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Contact a Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) in California

If you are a low income taxpayer who needs assistance in resolving tax disputes with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and you cannot afford representation, or if you speak English as a second language and need help understanding your taxpayer rights and responsibilities, you may qualify for help from a Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) that provides free or nominal cost assistance.

Low Income Taxpayer Clinics represent low income taxpayers before the IRS and assist taxpayers in audits, appeals and collection disputes. LITCs can also help taxpayers respond to IRS notices and correct account problems.

Although LITCs receive partial funding from the IRS, LITCs, their employees, and their volunteers are completely independent of the federal government. These clinics are operated by nonprofit organizations or academic institutions.

This is not a recommendation by the IRS that you retain a Low Income Taxpayer Clinic or other similar organization to represent you before the IRS.

Each clinic independently decides if you meet the income eligibility guidelines and other criteria before it agrees to represent you.
See the "Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Income Eligibility Guidelines".

The federally-funded clinics for the state selected are listed below.

The city for the main office of each clinic is listed; however, some clinics have multiple locations. Please contact the clinic for the office nearest you.

Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITCs)
State	City	Organization	Phone	Type of Clinic	Languages Served in Addition to English
CA	Fresno	Central California Legal Services LITC	559-570-1200 800-675-8001	Controversy/ESL	Spanish/Hmong/ Khmer/ Lao/Hebrew
CA	Orange	Chapman University Tax Law Clinic	714-628-2535	Controversy	Spanish/Vietnamese
CA	San Francisco	Asian Pacific Islander LITC	415-567-6255	Controversy/ ESL	All languages through interpreter services
CA	San Francisco	Chinese Newcomers Service Center	415-421-2111	Controversy/ ESL	Chinese
CA	San Francisco	Volunteer Legal Services Program LITC	415-989-1616	Controversy	None
CA	Los Angeles	AIDS Project Los Angeles LITC	213-201-1600	Controversy	All languages through interpreter services
CA	Northridge	The Bookstein Tax Clinic	818-677-3600	Controversy/ ESL	Spanish/Korean/ Armenian
CA	Santa Ana	Legal Aid Society of Orange County LITC	800-834-5001 714-571-5200	Controversy/ ESL	Spanish
CA	San Diego	Home Start LITC	619-229-3660 ext 222	ESL	All languages through interpreter services
CA	San Diego	Legal Aid Society of San Diego LITC	877-534-2524	Controversy	Spanish/French/ Italian
CA	San Diego	University of San Diego Legal Clinics	619-260-7470	Controversy/ESL	Spanish
CA	San Luis Obispo	Cal Poly LITC	877-318-6772 805-756-2951	Controversy/ ESL	Spanish/ Other languages through interpreter services
CA	San Jose	Santa Clara University School of Law LITC	408-288-7030	Controversy	All languages through interpreter services

Page Last Reviewed or Updated: 24-Apr-2013