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STEUBENVILLE -- Accounting students from Franciscan University of Steubenville will once again offer free tax preparation and e-filing assistance to Ohio Valley residents as part of the Internal Revenue Service Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program.
Beginning Tuesday through April 13, students will be available in the center court at the Fort Steuben Mall in the main entrance corridor.
Students who have completed an individual income tax course and passed a series of IRS training courses and exams, will assist with federal and state tax preparation.
This assistance is available to taxpayers with less than $60,000 of total income.
Hours of operation are 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Mondays; 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesdays; 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesdays; 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Thursdays; 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Fridays; and 10 a.m. to noon, Saturdays.
Assistance will be unavailable between March 9-17, as this is Franciscan's spring break.
Services will be unavailable from March 29 through April 1 during the university's Easter recess.
Students are able to prepare Form 1040; Schedules 1, 2 and 3; Schedules A, B and D and forms for calculating child and childcare credits, education credits and earned-income credits.
Students can prepare Ohio tax returns for full-year residents of the state.
Taxpayers who purchased health insurance through an exchange and received federal subsidies reported on Form 1095-A are not eligible for assistance at the site, nor are taxpayers who receive a 1099-MISC or 1099-NEC.
Local tax return preparation is not available.
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