Do you earn less than $50,000 a year? Do you need help filing your taxes? You can get help from Earn it! Keep it! $ave it! provided by the United Way Silicon Valley.

You can get free tax preparation help from trained volunteers at the library, the Center for Employment Training (CET), Catholic Charities, and other places in Santa Clara County. Last year more than 5,700 customers got free tax help and more than $7.1 million in refunds came back to the community.

If you used to go to the King Library for help from volunteer tax preparers you can go to CET, because they may still have your information from past years.

Click here to see a list of some of the sites that are offering free tax preparation. You can also call 211 or 1-866-896-3597 if you have questions or need to find other places that offer tax help. You can also get tax help at these San José Public Library branches: East Branch, Joyce Ellington, Hillview, Tully, and West Valley.

When you visit a tax preparation site please bring:

• Last year’s tax return if you have it
• Valid ID
• Social Security cards for everyone in your family
• W-2 forms, 1099 forms, and 1098 forms
• A blank check so a refund can be deposited directly into your account

For more information visit http://earnitkeepitsaveit.org/economic-impact-of-free-tax-prep.