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Assistance with tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections
Ladder Up offers free legal advice and representation to eligible Illinois taxpayers who have a tax controversy with the Internal Revenue Service or the Illinois Department of Revenue. The Tax Clinic also educates taxpayers on their rights and responsibilities under U. S. tax law.

Services

Community Legal Clinics
Tax Audit Preparation Assistance
LITC Programs

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

-- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

-- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

-- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

-- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

-- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

Services

Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
General Legal Aid
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Provides help with account inquiries (help with letters, notices and levies on your wages or bank account, adjustments (changes to tax account information or payments), assistance with Affordable Care Act tax provision questions for individuals, basic tax law assistance January 1 - April 15 (answers related to your individual Federal Tax Return), etc.

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

-- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

-- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

-- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

-- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

-- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

Services

Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
General Legal Aid
General Benefits and Services Assistance

Ensures that taxpayer problems that have not been resolved through normal IRS channels are promptly and impartially handled.

Assists taxpayers who are experiencing hardships.

Advocates for taxpayer rights.

Serves both individual and business taxpayers.

Taxpayer Advocate Service ensures that taxpayer problems that have not been resolved through normal IRS channels are promptly and impartially handled. Provides taxpayers with advocacy and those who are experiencing hardships (individual and business taxpayers).

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

-- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

-- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

-- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

-- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

-- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

Services

Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
General Legal Aid
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Considers property tax appeals of decisions from County Boards of Review.

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

-- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

-- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

-- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

-- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

-- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

Services

Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
General Legal Aid
General Benefits and Services Assistance

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

-- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

-- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

-- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

-- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

-- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

Services

Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
General Legal Aid
General Benefits and Services Assistance

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

-- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

-- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

-- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

-- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

-- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

Services

Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
General Legal Aid
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Full Circle Homes, an initiative of The Resurrection Project, is a one-stop shop that aims to make homeownership accessible to all.

Services

Tax Appeals Filing Assistance
Foreclosure Prevention Loan Modification/Refinancing Programs
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling

Information about tax accounts. Processes applications for Federal Tax Identification Numbers.

Taxpayer Advocacy Services provide free, independent, and confidential tax assistance to taxpayers unable to resolve their tax problems through normal channels or individuals experiencing a hardship. Helps individual and business taxpayers resolve problems with the IRS.

Services

Tax Information
Tax Collection Agencies
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
Tax Forms

Taxpayer services include: Accepting Cash payments, Account Inquiries (help with letters, notices and levies on your wages or bank account), Adjustments (changes to tax account information or payments) , Alien Clearances (Sailing Permits), Application for Taxpayer Assistance Order (ATAO), Copies of Tax Returns & Transcripts (Usually available for current year and three prior years) , Help with preparing Form 2290 (Heavy Vehicle Use Tax), Multilingual Assistance (over 150 languages translated), Federal Tax Return Preparation, Payments/Payment Arrangements, Procedural Inquiries, Solutions to Tax Issues, Tax Forms (based on availability), Tax Law Assistance (answers related to your individual Federal Tax Return), Taxpayer Identification Numbers.

TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM offers assistance with tax questions, forms, etc. Mon-Fri 8 am-4:30 pm at local office, call to make an appointment.

FREE FILE online available through the IRS - must make $84,000 or less to qualify for free filing online.

VITA and TCE: is a program to assist low income, elders, and persons with disabilities with tax information and form preparation. Visit the website or call 211 to find local free tax preparation assistance.

Services

Tax Forms
Tax Preparation Assistance
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
Tax Information
Tax Collection Agencies

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

-- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

-- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

-- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

-- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

-- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

Services

Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
General Legal Aid
General Benefits and Services Assistance

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

-- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

-- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

-- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

-- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

-- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

Services

Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
General Legal Aid
General Benefits and Services Assistance
A free legal clinic to provide free tax advice and representation to individuals and families in Cook County with active disputes with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding your federal income taxes.

Services

Tax Audit Preparation Assistance
Property Tax Assessment Appeals Boards
Tax Appeals Filing Assistance

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

-- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

-- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

-- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

-- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

-- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

Services

Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
General Legal Aid
General Benefits and Services Assistance

Works to ensure the fairness and integrity of the tax system for low-income taxpayers by educating about taxpayer rights and responsibilities, by providing free representation in tax disputes with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and by identifying and advocating for issues impacting low-income taxpayers.

The amount in controversy for any tax year generally should not exceed $50,000.

The Tax Law Project does not prepare tax returns.

Information about tax accounts. Processes applications for Federal Tax Identification Numbers.

Taxpayer Advocacy Services provide free, independent, and confidential tax assistance to taxpayers unable to resolve their tax problems through normal channels or individuals experiencing a hardship. Helps individual and business taxpayers resolve problems with the IRS.

Services

Tax Information
Tax Collection Agencies
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
Tax Forms

Information about tax accounts. Processes applications for Federal Tax Identification Numbers.

Taxpayer Advocacy Services provide free, independent, and confidential tax assistance to taxpayers unable to resolve their tax problems through normal channels or individuals experiencing a hardship. Helps individual and business taxpayers resolve problems with the IRS.

Services

Tax Information
Tax Collection Agencies
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
Tax Forms

Information about tax accounts. Processes applications for Federal Tax Identification Numbers.

Taxpayer Advocacy Services provide free, independent, and confidential tax assistance to taxpayers unable to resolve their tax problems through normal channels or individuals experiencing a hardship. Helps individual and business taxpayers resolve problems with the IRS.

Services

Tax Information
Tax Collection Agencies
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
Tax Forms

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

-- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

-- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

-- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

-- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

-- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

Services

Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
General Legal Aid
General Benefits and Services Assistance

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

-- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

-- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

-- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

-- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

-- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

Services

Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
General Legal Aid
General Benefits and Services Assistance