LEWISTON — AARP Tax-Aide is seeking volunteers to provide free tax help in 2016. Volunteers will receive tax training to help others file their tax returns.

No prior experience is needed, and volunteers can serve in a variety of roles. They will learn how to prepare basic tax returns and learn about tax deductions and credits that benefit eligible taxpayers. These include credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit and Credit for the Elderly.

Volunteers generally serve an average of three to five hours per week. The programs are open from mid-January 2016 through the tax filing deadline in April. Hours are flexible.

Enrolled agents and noncredentialed tax-return preparers can earn credits when volunteering as instructor, quality reviewer or tax-return preparer.

AARP Tax-Aide has local sites in Lewiston, Poland and Norway.

FMI: [email protected].