By Forum Staff
The Adams administration on Friday urged all eligible New Yorkers to file their taxes for free through “NYC Free Tax Prep.” NYC Free Tax Prep provides free, professional tax preparation services that help New Yorkers keep their full refund, including valuable tax credits, like the enhanced NYC Earned Income Tax Credit.
Residents who earned $93,000 or less and file as a family, or those who earned $65,000 or less and file as an individual or couple without dependents, are eligible to file through NYC Free Tax Prep. In 2024, NYC Free Tax Prep filed more than 101,000 tax returns, saving New Yorkers more than $33 million in tax preparation fees. Additionally, last tax season, more than 140 in-person sites provided free tax preparation services across the five boroughs. Since the start of the Adams administration, NYC Free Tax Prep has helped New Yorkers save nearly $57 million in tax preparation fees by helping filers file approximately 257,000 tax returns for free.
The Internal Revenue Service began accepting tax returns Monday, Jan. 27 and will accept returns through Tuesday, April 15, 2025.NYC Free Tax Prep Services includes in-person tax prep support, drop off services with a tax preparation professional, virtual tax prep, and assisted self-preparation. All tax prep services and options can be found at the City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection’s NYC Free Tax Prep website: nyc.gov/site/dca/consumers/file-your-taxes.page.
Friday’s announcement follows Mayor Eric Adams’ unveiling of his “Axe the Tax for the Working Class” proposal as part of his Albany agenda. The proposal would bring significant tax relief to working-class families and return over $63 million to Big Apple families, benefitting more than 582,000 New Yorkers. Axe the Tax would eliminate the City Personal Income Tax for filers with dependents living at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty line, as well as lower City personal income taxes for filers immediately above that threshold too. If passed into law, Axe the Tax for the Working Class could be enacted as soon as tax year 2025.
According to officials, Adams’ administration has already saved New Yorkers more than $30 billion by connecting working-class families to city, state, and federal programs, including the historic expansion of the NYC EITC for the first time in nearly two decades, delivering more than $345 million in tax relief to New Yorkers over the 2023 tax season alone.
“Thanks to the ‘NYC Free Tax Prep’ program, our administration is ensuring that no dollar gets left behind, and money ends up back in the pockets of working-class New Yorkers,” said Adams. “Filing your taxes can be complicated and convoluted, and that’s why we are urging New Yorkers to utilize this free service. ‘Jobs Week’ is about more than just getting New Yorkers jobs; it’s also about ensuring as much of the money they earn can stay in their pockets as they build a life of both economic and financial security. Every dollar counts and we are calling on New Yorkers to file their taxes on time, use the City’s free services, and get the tax return they deserve.”
