Creighton University students are hosting tax clinics to help community members file taxes as part of the Internal Revenue Service Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program.
The free clinics are available to anyone with an income of $67,000 and below. Students who are part of the federal income tax accounting class participate in the clinic, and they also take a class with the IRS VITA program to prepare them.
Deyna Rouse, assistant professor of practice in the accounting department at Creighton, said around 150 students help with the clinic over the course of the tax season, with about 30 to 40 preparers and 10 to 12 reviewers each week…