Abstract
• The IRS VITA (Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance) program coordinates free tax
return preparation for low income
taxpayers by volunteer preparers
• Volunteers pass several examinations and
undergo training before they assist clients
• Creighton’s Accounting Department has
partnered with VITA for over 40 years
• Creighton accounting and law students,
and alumni from accounting and law, have
sponsored tax preparation clinics in
Winnebago, NE the last 4 years
• Accounting students are required to
participate in VITA as a course service
learning component
• Partnerships were created with the IRS,
local community organizations, the Heider
College of Business, the Department of
Accounting, Beta Alpha Psi, the Law
School, and the Business Law Society