{"id":8637,"date":"2026-03-05T15:17:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news\/?p=8637"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:35:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:35:59","slug":"tsc-students-put-skills-to-use-in-vita-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/tsc-students-put-skills-to-use-in-vita-program\/","title":{"rendered":"TSC students put skills to use in VITA program TSC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div>51ÁÔÆæ (TSC) students from the Accounting Technology Program are getting a chance to help community members by volunteering their time to file income tax returns. The students are taking part in TSC\u2019s annual VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) program held at the school\u2019s ITEC Center.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cAll of our volunteers are certified through the IRS VITA certification program,\u201d said Maggie Solis, TSC Accounting Technology Program Coordinator. \u201cFrom tax preparers to people doing quality review. This impacts because it\u2019s a win-win situation for my students in the accounting technology program. They\u2019re getting real world experience and dealing with customer service doing the tax preparation. They get to learn more than the usual.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>TSC\u2019s VITA program assists people who make less than $67,000 annually by helping them file their taxes free of charge.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cMainly to help the elderly, non-English speakers, and the ones who are not well with using technology,\u201d Solis said. \u201cAgain, our tax returns are e-filed. We also help community with (other) tax returns, maybe someone forgot to do their 2024, 2023. We also do those tax returns.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Students can also assist with other services to help community members file their tax returns.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cIf someone is needing an ITIN number, which is an identification number just for the purpose of doing tax returns, we also do those here for free.\u201d Solis added.<\/div>\n<div>Solis\u2019 students volunteering their time in the VITA program took coursework on federal income tax law in the fall semester.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cSo now, with service learning, it\u2019s their opportunity to put that into practice and get to learn more about what it takes to do a tax return. Not only a basic tax return, but what is considered an advanced (return), which includes other forms of income that we can also process. All my students in the program end up getting certified in what is considered the advanced, which is the highest certification that they can get.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Solis says she and her students enjoy seeing the reaction of their clients when they finish filing their tax returns.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cOur clients are very excited when we get to tell them so much of a refund is coming to them and it\u2019s all free,\u201d Solis said. \u201cWe do not charge for any of this. 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