V.I.T.A

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What is VITA?

• Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
• Objective
• To Provide Experiential Learning to Volunteers
  Who Prepare Individual Tax Returns for Low Income
  Elderly Taxpayers
• SERVICE LEARNING

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VITA Key

• LEARNING
• THROUGH
• SERVING

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VITA Benefits Rewards

• Community Service
• Part of a 30 year UMSL tradition
• Explore career options
• Training in Tax Software
• Academic Credit (for those who want it!)
• Certificate of Recognition
• Travel and Other Expense Reimbursement

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VITA Benefits Rewards cont.

• Experiential Service Learning
• Hands-on Tax Accounting experience
• A Golden Touch to your Résumé
• A great reference for potential employers.
• Site Coordinators gain Management and Marketing
  experience
• Meet new people!

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Most of all.

• IT MAKES YOU
• FEEL GOOD!!!

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CO-SPONSORS OF OUR VITA PROGRAM

• Beta Alpha Psi
• UMSL, College of Business Administration
• The Internal Revenue Service
• Area Libraries
• Senior Programs
• Municipal Governments

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What we do

• For Low Income and Elderly Taxpayers
• Volunteers prepare
• State Income Tax Returns
• Federal Income Tax Returns.
• At various locations located in
• St. Louis City
• St. Louis County
• St. Charles
• You will not sign the tax returns nor have any
  legal liability!

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Requirements to participate

• Completion of or Current enrollment in Income Tax
• Attendance at the training workshops
• IRS certification
• TaxWise / E-filing training
• Weekly field service
• From Feb 4, 2008 to April 15, 2008
• Be a dependable volunteer!!

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Training Days

• Tax Workshop (All day)
• Saturday, January 12, 2008
• IRS Certification (All day)
• Sunday, January 13, 2008
• TaxWise Training (Half day)
• Saturday, January 19, 2008 OR
• Sunday, January 20, 2008
• Dates subject to change. A final schedule will be
  available in November

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What to do?

• If you are interested please
• fill out the second page of the hand out.
• This only indicates that you have an interest in
  volunteering.
• You can always change your mind.

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Questions can be referred to

• VITA Program Supervising Coordinator
• Brenda Kelley
• Umsl_Vita_at_yahoo.com (e-mail)
• VITA Program Operations Manager
• Julie Carlson
• 1011 SSB Tower (office)
• Umsl_Vita_at_yahoo.com (e-mail)
• Faculty Advisor
• Lindell Chew
• 1005 SSB Tower
• [phone] (office phone)
• LPC1_at_umsl.edu

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• OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE
• THANK YOU!
• OPPORTUNITY IS NOW HERE

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• THANK YOU!
• OPPORTUNITY IS NOW HERE

Umsl_Vita_at_yahoo.com (e-mail)