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RappTaxFree returns with free tax-filing for residents

by | Feb 8, 2026

RappTaxFree is returning for its third year, providing free state and federal tax-filing services to the Rappahannock community every Saturday through Apr. 11 at the Washington Baptist Church, 180 Gay St. in the Town of Washington.

RappTaxFree can prepare most personal tax returns, including those with W-2 income, retirement income, interest or dividends, investments and Social Security benefits, as well as many self-employment returns. Taxpayers meet with an IRS-certified tax counselor who helps prepare their return before a second review is done to ensure accuracy. Filing happens that same day. 

RappTaxFree is open to everyone no matter their age or financial situation, though Anne Yeoman, RappTaxFree site coordinator, said the program especially aims to support low and middle income residents. 

“People can pay $200, $300, $400 or more to have a very simple return prepared, and most of those people will have refunds, but they will lose the value of those refunds [when] they have to pay somebody a pile of money to do the return,” Yeoman said. “And a lot of people who don’t have to file because they make less than $15,000, if they did file, they might get substantial refunds, and it’s the only way to get back your W-2 withholding.”

Yeoman said appointment slots for the first Saturday, Feb. 7, are filling up. To make a free appointment, call 540-227-0493, or email [email protected].

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  • Ireland Hayes

    Ireland joined Foothills Forum as a full-time reporter in 2023 after graduating from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication with a degree in journalism and minor in music. As a student, she gained valuable experience in reporter and editor positions at The Red & Black, an award-winning student newspaper, and contributed to Grady Newsource and the Athens Banner-Herald. She spent three years as an editorial assistant at Georgia Magazine, UGA’s quarterly alumni publication, and interned with The Bitter Southerner.
    Growing up in a small town in Southeast Georgia, Ireland developed a deep appreciation for rural communities and the unique stories they have to tell. She completed undergraduate research on news deserts, ghost papers and the ways rural communities in Georgia are being forced to adapt to a lack of local news. This research further sparked her interest in a career contributing to the preservation of local and rural news.
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Ireland joined Foothills Forum as a full-time reporter in 2023 after graduating from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication with a degree in journalism and minor in music. As a student, she gained valuable experience in reporter and editor positions at The Red & Black, an award-winning student newspaper, and contributed to Grady Newsource and the Athens Banner-Herald. She spent three years as an editorial assistant at Georgia Magazine, UGA’s quarterly alumni publication, and interned with The Bitter Southerner. Growing up in a small town in Southeast Georgia, Ireland developed a deep appreciation for rural communities and the unique stories they have to tell. She completed undergraduate research on news deserts, ghost papers and the ways rural communities in Georgia are being forced to adapt to a lack of local news. This research further sparked her interest in a career contributing to the preservation of local and rural news.