This dataset provides a machine-readable format for the data that populates the "NYC Free Tax Preparation Site Finder" map hosted on DCA's website. The dataset includes the name and address of the service provider, its hours of operation, services available, and required geo-spacial data elements used by the map.

DCA's Office of Financial Empowerment (OFE) DCA coordinates the City’s Annual Tax Season Initiative which offers free tax preparation services to qualifying New Yorkers. NYC Free Tax Prep sites are displayed on a map at nyc.gov/taxprep (https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dca/TaxMap/index.html)

The map is updated whenever a new site is added or an existing site changes its hours of operation or services provided.

For more information about Free Tax Preparation Sties visit the DCA website (https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dca/consumers/file-your-taxes-faqs.page).

This is a list of the Department of Consumer Affairs, Office of Financial Empowerment Financial Empowerment Centers includes information on the provider, host site, address, hours of operations, languages spoken on-site, and more specific data about the location.

This dataset provides a machine-readable format for the data that populates the "NYC Free Tax Preparation Site Finder" map hosted on DCA's website. The dataset includes the name and address of the service provider, its hours of operation, services available, and required geo-spacial data elements used by the map.

DCA's Office of Financial Empowerment (OFE) DCA coordinates the City’s Annual Tax Season Initiative which offers free tax preparation services to qualifying New Yorkers. NYC Free Tax Prep sites are displayed on a map at nyc.gov/taxprep (https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dca/TaxMap/index.html)

The map is updated whenever a new site is added or an existing site changes its hours of operation or services provided.

For more information about Free Tax Preparation Sties visit the DCA website (https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dca/consumers/file-your-taxes-faqs.page).

This dataset was compiled from a financial security study conducted in 2013 by Department of Consumer and Worker Protection's Office of Financial Empowerment, in partnership with The Urban Institute. The dataset is published on the DCWP website and used for a web-based data visualization tool. More information about the data, the study, and the online web-application can be found on the DCWP website:
https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dca/CitywideFinancialServicesStudy/index.html

Source: Ratcliffe, Caroline, Signe-Mary McKernan, Emma Kalish, and Steven Martin. 2015. “Where are the Unbanked and Underbanked in New York City?” Washington, DC: Urban Institute.