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.
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Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITCs) |
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| State | City | Organization |
Phone |
Type of Clinic | Languages Served in Addition to English |
| CA | Fresno |
Central California Legal Services, Inc. |
559-570-1200 |
Controversy/ESL |
Spanish/Hmong/Lao |
| CA | Orange | Chapman University |
714-628-2535 |
Controversy |
Spanish/Vietnamese/ |
| CA | San Francisco |
Nihonmachi Legal Outreach |
415-567-6255 | Controversy/ ESL |
Cantonese/ Hindi / Mandarin / Russian / Spanish/ Vietnamese/ |
| CA | San Francisco |
Chinese Newcomers Service Center |
415-421-2111 | Controversy/ ESL |
Chinese |
| CA | San Francisco |
Homeless Prenatal Program |
415-546-6756 |
Controversy/ ESL |
Spanish |
| CA | San Francisco | San Francisco Bar Association Volunteer Legal Services Program www.sfbar.org/vlsp |
415-989-1616 | Controversy | N/A |
| CA | Los Angeles | AIDS Project Los Angeles www.apla.org |
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Controversy | Spanish/American Sign Language |
| CA | Northridge |
The Bookstein Tax Clinic |
818-677-3600 | Controversy/ ESL | Spanish |
| CA | Santa Ana | Legal Aid Society of Orange County |
800-834-5001 |
Controversy/ ESL |
Farsi/Spanish/Vietnamese/ |
| CA | San Diego |
Home Start, Inc. |
619-229-3660 | ESL | Arabic/Amharic/Bosnian/ Chaldean/Spanish/Vietnamese |
| CA | San Diego |
Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc. |
877-534-2524 |
Controversy |
Spanish |
| CA | San Diego | University of San Diego | 619-260-7470 | Controversy/ESL | Spanish |
| CA |
San Luis Obispo |
California Polytechnic State University www.cob.calpoly.edu/litc |
877-318-6772 |
Controversy/ ESL | Spanish/ Others through interpreter services |
| CA |
San Jose |
Santa Clara University School of Law LITC www.law.scu.edu/kgaclc/contact-us.cfm |
408-288-7030 |
Controversy | Chinese/Spanish/Vietnamese/ Others through interpreter services |
