VITA Volunteer Training | Self-Study Onboarding

Once you have created an account, SAVE your username and password someplace you can easily access later. Next, you want to DOWNLOAD the following training materials & resources:

• Publication 6744 – VITA/TCE Volunteer Assister’s Test - VITA Volunteer Test/Retest booklet
• United Way VITA Training Resources - TRAINING-ENGLISH
• Publication 4012 – VITA/TCE Volunteer Resource Guide - This volunteer resource guide will assist you in completing a tax return using TaxSlayer.
• Publication 4491 – VITA/TCE Volunteer Training Guide - IRS training guide. Use this publication to read about tax law topics in detail.

UPDATE RE: IRS 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA)

 Background: The Form 6744 VITA/TCE Volunteer Test/Retest questions are based on pre-OBBBA tax law. Therefore, all test answers are also based on pre-OBBBA tax law in effect at the time. This may cause volunteers to make inadvertent errors when completing certification tests.  

Message for volunteers: Volunteers should base their certification test/retest answers using the tax law content shown in the lessons of the Publication 4491 and Publication 4012. Volunteers should NOT base their test/retest answers on OBBBA tax law changes. The Link & Learn Taxes Certification site is programmed for pre-OBBBA tax law answers only.