Tax season is here! Published Feb. 14, 2010 By Senior Master Sgt. Lori Schumacher 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Legal Office SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Tax season has arrived again and the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Tax Center is here to help. The center will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, through April 15. Services will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. There will be a volunteer(s) on duty during these hours to assist with filing your taxes electronically. If no volunteer is available, the office will send an email out to various tax center volunteers to assist the customer. Participants must bring the following information as it pertains to the filing: -W-2 (wage and tax statement from all employers) -Form 1099 for interest, dividends, miscellaneous income, retirement income, etc. -Social security cards of taxpayer, spouse and dependent children -Legal documents (separation agreements, divorce decrees that state you are entitled to claim the dependant, and powers of attorney are needed if someone will be signing the return in place of a spouse, a general power of attorney is acceptable if you don't have a specific one for tax filing) -Bank account number and bank routing number for electronic filing. A copy of a voided check is sufficient. An ATM card or check card isn't sufficient to verify the routing number -Childcare provider's name, addresses, and tax identification number (or social security number) and payment receipts for those planning to claim the child and dependent care credit -Form 1098 for college expenses and mortgage interest paid -Last year's tax return or any other documentation that could be helpful A word of caution: You may choose to use non-tax center electronic tax-filing services provided to military members via various Web sites. The Tax Center is not affiliated with any potentially free tax services provided to military members via various Web sites. In addition, some free tax services do not file state taxes for free. The federal and state taxes are prepared and e-filed simultaneously at the base tax center; state only returns will not be filed. There have been recent changes in Air Force policy regarding the software used in base tax centers. The tax center does not have access to tax information filed in previous years. Returns that include Schedule C (profit or loss from business), Schedule E (rents and losses), any tax return which is deemed "complicated" and "advanced" cannot be prepared by tax center personnel. There are currently no hard copies of the 2009 tax forms available. The Tax Center is located in the Legal Office conference room, Bldg. 3892, adjacent to the military courtroom in OPS Town. For more information, call the Tax Center at 437-2707.