Meet the Real$ense Tax Blitz Day Clients

Marcus Moton and his daughter
“It’s a good thing I came in today,” declared Marcus Moton, 23, an electrician currently doing temp work. “I had money coming back from the last couple of years that I didn’t even know about!” Grinning as he cradled his 3-month old daughter, Shamaryiah, in his arms, Moton said he would put to very good use the tax refund and money he was going to receive through the new Economic Stimulus Package. “This will help a lot,” he said. “I want to make a better future for my little girl.”

Chris Kemp thought he would follow his normal routine of paying $160 to one of the many tax preparation companies that open their doors each spring. “I couldn’t afford it and kept putting off doing my taxes. Now, I’m glad I did,” he said, gratefully handing his tax forms to Regina Suggs of HabiJax, one of several VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Volunteers at the front-line greeters table on Tax Blitz Day. Kemp, a plumber with David Gray Plumbing, said he’d read about the Real$ense Tax Blitz in the newspaper.

Filing her income tax is a real challenge for single mom Tammy Sutton of West Jacksonville. With the daily demands of five children, the youngest of whom suffers from chronic asthma, her work schedule as a grocery store cashier has suffered recently and she said just getting to a tax site took some doing. “This turned out to be a very good day for me,” said Sutton, smiling as she and her two youngest children, Jihad, 9, and Der’resha, 3, got ready to leave the busy WorkSource office with her completed tax return in hand.