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Tax Counseling for the Elderly

Program Information

Popular name

TCE

Program Number

21.006

Program objective

Authorize the Internal Revenue Service to enter into an agreement with private or public nonprofit agencies or organizations; establish a network of trained volunteers to provide free federal income tax information and return preparation assistance to elderly taxpayers.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    No current data is available 1,306,741 Returns Prepared

  2. 2018

    1,354,588 Returns Prepared

  3. 2019

    Nearly 4 million taxpayers were assisted during 2019 through the TCE Grant Program.

  4. 2020

    Nearly 1 million taxpayers assisted through the TCE Grant Program

  5. 2022

    A conservative growth rate of 1 percent is projected.

  6. 2024

    Over 1.1 million taxpayers were assisted during 2024 through the Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) Grant Program

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Publication 1101, Application Package and Guidelines for Managing a TCE Program 2 CFR 200 Publication 4883, Grant Program Resource Guide