SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Partners for Community Action is deep into its 22nd year of preparing free tax returns for low-income earners, the elderly and earners with limited English language skills — just about anyone in Hampden County who is earning less than $64,000 a year, regardless of family size.
The agency is among the IRS’s top five preparers nationally under its Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, or VITA. But that begs the question, why is the IRS so concerned about poor people filing their taxes?
