Bryan School of Business and Economics NEWS Release

BRYAN SCHOOL RECEIVES 3RD STRAIGHT IRS GRANT

GREENSBORO--As the income tax filing season gets under way, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has awarded a grant of $100,000 to the Department of Accounting in the Bryan School of Business and Economics at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro to continue its Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic.

The grant was awarded to UNCG for the third straight year. It is part of a $6 million appropriation to 102 universities and non-profit groups that will conduct the Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic program in 38 states and the District of Columbia. The UNCG program received the maximum amount of $100,000 and is the only campus in North or South Carolina to be selected for one of the grants.

The IRS program is designed to expand the availability of legal assistance to taxpayers. Under the program, tax clinics may be run by law, business or accounting schools--whose students represent taxpayers in tax disputes with the IRS or the courts--or by tax-exempt organizations.

UNCG’s new grant will provide funds for additional student support, creation of brochures, possible translator services, computer and secretarial support and faculty time, said Dr. Susan Anderson, a faculty member in the Department of Accounting. Interested persons can call the department at 334-5647. The UNCG Department of Accounting has been conducting such a program since 1997 as part of graduate courses in accounting.

The IRS awards the grants based on a variety of factors, including the clinic program’s quality of service, the number of low-income taxpayers served and how many people in the clinic’s service area use English as a second language. The groups can represent taxpayers in tax-related matters, refer taxpayers to qualified representatives and provide non-English speaking taxpayers information about their tax rights and responsibilities. Clinics may charge taxpayers a small fee for legal help.

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