VACAP's Earned Income Tax Credit Initiative Virginia CASH Campaign

For Ferrum College accounting students, the past few months have been extremely busy. A team of students, led by Associate Professor of Accounting Dave Sulzen, has been crunching the numbers to complete tax returns for low-income people in Franklin County. It is all part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.  This is an official IRS sponsored program, providing students with all the training materials, 3 computers, a printer, and guidance.  The program is untended to help low-income individuals in the community to get refunds, and maybe even an earned income credit.

This is the seventh year students have been working with this program. When they first started, they only did 36 returns. However, last year they did over 150, and are expecting to top that this year.