For more than 40 years, student volunteers have provided free tax filing through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The service is provided by Beta Alpha Psi, an international honor organization for financial information students and professionals and supervised by Truman graduate teaching research assistants and accounting faculty. Certified by the IRS, volunteers for VITA are often accounting majors. This activity is a great opportunity to put classroom learning into action while meeting a community need.
In the past five years, VITA has filed more than 1,600 returns for refunds totaling over $400,000. Those with a gross income of under $67,000 are eligible for the service. More information about making a VITA appointment is available here.