LIHUE — Volunteer AARP Tax Aide tax preparers are getting ready following the recent Internal Revenue Service announcement that the 2025 tax season starts on Jan. 27, the first day the IRS will accept returns.
“Brian and Coleen Kasperek have been heading the AARP Tax Aide program on Kauai for many years,” said Jerry Yankowitz, one of the tax preparers. “They want to retire, and Alan Momohara has been named the district coordinator.”
The AARP Foundation Tax Aide provides tax assistance to anyone, free of charge, with a focus on taxpayers who are over 50 years old and have low to moderate income. The Tax Aide states individuals do not need to be an AARP member to use the service.
The need for preparation ahead of the first location opening is due to the tax preparation team needing to be IRS-certified.
Yankowitz said there are several announcements ahead of the opening of the first Tax Aide location that will open on Feb. 11 at the Lihue Neighborhood Center, the older side, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. The AARP Tax Aide locations will be available from Feb. 11, and the last day will be on April 1.
This year, Tax Aide will return to Kapaa when it opens at Kalukalu at 1624 on Feb. 20. This is the Kauai Federal Credit Union’s Kapaa site that was formerly known as the Otsuka’s Building on Kuhio Highway. Depending on the response on Feb. 20, there is a possibility Tax Aide will be back on Feb. 21.
Another new site for this year is at the Kukui Grove Center that will be available on March 28 and 29.
“This is the first time Tax Aide will be available on a Saturday,” Yankowitz said. “I don’t think the AARP Tax Aide on Kauai has ever had a Saturday opening.”
All of the AARP Tax Aide locations will be available on a first come, first served basis from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. People looking to have their taxes prepared should have all of their documentations with them and available for the tax preparers.
Last year, the AARP Tax Aide program on Kauai helped more than 400 people. The Tax Aide website says that since 1968, Tax Aide has helped more than 80 million taxpayers receive all of the credits and deductions they’re entitled to.
“We don’t turn anyone away,” Yankowitz said.
AARP Tax Aide 2025
• Lihue Neighborhood Center: Feb. 11, Feb. 18, Feb. 25, March 4, March 11, March 25, April 1.
• Hanapepe Public Library: Feb. 24, March 1, March 10, March 17, March 24, March 31.
• Koloa Neighborhood Center: Feb. 26, March 12.
• Kekaha Neighborhood Center: Feb. 27.
• Kalaheo Neighborhood Center: March 5, March 19.
• Kaumakani Neighborhood Center: March 20.
• Kalukalu at 1624: Feb. 20.
• Kukui Grove Center: March 28, March 29.
