{"id":48724,"date":"2024-02-16T14:42:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T20:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=48724"},"modified":"2024-02-16T14:42:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T20:42:45","slug":"bsu-accounting-students-offering-free-income-tax-help-starting-feb-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/16\/bsu-accounting-students-offering-free-income-tax-help-starting-feb-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Accounting Students Offering Free Income Tax Help Starting Feb. 21\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With tax season just around the corner, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ prepares to host its annual VITA tax program. <\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":279}'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ&rsquo;s Department of Accountancy is set to host its annual tax assistance program beginning Feb. 21. With support from the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, the university is prepared to offer free and accessible assistance to eligible tax filers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":279}'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The program aims to provide assistance for taxpayers making under $60,000 a year, the elderly, individuals with disabilities and those who are learning English. <\/span><span data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":279}'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Under the direction of Jeffery Everhart, assistant professor of accountancy, and Dr. Sandra Kranz, professor of accountancy, the following students in the Tax II course have been certified to help throughout the filing process:&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":279}'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"&#61623;\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props='{\"335552541\":1,\"335559684\":-2,\"335559685\":720,\"335559991\":360,\"469769226\":\"Symbol\",\"469769242\":[8226],\"469777803\":\"left\",\"469777804\":\"&#61623;\",\"469777815\":\"hybridMultilevel\"}' data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Drew Benes, business administration and accounting, Aurora, Minn.<\/span><span data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":279}'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"&#61623;\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props='{\"335552541\":1,\"335559684\":-2,\"335559685\":720,\"335559991\":360,\"469769226\":\"Symbol\",\"469769242\":[8226],\"469777803\":\"left\",\"469777804\":\"&#61623;\",\"469777815\":\"hybridMultilevel\"}' data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Chase Beucler, accounting, Big Lake, Minn.<\/span><span data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":279}'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"&#61623;\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props='{\"335552541\":1,\"335559684\":-2,\"335559685\":720,\"335559991\":360,\"469769226\":\"Symbol\",\"469769242\":[8226],\"469777803\":\"left\",\"469777804\":\"&#61623;\",\"469777815\":\"hybridMultilevel\"}' data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Brooke Fredrickson, accounting and business administration, Thief River Falls, Minn.<\/span><span data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":279}'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"&#61623;\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props='{\"335552541\":1,\"335559684\":-2,\"335559685\":720,\"335559991\":360,\"469769226\":\"Symbol\",\"469769242\":[8226],\"469777803\":\"left\",\"469777804\":\"&#61623;\",\"469777815\":\"hybridMultilevel\"}' data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tristan Hamann, accounting and pre-law, Bemidji, Minn.<\/span><span data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":279}'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"&#61623;\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props='{\"335552541\":1,\"335559684\":-2,\"335559685\":720,\"335559991\":360,\"469769226\":\"Symbol\",\"469769242\":[8226],\"469777803\":\"left\",\"469777804\":\"&#61623;\",\"469777815\":\"hybridMultilevel\"}' data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Oren Kero, accounting, Hibbing, Minn.<\/span><span data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":279}'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is a unique opportunity for accounting students to apply their knowledge and use their skills to make a positive impact in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ&rsquo;s student community and beyond.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":279}'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The VITA program will be offered starting Feb. 21, 2024. It will continue to offer its services on campus in Memorial Hall 250. Taxpayers can receive assistance every Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. until April 10 &ndash; excluding March 6.<\/span><span data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":279}'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To continue the program&rsquo;s commitment to accessibility, community members and students can complete their taxes on a walk-in basis. Walk-ins must be no later than 5:30 p.m.<\/span><span data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":279}'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Learn More<\/h2>\n<p>&bull; IRS.gov: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/individuals\/free-tax-return-preparation-for-qualifying-taxpayers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Free Tax Return Preparation for Qualifying Taxpayers<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With tax season just around the corner, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ prepares to host its annual VITA tax program. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":48725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,1034,872,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-accounting","category-homepage","category-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48726,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48724\/revisions\/48726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}