VITA Kick-Off

Welcome back to another semester at BYU.  As most of you know, this semester we have a lot to do with Vita.  To get things started we had an orientation on what Vita is and how to get signed up.

Vita is a student-ran tax return service to provide free tax return for the students at BYU campus.  At BYU we have the largest in the nation.  Last year we filled out around 2000 tax returns and had 106,410 volunteer minutes.  There are a few other schools this year that are providing competition to our numbers, so we hope that you all come out strong this year to keep up our record.

Jacob Hager, site coordinator, going over training and certification requirements.

They also introduced an opportunity that we have to learn about taxes on international students.  We can learn the different rules that apply to our foreign friends to provide this free tax service for them.  There will be little overlap between the regular workshop in February and the international service in March, allowing you to sign up for both.

We have a talent that we can use to serve the student body around us.  By using this talent, we can help reduce the stress level our colleagues, and help them have a great experience with tax this year.
If you have questions on how to register or to take part, talk to Jacob, or send your questions to vita.byu@gmail.com.

It was a full house, complete with people standing and sitting on the floor.