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Expert tax filing help for individuals, immigrants, foreign students, and small businesses for a PayPal Giving Fund donation
About Our Tax Services
Who We Are
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Nonprofit Tax Preparation - Catholic Worker
Tax Preparation for a PayPal Giving Fund donation to help the homeless
Suggested donation: 50% of the average market rate charged by non-CPA professionals
Comprehensive tax preparation services for individuals, foreign students, immigrants, investors, trusts, nonprofits, cooperatives, LLCs, Gig workers and sole proprietor businesses
Your donation is used to purchase a monthly transit pass for a homeless person distributed through the Paulist Center
Tax savings can be a powerful way to make a difference in your community. By utilizing our services, you not only benefit personally but also contribute to helping a homeless person.
Stephen E. DeVol
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- 49 years experience - tax services business owner
- 7 years experience - stockbroker series 7, 3, 63
- 18 years experience - executive director nonprofit
- 18 years experience - microbusiness venture capital
- 15 years experience - CITVN Executive Producer
- 15 years experience - eBay antiquarian bookstore
- 20 years experience - Catholic Worker Movement
I was trained as an economist and worked professionally in investments, merger and divestiture and venture capital industries. I have owned several small businesses. And now I am a retired senior with the time and resources to help disadvantaged people to help themselves. I love small business owners, students, immigrants and people who work for a living. We speak a common language. I am a disabled veteran and non-compensated volunteer dedicated to providing comprehensive tax preparation services for a PayPal Giving Fund charitable donation to help the homeless.
I am an AFSP participant included in the IRS website database that taxpayers can use to find qualified tax preparers. I am granted limited representation rights, allowing me to represent clients before revenue agents and customer service representatives. I am partnered with Attorneys, CPAs and Enrolled Agents who can assist with appeals, collection issues and represent taxpayers before Appeals Officers, Revenue Officers, or IRS Chief Counsel attorneys.
Many of my clients are foreign investors, professionals, students, laborers, small business owners and gig workers who are here on Visa and are required to file IRS 1040N. Zoom translation captioning is available in 36 languages.
Jonathan "Nate" Raphael
A purpose of the nonprofit tax business is to help seed and bootstrap business startups for disadvantaged entrepreneurs. We are presently working with CITVN Coop member Jonathan "Nate" Raphael. He is a Christian gentleman from Haiti. Nate and his children are immigrants with green card. His wife is a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) refugee, which has been in place since the 2010 earthquake. In April 2023, UN Security Council members concurred that "appalling violence, humanitarian situation and complete instability have reached levels that threaten to turn Haiti into a failed State. Today, seeking continued asylum is no longer a choice, it's a matter of survival.
The Raphael's have a new baby on the way. Both husband and wife work part-time as home healthcare aides while juggling the duties of parents. Owning a small business will help Nate, his wife and three young children to obtain permanent residence. He is training to own and operate a tax preparation business. While simply starting a business does not automatically grant citizenship, it provides a stable foundation from which an immigrant can eventually apply for naturalization after meeting the required residency and other criteria (usually after five years of permanent residency). Business activities and economic contributions can demonstrate commitment to the U.S..
The Greater Boston area has a significant Haitian population, with estimates ranging from nearly 70,000 to around 73,627 people in the metropolitan area, over half of whom are naturalized. This makes the Boston area one of the largest Haitian communities in the United States.
Immigrants make up 21.9 percent of Massachusetts's labor force and support the state's economy in many ways. They account for 27.0 percent of entrepreneurs, 29.3 percent of STEM workers, and 38.6 percent of health aides in the state. They spend $51.8 billion annual and contribute $20.4 billion in taxes. As neighbors, business owners, taxpayers, and workers, immigrants are an integral part of Massachusetts's diverse and thriving communities and make extensive contributions that benefit all.
Though a great majority of immigrants qualify for free tax preparation assistance, the number of local volunteer agencies with Haitian Creole interpreters is limited. 60% of Haitian immigrants hire a tax preparer to report and file tax returns, which are required to maintain immigrant status.
As part of a broad immigration crackdown, the Donald Trump administration is actively working to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian migrants, which would make approximately 500,000 individuals eligible for deportation. The administration has also ended a Biden-era humanitarian parole program that allowed Haitians to enter the U.S. legally with a financial sponsor.
Donald Trump has used inflammatory rhetoric regarding Haitian immigrants, debunked and widely condemned as racist and xenophobic, creating fear and anxiety within the Haitian community.
OUR MISSION
CITVN Cooperative, Inc is a 501(c)3 nonprofit social cooperative business formed to assist disadvantaged people in the development of cottage industry business. It has operated by a Board since 2009, successfully seeded and bootstrapped 20 startups, has good credit and serves the needs of the homeless with purchase and distribution of monthly bus passes. Some coop members have lived in intentional Catholic Worker Movement community while homeless. Members make capital contributions to help fund their business, may receive matching grants and if their business is profitable receive patronage refunds taxed at ordinary income tax rates. CITVN was incorporated in Ohio and is registered to solicit donations and grants in Ohio and Massachusetts. We are proud to share CITVN financial history upon request.
100% of tax preparation and book appraisal PayPal Charitable Giving donations help finance 501(c)3 nonprofit CITVN Coop Documentary Productions and are used to purchase monthly unlimited transit passes given freely to the homeless, removing a significant barrier to achieving a sustainable life platform with human dignity
CITVN is a member of the Catholic Media Association
Tax Clients receive an Underwriter credit on CITVN productions distributed for free to 47,000 subscribers, to include: leadership in 13,000 parishes, 20,000 professors at 196 Catholic universities, seminaries and religious orders located in 76 countries.
Every tax client is assigned a homeless person who receives a monthly unlimited transit pass enclosed in your anonymous donor greeting card to let them know they are not alone
The latest Point-in-Time (PIT) count for Greater Boston in January 2024 recorded 21,182 people experienced homelessness, a significant increase from the previous year's count of 12,674 in 2023.
Girl Scout and I sit every night and pray the rosary for the special intentions of our benefactors on park bench in the Rose Kennedy Garden with homeless people sleeping in Columbus Park North End Long Wharf Boston Massachusetts
Catholic Workers are voluntarily poor - living with less so that others may live.
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Suggested Donation
Suggested donation: 50% of the average market rate
Tax savings can be a powerful way to make a difference in your community. By utilizing our services, you not only benefit personally but also contribute to helping the homeless.
In Boston, tax preparation services from non-CPA professionals can range from about $220 for a simple return to several hundred dollars for a more complex tax situation. Local tax firms, national chains like H&R Block, and independent preparers may offer different pricing structures.
2025 average Boston fees by return type
- Simple Form 1040, 1040 SR, or 1040 NR and state return: Around $220. This is for standard filings without itemized deductions.
- Itemized Form 1040 with Schedule A and state return: About $323.
- Self-employed individual (Schedule C) and 1040 ES for sole proprietors: Preparing a Schedule C typically costs an additional $192 on top of the base Form 1040 fee.
- Gig Workers: National tax chains (e.g., H&R Block) online self-employed options average $125 plus state fees for self-service. For in-person filing with a tax professional, the fees will be higher. We suggest a $100 donation to help the homeless. Schedule a Zoom meeting for instant professional assistance, with closed captioning in 36 languages, and eFile.
- Moderately complex returns (Schedules B, D, E): Fees typically range from $400 to $600. Interest and Ordinary Dividends, Capital Gains and Losses, Supplemental Income and Loss. Stock compensation (RSUs, ESPPs, NSOs), gift tax, expatriate tax, foreign national tax issues, multi-state filings, 1040 X amending tax returns.
- Complex returns: Single-member LLC Form 1040 (Schedule C, E, or F), Multiple-member LLC Partnership Form 1065, LLC Corporation Form 1120-S, Form 1120-C Cooperative Association, Nonprofit Form 990, multiple streams of income, rental property): These can cost $800 to $1,500 or more.
Free Tax Preparation and Referrals
You may qualify for Free Tax Preparation based upon income ($70,000 household income or less), age, disability, or English proficiency. These services are offered by IRS-certified volunteers at local sites, or you can use free software online if you meet certain income thresholds.
I recommend Turbotax Free Edition if you can read and follow directions without professional assistance. About 37% of filers qualify for simple 1040 self-serve return preparation.
To find free tax preparation assistance near you, use the official IRS locator tools:
- VITA/TCE Locator Tool: Use this to find nearby volunteer-run tax sites or call 800-906-9887.
- AARP Site Locator Tool: For seniors seeking assistance through the Tax-Aide program, you can use the AARP's tool or call 888-227-7669.
- IRS Free File: To file online for free (if you make $84,000 or less) without guided assistance. Not all Free File partners include free state tax preparation and filing.
- MilTax: free tax preparation and filing software for all military service members, qualifying veterans, and their families without guided assistance.
- Boston Tax Help Coalition: free tax preparation for Boston immigrants, disabled and citizens earning $70,000 or less, available in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Cape Verdean Creole, Portuguese, French, Vietnamese, Mandarin, and Cantonese.
Schedule an appointment with me if you have a simple 1040 return for Federal and State eFile and prefer immediate professional assistance in a Zoom meeting for a donation to help the homeless or have a complex return reporting:
- Itemize deductions, which require a Schedule A.
- Self-employment income or other non-W-2 income, which requires a Schedule C.
- Rental property income or stock sales (including cryptocurrency investments). Schedules B, D, E
- Unemployment income reported on a Form 1099-G
- Limited Liability, Subchapter S corporations
- Cooperative Association
- Nonprofit with less than $500K annual revenue
- Trust income
- 1040 NR - nonresident alien, international students
Tax Professionals
If you refer clients to our tax preparation service, I will reciprocate in kind. I recommend Quickbooks products and refer to business partners our tax clients in need of bookkeeping, payroll, accounting and consulting services.
Your firm will receive a prominent Underwriter credit on CITVN Productions with global distribution to 47,000 higher education subscribers. The viewer demographic is similar to PBS. CITVN is a member of the Catholic Media Association.
- On-air credit: Acknowledgment at the beginning and/or end of a Catholic Internet Television Network program.
- Brand association: A "halo effect" from being associated with support for Boston's homeless through CITVN and its reputation for quality Catholic programming.
Preparing for an Appointment
To have me prepare and eFile your tax returns, you will need:
- Identification: A valid photo ID for you and your spouse, if filing jointly. Visa status.
- Tax documents: All income statements, such as W-2s and 1099s. Business P&L.
- Social Security: Social Security or ITIN cards for everyone on the tax return.
- Bank Information: Proof of a bank account for direct deposit of any refund.
- Last year's return: New clients provide a copy of last year’s return, if available.
Filing back taxes: You have three years to file a return and claim a refund, starting from the original due date or the extension due date if you filed an extension.
- Penalties for late filing: If you are owed a refund, there is no penalty for filing late. However, if you owe taxes, penalties and interest will apply.
- Self-employment income: Failing to file can prevent your self-employment income from being reported to the Social Security Administration, which can impact future Social Security benefits.
If you cannot pay your tax bill in full, please don't worry. I can help you. You should still file your returns to minimize penalties. The IRS offers several payment options:
- Installment agreement: You may be able to set up a monthly payment plan for up to 72 months (6 years). Under the "Fresh Start" initiative, individuals who owe up to $50,000 can qualify for a streamlined agreement.
- Offer in Compromise (OIC): This program allows certain taxpayers to settle their tax debt for less than the full amount. To qualify, you must be in compliance with all filing and payment requirements and prove you cannot pay the full liability.
- Currently Not Collectible (CNC): If you are experiencing serious financial hardship, the IRS may determine that you cannot pay your tax debt and temporarily delay collection until your financial situation improves.
Zoom translation captioning available in 36 languages
Do Good with your spending - help the homeless
Tax Clients receive an Underwriter credit on CITVN productions. We pray for our benefactors special intentions every day.
Tax preparation can be a powerful tool for change. By choosing our services, you not only simplify your tax process and save money, but also contribute to uplifting lives in our community.
Schedule an appointment today.
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