AccountAbility Minnesota

AccountAbility Minnesota is dedicated to providing high quality tax preparation and related financial services to individuals and families of limited means by leveraging volunteer resources and advising and assisting others to provide similar services in their communities.

AccountAbility Minnesota is guided by principles of economic justice and fairness. We are committed to:

Integrity -- We value integrity, openness and honesty in our relationships with the community and the people we serve.

Innovation and Excellence -- We strive for innovation and excellence in our work.

Accountability and Responsiveness -- As an organization, we are accountable and responsive to the needs of our diverse community.

Inclusiveness -- We respect the diversity in our community and will not allow these differences to affect a person’s opportunities.

Empowerment -- We are committed to individuals and families determining their own financial future and achieving economic stability.

In 1971 a group of tax professionals came together with the same belief -- an individual’s access to quality tax assistance and financial refunds should not depend solely on one’s ability to pay for such services. Shortly thereafter, AccountAbility Minnesota was formed and began providing free tax prep to low- and moderate-income individuals.

After 38 years of service, AccountAbility Minnesota’s scope of work has broadened. We assist Minnesotans to move out of poverty by providing pathways to increase income, build assets and become financially secure, and by advocating for change that breaks down barriers to financial success. We do this by:

• Providing free tax assistance each year to thousands of low-income working taxpayers and sole-proprietors in the Twin Cities, and helping them to maximize the tax credit refunds they are due to significantly boost their incomes;

• Partnering with financial institutions and community organizations to expand access to financial products and services that encourage low- and moderate-income taxpayers to use their cash credits to build assets and improve their long-term financial security;

• Providing technical assistance to other organizations throughout Minnesota, training them to provide these vital services.
We leverage our community’s resources.

AccountAbility Minnesota taps into our community’s strength and generosity to assist our low- and moderate-income individuals and families to move from “getting by” to “getting ahead.” We do so with a dedicated team of nearly 400 trained volunteer accountants, tax practitioners, accounting students and other individuals. Collectively, they provide more than 10,000 hours of tax prep and financial education that ultimately puts more money into the hands of our community members and local economies.

Our primary events are the tax preparation sites clinics, where volunteers prepare taxes, interpret and/or manage the intake process. These sites are primarily run during tax season from January through April. We have nine twelve different sites in the Twin Cities where volunteers can work.

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Tax Site Assistant

Help manage the flow of activities at the tax site. Greet and register customers and screen for eligibility.

Individual Tax Preparer

Complete federal and state returns using tax software. Free tax preparation training is provided and you do not need professional tax experience, but you should have experience preparing your own taxes.  

Interpreter

Provide translation for questions and instructions between the taxpayer and volunteer tax preparer. Languages needed: Spanish, Amharic, Oromo, Somali, Hmong, Vietnamese, Russian and American Sign Language.