B-CU Students Offer Tax Preparation Assistance to Community
Office of Public Relations
Meredith Rodriguez
Associate Director, Communications & Marketing
rodriguezm@cookman.edu
386-481-2991
386-481-2973
The students participating in the program are accounting majors in the B-CU School of Business who have been trained and certified by the IRS. Each of the students underwent approximately 20 hours of training and testing to achieve this certification. This is the second year that there will be a VITA site on the B-CU campus.
Program Details:
What: Free income tax preparation services for low- to moderate-income taxpayers. All students qualify.
When: Every Wednesday through April 13 from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Three Saturdays 2/19, 3/12, 4/2 from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Bethune-Cookman University School of Business
Wendell P. Holmes Building, Room 228
Directions from International Speedway Boulevard: Turn north on Lincoln Street. Turn right into first driveway past the Mary McLeod Bethune Performing Arts Center.
Requirements: Individuals must bring the following items with them to receive tax preparation assistance:
- Social Security card(s) or B-CU Student ID Card
- Birth dates for self, spouse and all dependents
- Current year tax package if received
- Wage and earnings statement(s) - Form W-2, W-2G, 1009-R - from all employers
- Interest and dividend statements (Forms 1099)
- Copy of last year’s tax return, if available
- Bank account number for direct deposit
- Total paid for child care provider
- Any other tax form received
- Any deductible expenses
For more information: Call 211 or go to www.liveunitedinvolusiaflagler.org
Founded in 1904 by Mary McLeod Bethune, Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) today sustains her legacy of faith, scholarship and service through its relationship with the United Methodist Church and its commitment to academic excellence and civic engagement. B-CU offers baccalaureate degrees in 37 majors through six academic schools – Arts & Humanities; Business; Education; Nursing; Science, Engineering and Mathematics; and Social Sciences – and maintains intercollegiate athletic programs and instrumental and choral groups that have achieved national recognition. Under the direction of President Trudie Kibbe Reed, the school achieved University status in 2007with the launch of a master’s degree program in transformative leadership. Located in Daytona Beach, B-CU is one of three private historically black colleges in the state of Florida. The institution boasts a diverse and international faculty and student body of more than 3,400.
