Trine’s VITA students prepare more than 100 tax returns

Students enrolled in Trine University’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) course prepared more than 100 tax returns for qualifying area residents this spring. The group prepared returns at the Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County in conjunction with Catholic Charities of Auburn each Wednesday afternoon throughout the tax season.

Al Beatty, assistant professor of accounting, estimates the students saved taxpayers nearly $20,000 in preparation fees.

Pictured are: front, from left, Alex Sheets, an accounting major from Goshen, Indiana; Sam Sering, an accounting major from Indianapolis; Trevor Satchell, a finance and accounting major from Lebanon, Ohio; Harlee Davis, an accounting major from Bronson, Michigan; back, Jakob Backhaus, an accounting major from Sherwood, Ohio; Jackson Clark, an accounting major from Fort Mill, South Carolina; Ben Baumgardner, an accounting major from Knoxville, Tennessee; and Justin Rode, an accounting major from Custar, Ohio.