Big Returns: Update from BC ACORN Tax Site

Since 2007 ACORN members across the country have been helping their neighbors file their tax returns. 

Here’s what that has meant for low and moderate income communities in BC’s lower mainland: 

• 10,961 returns filed. 
• $12,301,800 delivered to people in the form of their returns, credits and benefits. 
• A quarter of the returns processed were from past years – meaning they likely wouldn’t have been submitted without the help of BC ACORN’s volunteers and members. 
• Approximately $790,000 saved by community members who would otherwise have paid to have their returns prepared. 
• 2/3rds of the people who came to get their taxes done were also engaged in ACORN Canada’s campaigns for financial justice. 

ACORN members are grateful for the support of the many volunteers who make this service possible, and for the generous financial support of Vancity Credit Union. 

Since 2007 ACORN members across the country have been helping their neighbors file their tax returns. 

Here’s what that has meant for low and moderate income communities in BC’s lower mainland: 

• 10,961 returns filed. 
• $12,301,800 delivered to people in the form of their returns, credits and benefits. 
• A quarter of the returns processed were from past years – meaning they likely wouldn’t have been submitted without the help of BC ACORN’s volunteers and members. 
• Approximately $790,000 saved by community members who would otherwise have paid to have their returns prepared. 
• 2/3rds of the people who came to get their taxes done were also engaged in ACORN Canada’s campaigns for financial justice. 

ACORN members are grateful for the support of the many volunteers who make this service possible, and for the generous financial support of Vancity Credit Union.