| Tax return preparation is free
Free tax return preparation is available to qualifying families and individuals with incomes below $40,000.This service is being provided by members of the Shippensburg University Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. VITA is a national program set up by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and sponsored by the Community Action Commission "Money in Your Pocket" Campaign.The program provides free assistance to low to moderate income individuals and families. Upper-level accounting and business students in the John L. Grove College of Business at Shippensburg University have taken training classes and been certified by the IRS to provide high-quality tax preparation services, including e-filing of both federal and state returns for fast refunds.Local returns are also prepared.Deborah Hocking, CPA and Assistant Professor of Accounting at Shippensburg University is the VITA site director.
IRS wants to give millions money
Millions of Americans could put hundreds of dollars in their pockets just by filing tax returns, according to the IRS. Filing a 2007 return by April 15 makes people eligible - even those who don't owe any taxes - for sizeable "economic stimulus" checks. And filing a 2004 return by April 15 is how a million Americans could collect the unclaimed $1.2 billion in refunds the agency has waiting for them. Just in Pennsylvania and New Jersey alone, more than $80 million is owed to more than 85,000 people who never filed a 2004 income-tax return. More than $550 awaits most of those eligible, according to IRS. Taxpayers must file by April 15, however, or that refund will become the property of the U.S. Treasury. No penalties are charged for filing late, if the taxpayer is owed a refund.
IRS Works Overtime To Ensure You Get Your Stimulus Check
WASHINGTON -- In order to get the economic stimulus payment coming out later this spring, you have to file a federal tax return. Problem is, a lot of people don't -- among them people whose income is either too low or not taxable. To help them, the Internal Revenue Service will open hundreds of locations this Saturday to prepare the simple Form 1040A for people who are filing a return solely to get their stimulus payment. Those working with the IRS include AARP, United Way of America and dozens of others. Some 320 IRS offices located in all 50 states and the District of Columbia will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., although some may be open longer. IRS workers also will visit nursing homes and similar locations to prepare returns.
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