard it.
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