More than half of all Americans have no savings to help them cope with even small emergencies. Yet more than 100 million taxpayers get refunds from the IRS each year. For many individuals and families, that tax refund is the largest check that they will receive all year, the perfect windfall to start or grow an emergency fund.
In the 2019 tax season, SaveYourRefund will once again offer tax filers the chance to win cash prizes for saving a portion of their tax refunds. Now in its seventh year, SaveYourRefund is a partnership between Commonwealth and America Saves that provides fun and exciting incentives for Americans to save at tax time when households making less than $50,000 claim $100 billion in federal tax refunds. A chance to win one of two $10,000 grand prizes or one of 100 smaller prizes of $100 is enough to turn a savings skeptic into a savings believer.
Last year, SaveYourRefund helped over 3,400 tax clients save over $2.9 million and gave away $35,000 in cash prizes. We’re looking forward to building on last year’s success and continuing to reward those who save at tax time with 100 weekly prizes and two $10,000 grand prize winners.
Here are three ways your organization can get involved with SaveYourRefund and spread the word:
1. Sign up to be a 2019 SaveYourRefund Partner
Partners help us by spreading the word and promoting SaveYourRefund in their communities.
If your organization works with and/or is affiliated with a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, this is an exciting and fun way to promote automatic saving during tax time. Staff and volunteers at these organizations are helping clients to enter the SaveYourRefund promotion when they file their taxes. But any organization can become a partner a spread the word.
By signing up as a partner, you will receive communications about the promotion, including training opportunities and promotional materials, and have access to some reporting data like how much the entries from your site are saving.
2. Spread the word about SaveYourRefund
Help us change as many lives as possible with SaveYourRefund by encouraging your partners and aligned organizations to join you in becoming SaveYourRefund partners. Share this content on your website, in your blog, or your newsletter.
Partner with SaveYourRefund to Promote Tax Time Savings!
Nearly half of all Americans don’t have enough savings to cope with even small emergencies. Yet more than 100 million taxpayers get refunds from the IRS each year. For many individuals and families, that tax refund is the largest check that they will receive all year, and the perfect windfall to start or grow an emergency fund.
In the 2019 tax season, SaveYourRefund will once again offer tax filers the chance to win cash prizes for saving a portion of their tax refunds. Now in its seventh year, SaveYourRefund is a partnership between Commonwealth and America Saves that provides fun and exciting incentives for Americans to save at tax time, when households making less than $53,000 claim $100 billion in federal tax refunds. A chance to win one of two $10,000 grand prizes or one of the 100 prizes of $100 is enough to turn a saving skeptic into a savings believer.
We encourage all of you to sign up as a SaveYourRefund partner for the 2019 tax season. Some Partners work directly with clients to offer free tax preparation services. Other Partners help us by spreading the word and promoting SaveYourRefund in their communities. By signing up as a Partner, you will receive communications about the promotion leading up to and during tax season, including information on trainings, promotional materials, progress updates (including data from entries from your tax sites), and inspiring saver stories.
Sign up to be a 2019 SaveYourRefund Partner today!
You can also share the opportunity on social media:
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3. Promote tax-time savings on social media
Tara and Cassandra, the winners of the 2018 grand prizes both took advantage of the tax-time moment to better their financial lives. Help us motivate thousands of Americans like Tara and Cassandra by sharing these messages about tax time savings and SaveYourRefund on social media.
Click “Tweet this now” to post these tweets to your account right now or enhance scheduled posts with corresponding images:
Use Form 8888 when you file taxes to split your refund into two parts: spending and savings! #SaveYourRefund
With $30,000 in prizes and 102 chances to win, #SaveYourRefund is BIG incentive to save during tax season: http://bit.ly/2enJLME
Cassandra and Tara each won $10,000 by saving for their futures: http://bit.ly/2J5UqHV v/ @AmericaSaves #SaveYourRefund
Could you be the next #SaveYourRefund grand prize winner? Meet the two photo contest winners from tax season 2018: http://bit.ly/2J5UqHV v/ @AmericaSaves
These lucky 2018 winners each won $100 simply by saving a portion of their #taxrefund through #SaveYourRefund: http://bit.ly/2xCcsj
Visit SaveYourRefund.org to sign up today.
- More saver/winner stories: https://saveyourrefund.com/2018-100-winers/
- Partner stories: https://saveyourrefund.com/partner-spotlight/