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NU students work toward helping others deal with tax time. (Submitted photo)
NU students work toward helping others deal with tax time. (Submitted photo)

Niagara University providing free tax help

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Tue, Feb 14th 2017 09:15 am

It's that time of year again.

For the 36th straight year, accounting students from Niagara University's College of Business Administration are providing free tax preparation assistance to members of the Niagara Falls community this tax season.

In 2016, 86 student volunteers helped local residents file 891 tax returns, totaling more than $1.1 million in federal and state refunds.

Assistance will be provided from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Niagara University (St. Vincent's Hall, Room 205) on the following dates:

•Feb. 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 25 and 28; March 2, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 28 and 30; April 4 and 6

In addition, sessions will also be held at the Doris W. Jones Family Resource Building (3001 9th St., Niagara Falls) from noon to 4 p.m. on the following Saturdays:

•Feb. 25 and March 18

Appointments are accepted, but not necessary to participate in this free service. Participants are asked to bring photo identification and their social security card.

Niagara's program is coordinated by Dr. Ian Burt, a certified public accountant and accounting faculty member at the university.

Sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service, the program, called Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), is in its 36th year at Niagara. Under the program, NU students prepare and electronically file federal and state tax returns free of charge for elderly and low-income taxpayers in the community. The program is coordinated by members of Beta Alpha Psi, the international honor society for accounting, and the college's Accounting Society.

Niagara University's VITA program has garnered national accolades from Beta Alpha Psi, an organization with more than 300,000 members in 300 chapters on college and university campuses around the world.

For more information, call 716-286-7328 or visit www.niagara.edu/vita.

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