Megan O'Connell

If you need some help preparing your taxes, there's an organization on campus
willing to help. It's called Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, or VITA. Megan
O'Connell has more in this Bobcat Update.

The group consists of accounting students at Texas State who volunteer to help
prepare tax returns through the end of March. The free service has been offered
at Texas State for the past decade, but this is the first year it is not only
being offered to Texas State students but to San Marcos residents as well.
Volunteers can provide assistance for those with complex returns, including
self-employed individuals or those seeking education credits.
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The service is offered at the McCoy Business Building in room one-25. You must
bring your w-two, or ten-99, your social security card and your drivers license.
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Volunteer Income Tax Assistance coordinator, Victoria Otto, says this weeks'
turnout was much better than the first week. The L-B-J Student Center parking
garage offers a reduced fee of two dollars for parking on Tuesdays for those who
are coming to campus for the assistance. The tax service is offered every
Tuesday, from three to seven P-M and every Thursday from three to five P-M until
March 31st. For Bobcat Update, I'm Megan O'Connell.