Free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program Returns Virtually; Offering Extended Service

This is the 18th year for the College of Business to provide the tax prep service.

Style Magazine Newswire | 3/31/2021, 4:19 p.m.
Accounting professors and graduate students enrolled in business accounting courses at Prairie View A&M University’s College of Business are once …

Accounting professors and graduate students enrolled in business accounting courses at Prairie View A&M University’s College of Business are once again helping to prepare federal tax returns for the public. Due to the pandemic, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is being carried online with virtual clinic hours on Thursdays.

The free service is provided by Accounting Professor Brian Lee, CPA, Ph.D., several IRS-certified graduate students, and the PVAMU Community Economic Development Extension Program.

WHAT: Free Tax Preparation: PVAMU Virtual Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program

WHO: Individuals earning $66,000 or less, college students, the disabled, and senior citizens

WHEN: February 25, 2021, through the IRS deadline extension date of June 15, 2021

TIME: Virtual Clinic Hours are Thursdays, 1 – 3 p.m.

WHERE: Via Telephone/Zoom

For details on the five-step process, see the attached flyer.

For more information on the PVAMU Virtual VITA Program, contact Talia Washington, Program Specialist, Community Economic Development Extension Program, by email at tbwashington@pvamu.edu or phone (936) 261-5119.

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