VITA 2008
April 19, 2008
This year’s workshop is almost concluded, but not quite. We still have three clients who are now on extensions and awaiting the last of the documentation needed to file their returns. One of them graduated last year and is back in her home country, which means that the process is operating by remote control.
It’s been an amazing year so far, with many interesting questions and issues. Tax treaties are emerging as a crucial issue for more and more of our customers. Thanks to all of our volunteers for the help you have provided. The quality of the returns we prepared and advice we gave was extremely high thanks to your efforts. For those volunteers who are not graduating this year, we certainly hope we will have you with us again next spring.
Jack Bogdanski
March 4, 2008
We are officially on the ground and working! We had our first client this afternoon – a returning client, but an interesting and challenging case nonetheless. She has one loose end, but that should be resolved shortly and her returns should be filed in a day or so. She should be getting several hundred dollars of refunds. Onward and upward!
It looks as though we may be scheduling some more interview times. Volunteers should watch their e-mail inboxes for further details.
All our work is taking place in my office. Volunteers, please try to show up around 15 minutes before your start time. If you have any questions or concerns about scheduling, please contact my assistant, Sue Page, at spage@lclark.edu.
BTW, here are the suggested answers to our volunteer-self-administered “quiz”: http://www.lclark.edu/~bojack/vitaquiz2008ans.pdf.
Thanks to all of our volunteers for their time and energy as this year’s program gets rolling.
Jack Bogdanski
February 21, 2008
Our Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program is off and running. The following LC law students have expressed an interest in volunteering, and their training materials have been sent to them:
Jeff Balsz
Jeff Belcher
Tim Berry
Jo Bradshaw
Mina Chang
David Clarke
Christopher Fulmer
Leslie Hall
Amy Heverly
Ian Kyle
Robert Le
Jong-won Lee
Aubrey Lyon
Charles Marr
Jeff Myers
Olga Salyuk
Ann Trader
Jason Wax
If I’ve omitted anyone, apologies, and please let me know.
I’ve also devised a little “quiz” to see how the training is coming along. It’s here: http://www.lclark.edu/~bojack/vitaquiz2008.pdf.
We’ll be scheduling appointments with clients shortly. The bulk of the tax consultations will take place between March 4 and March 20.
This is a great turnout, and the auspices are good for another productive year.
Jack Bogdanski
February 16, 2008
To all Lewis & Clark law students:
I am writing to ask your help with a worthwhile pro bono opportunity -- the
2008 Lewis & Clark Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. This is
our 14th annual VITA program. As always, noting that "charity begins
at home," we will devote our efforts to helping international students at
Lewis & Clark comply with their sometimes-onerous tax filing obligations in
the
No prior tax experience is necessary! The training will give you the
skills you need to participate, and all work will be done in two-person
teams -- you and me. Each international student "client"
will meet with me and one law student volunteer in my office, and the three of
us will prepare the client's tax returns together.
If you are interested in serving as a volunteer this year, please contact me at
bojack@lclark.edu. You will be
contacted soon with updates about the written materials that you will need to
master. I'll be keeping a list of interested students, and other
information, on this page.
Please consider signing up for this important pro bono
project. In addition to helping your fellow students, you are likely to
learn some things about
Thanks for considering this.
Jack Bogdanski
Created by: bojack@lclark.edu
Update: 19 Apr 08
Expires: 28 Feb 09