What happens when VITA closes?
A recent TIGTA report has some data on what happened to the 1.7 million people who used a VITA site in 2019 to prepare their 2018 return. More than 90% of VITA sites closed in 2020. For their 2019 return:
–Half a million did their own tax return.
–Half a million went to a paid preparer.
–Half a million had still not filed by late October 2020.
Page 19 at:
https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2021reports/202146029fr.pdf
