U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14), in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), will host two free tax filing workshops for the 14th Congressional District. The workshops will take place in Dallas and Rome.

The first workshop will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 20 from 1-4 p.m at the Paulding County Board of Commissioner's office, 240 Constitution Blvd. Dallas, Ga. 30132

The second will be Thursday, Feb. 21 from 1-4 p.m. at the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Pkwy NE, Rome, in the Coosa Room.

Both events are free and open to the public. No RSVP required. Each location will have free parking available on site.

Anyone with questions about the events may contact Tracey Bartley in Congressman Graves’ office at 706-226-5320.

The IRS will help prepare 1040 EZ and 1040 A Non-complex 1040 forms. at the workshop. The tax preparers at the workshops will not be able to assist businesses or individuals with complex forms.

Individuals seeking tax preparation help need to bring the following forms:

• W2 forms.
• 1099 forms.
• Interest statements.
• Any non-taxable statement, such as Social Security Disability statements.
• Any record of income of any kind.
• Expense deductions, such as home mortgage interest statements.
• If claiming dependents, then have full names and Social Security numbers.

“Georgia’s families and businesses deserve a simpler, fairer tax code that leaves more money in their wallets and opens more job opportunities in our towns,” Graves said. “As we work to modernize the system, this time of year reminds us that we still have to deal with the burdensome laws in place."

Graves stated he partnered with the IRS to offer free workshops on filing basic tax returns to help ease the burden on some of his constituents.

He said experts would be on hand to take questions and walk people through the filing process.

Graves will give opening remarks at each event, followed by remarks from an IRS representative who will provide tax filing tips. The IRS representative will then take questions from the audience before tax preparers help individuals fill out basic forms.