Free Tax Preparation Help

Free tax preparation services are available on a limited basis from PEACE, Inc, by appointment for drop off and pick up only.

To qualify, you must meet all of the following:

  • Your total 2020 household income is $57,000 or less and

  • Investment income is less than $3,500 and

  • Resident of Onondaga County and

  • You had income in 2020 from wages, self-employment, pension, or government benefits and

  • You do not own rental property and

  • You did not declare bankruptcy in 2020 and

  • You did not receive military pay and

  • If you are self-employed, you did not have employees or inventory, you do not deduct your home as an expense, and you did not have a business loss.

For more information, please visit the PEACE, Inc. site, or call 315-634-3756.

Tax Forms

  • A limited number of basic federal tax forms and instructions are available at the library.  Please ask at the circulation desk, or call to make a Curbside Pickup appointment.  Call the library at 315-454-4524 for more information.

  • Tax forms can be requested for printing at 10 cents per page, and may be picked up in the library or by Curbside Pickup appointment.  Please email your request to print@salinalibrary.org, or call the library to make your request and set up an appointment for pickup.

  • Federal tax forms and instructions can be viewed, downloaded, and printed from the IRS site.

  • New York State tax forms can be viewed, downloaded, and printed from the NY State Tax site.

If you don’t qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), but your Adjusted Gross Income is less than $66,000, you can prepare your own federal and NYS income tax returns for free by visiting https://www.myfreetaxes.com/