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Students Honored for Work With Community Tax Assistance Program

Congratulations to Harris Felton and Kiadan Zheng for winning university-level service awards for their work in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program this spring (students pictured at left with 91³Ô¹ÏÍø College of Business Dean Michael Hargis).

Professor Ashley Phillips oversees and coordinates 91³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s annual involvement with VITA through the United Way of Central Arkansas. This tax season, students completed 329 tax returns, helped taxpayers claim $357,549 in refunds, and saved taxpayers approximately $60,000 in tax preparation fees.

The IRS’s offer free basic tax return preparation to qualified individuals.