One more weekend available for free income tax filing assistance at Nelson Hall

Feb. 18, 2007 - College of Management accounting students will be providing free income tax filing assistance for one more Saturday this year - Feb. 24. The student volunteers have helped an average of 25 people on each of their first two sessions this month, helping busy students and a few employees complete the annual task.

The service is being made available to NC State University students, employees, and area community residents with an annual household income of $39,000 or below.

The student volunteers, however, cannot prepare non-resident alien tax returns (1040NR) because they have not received the additional training required to do so.

The VITA student volunteers will be available on a walk-in basis on next Saturday, Feb. 24, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the Nelson Hall walk-in computer lab, located in the basement level of Nelson Hall.

Those requesting this service should bring all their 2006 income information, including W2 statements, plus Social Security cards for the primary person and any dependents being claimed on the tax return; and a picture ID for the primary tax filer. Last year’s tax return documents are also helpful.

The VITA program, in place for over 30 years, provides training and certification for volunteers, preparing them to complete basic income tax returns, said Marjorie Holmes with the Raleigh IRS office.

“We have about 15 student volunteers who have completed both the income tax class in our accounting curriculum and the VITA training,” said Ernest Carraway, accounting lecturer and coordinator of the student volunteers. “They are ready to provide this valuable service to the campus community.”

Carraway and accounting professors Lorraine McClenny Wright and Roby Sawyers are providing oversight for the student volunteers.