{"id":1602,"date":"2009-02-19T14:52:24","date_gmt":"2009-02-19T20:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/bsutoday\/?p=1602"},"modified":"2021-11-01T15:47:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T20:47:13","slug":"vita-tax-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2009\/02\/19\/vita-tax-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Accounting students offer free income tax return assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BEMIDJI, Minn.<\/strong> &mdash; Bemidji State University students who have completed the Tax I course and passed Internal Revenue Service certification tests are donating their time to the community for the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. <\/p>\n<p>The free workshop is open from 4-7 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays through April 15. It is located in Decker Hall 14 at 1717 Birchmont Dr. NE in Bemidji. <\/p>\n<p>The student volunteers will use their tax knowledge to provide assistance to other students, including international students with special requirements, low-income and elderly individuals in the area who may be uncomfortable or unfamiliar with tax law and filing requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The program not only offers free preparation, but also free e-filing for those who qualify. With e-filing and direct deposit, those who qualify typically receive their refund in 8-10 days. In the preparation process persons who qualify for Earned Income Tax Credit are able to receive a larger refund than just the taxes that have been withheld from their paychecks over the tax year.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Property Tax Refunds for Renters can also be prepared and e-filed by VITA. However these refunds do not usually arrive until late July or early August.<\/p>\n<p>The Accounting Club is providing hosts and hostesses for each session to facilitate the orderly registration of clients and assignment to the tax preparers.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact the Department of Accounting at (218) 755-2907.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEMIDJI, Minn. &mdash; Bemidji State University students who have completed the Tax I course and passed Internal Revenue Service certification tests are donating their time to the community for the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. The free workshop is open from 4-7 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays through April 15. It is located in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1602","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\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44260,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1602\/revisions\/44260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}