Photo Gallery: Last-Minute Tax Filers Line Up At Southside Community Center

Arlington TX

18 April, 2022

6:06 PM

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By Cristian ArguetaSoto, Fort Worth Report April 18, 2022 Southside resident Rosetta Tinsley was forced to file her taxes on the last day of the filing deadline. Tinsley worked three jobs in 2021, and she did not receive her forms from one of those jobs sooner. "I was waiting on my other job to mail me my tax forms, and they just now sent it," Tinsley said. "I had to call the other job to mail me my papers. I don't like doing anything at the last minute." Tinsley was one of nearly 10 people waiting in line to file taxes at the Southside Community Center, 959 E. Rosedale St., before the offices opened April 18. Through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, residents making under $60,000 a year can get free assistance in filing their taxes at any of the 14 community tax centers in Tarrant County. Norma Marshall, the site coordinator at the Southside Community Center's tax filing location, said she's been doing people's taxes since 1982. Marshall grew up in Fort Worth. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.