Accounting students help low-income earners with tax returns

For some, preparing their tax return is a simple, albeit not enjoyable, exercise. For other people, help is sorely needed.

FIU accounting students and VITA volunteers

This past tax season once again, accounting students from FIU’s College of Business Administration helped low-income earners complete their tax forms. The students participated in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, a free service established by the Internal Revenue Service in 1980.

Thirty-five students amassed more than 700 volunteer hours, completing a total of 231 returns at VITA locations in Sweetwater, Miami, West Miami and Corpus Christi.

Read more on BizNews, the College of Business Administration’s news site.

— By Jane Schreier Jones