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Tax season is here again. And while filing for tax returns can be tricky for the average family, it can get even more complicated for military families.

Thankfully, military personnel and their families have access to a variety of tax preparation and filing services for free. Whether you choose to file taxes yourself online or you prefer some outside assistance from a trained professional, there are a variety of free options to choose from.

Military Installation Tax Centers

Most large military installations worldwide offer service members and their families free income tax filing assistance through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program which is sponsored by the IRS. VITA sites have volunteers that are trained by the IRS to provide assistance with some of the more complicated military-specific tax issues, such as combat zone tax benefits.

Click hereto contact your local installation for more information about location of tax centers, hours of operation, scheduling appointments, and necessary documentation.

Off-Base Services

Liberty Tax Service is also offering Military.com members a new customer discount of $50 off income tax preparation.Click hereto print out the coupon and take it to participating Liberty offices with a valid military ID.

Jackson Hewittis offering a $50 prepaid Visa Gift Card on your tax prep fees when visiting a location in person. Or get a 25% off discount on your online tax return preparation.

Online Tax Preparation

Military OneSourceprovides free access to the H&R Block at Home online tax filing service for military families. This service allows military members to complete and electronically file federal and up to 3 state tax returns. This is available for active duty service members, National Guard and Reserve, and spouses. You must have a Military OneSource account.The Military OneSource no-cost online tax preparation and filing service launches January 13, 2015.

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You'll get a trial, but that's it. If you want any kind of free music, you'll have to stick with iTunes Radio.

Apple isn't going to offer free functionality for its new, still-in-the-works streaming service, according to the latest rumors.

Reports suggest that users will get a trial period, but when it's over, they'll have to sign up for a subscriptionrumored to cost $8/month. So when Apple does roll out its new streaming music service, don't expect to be able to sit back and enjoy limited functionality for nothing.

If you want free music via Apple, it looks like you'll have to use iTunes Radio, which will remain free.

Now you might be a big streaming music junkie today, but you probably weren't at first. You, like many others, likely made use of the big streaming services' free modes to start off.

And these can come in many different formats. Some services let you listen to whatever you want, but your playlists are interspersed with audio advertising. Other services don't let you create custom playlists, but they do let you listen to songs in a shuffle-like order, as picked by the service itself. Some let you listen to whatever you want on the desktop, but don't let you stream anything to your mobile device (or the mobile device connected to your car stereo) without ponying up a monthly fee.

Having a free service offering makes a lot of sense for a potential subscriber, as it gives you a chance to try a streaming service without having to do anything more than install some software on your PC or an app on your mobile device. You don't have to pony up for a month's subscription just to perform a quick check that, yes, your favorite, obscure Broadway soundtracks are on a particular service.

You can verify that you like a particular service's setup, features, and apps. Heck, you can even sit back and start listening to music immediately if said free service takes care of all your streaming needsand you don't mind advertising.

Well, the world may not work like that forever.

It's not just Apple's executive team culled from Beats Electronics who are leading the push for paid content. Music industry executives, who might have once been okay with the concept of ad-supported streaming, seem to have changed their minds as of late.

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- We see ads and commercials for tax preparation software all over the place, but millions of Americans qualify for free tax preparation assistance and they might not know it.

The government and a few different foundations offer free tax prep services for Americans.

We have sites here in Missouri and Arkansas that are open already if you're ready to complete your 2014 taxes.

VITA stands for the IRS' "Volunteer Income Tax Assistance" program.

The tax preparation service is open to the public and is designed to benefit low-income and senior taxpayers.

To qualify you just have to make less than 60,000 dollars a year for your household.

There are a few different sites in Springfield.

Midtown-Carnegie Branch Library, 397 E. Central St., by appointment.

Missouri State University Glass Hall, 4th floor, walk-in or appointment; park in metered lot, visitor lot or use MSU parking permit.

Drury University 900 N. Benton, Breech School of Business Administration at the corner of Central Street and Drury Lane, walk-in or appointment; free parking available.

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