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Rutgers Camden Law students offer free income tax assistance to low-income New Jersey citizens
CAMDEN (1/11/2012) – This tax season, hundreds of low-income New Jersey citizens will receive a real break from Rutgers–Camden students who are providing free assistance in preparing income tax returns.Thanks to the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program at the Rutgers School of Law–Camden, students have been trained to help in the preparation of federal and New Jersey state tax returns. The program offers access to these free services on the Rutgers–Camden Campus.
The student volunteers will seek to help clients complete their income tax returns on time and identify as many deductions as possible.
At the Rutgers–Camden law school, the VITA program has an established tradition of delivering this valuable service. In 2011, Rutgers–Camden law students assisted approximately 200 clients and helped to secure more than $275,000 in refunds above the amounts owed.
The Rutgers–Camden law school VITA program is offered on the Rutgers–Camden Campus on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 4 to 7 p.m. Jan. 31 through April 11 (excluding Feb. 15 and March 13, 14), and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon on Feb. 4, Feb. 11, Feb. 18, Feb. 25, March 3, March 24, and April 7. Each session will be held in West Conference Room A on the lower level of the Campus Center, located on Third Street, between Cooper Street and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge on the Rutgers–Camden Campus.
Clients are required to bring photo ID for themselves; Social Security cards for all taxpayers and dependents to be listed on the return; all proof of income and taxes paid, as well as deductible expenses; and the checkbook for the direct deposit account in order to verify refund account information.
For more information about the VITA program at the Rutgers School of Law–Camden, contact Pam Mertsock-Wolfe at (856) 225-6406.