Tax time! College kids help people file returns
April 15 is right around the corner, but don’t panic if you haven’t filed your tax return yet. The deadline for filing is next Monday, so you have a few days to prepare.
For those who need assistance with their tax returns, a program offered by the Brooklyn-based non-profit group St. John’s Bread & Life could be the answer. The program, which usually offers food to the homeless, is expanding its mission to include helping residents file their tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service.
The service, which is being offered for free at the Bread & Life headquarters at 795 Lexington Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, is available to low income individuals earning less than $20,000 a year and to families earning less than $55,000 a year.
Student volunteers from St. John’s University, supervised by IRS-certified tax preparers, will use their accounting knowledge to help taxpayers file their returns electronically.