[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 37534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14231]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service


Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant 
Program Availability of Application Packages

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document provides notice of the availability of 
application packages for the 2009 Community Volunteer Income Tax 
Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program.

DATES: Application packages are available from the IRS at this time. 
The deadline for submitting an application package to the IRS for the 
2009 Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant 
Program is September 2, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Application packages may be requested by contacting: 
Internal Revenue Service, Grant Program Office, 401 West Peachtree St., 
NW., Stop 420-D, Atlanta, GA 30308. Applications can also be submitted 
electronically through Grants.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gloria Dodd, Senior Tax Analyst, 
Internal Revenue Service, Grant Program Office, 401 West Peachtree St., 
NW., Stop 420-D, Atlanta, GA 30308. The non-toll free number is (404) 
338-7894. The e-mail address is [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority for the Community Volunteer Income 
Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program is contained in the 2008 
Treasury Appropriations Act enacted on December 26, 2007 (Pub. L. 110-
161). Specifically, the appropriations language states: ``The program 
shall provide direct funds to enable VITA programs to extend services 
to underserved populations and hardest-to-reach areas, both urban and 
non-urban, as well as to increase the capacity to file returns 
electronically, heighten quality control, enhance training of 
volunteers, and significantly improve the accuracy rate of returns 
prepared by VITA sites.''

    Dated: June 2, 2008.
Elizabeth Blair,
Chief, Grant Program Office.
[FR Doc. E8-14231 Filed 6-30-08; 8:45 am]
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