Melissa Koide and David Marzahl

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Channel: New America · 2009 · News & Politics

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David Marzahl, the Executive Director of the Center for Economic Progress in Chicago and Melissa Koide, Deputy Director of the Asset Building Program discuss how Volunteer Income Tax Assistance groups are helping lower income families save and access financial services at tax time.  They discuss how local efforts with matched savings incentives and opening bank accounts on tax forms can inform federal policy proposals.

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