DATE: Tuesdays, 5-7pm Pacific
FLYER: http://tinyurl.com/vita2020fallflyer
INFOSESSION: Tues, Sept 8th, 5:30-6pm on Zoom (tinyurl.com/vita2020info)
****************OVERVIEW****************
Berkeley VITA is a student-led UC Berkeley Public Service Center program that provides free tax return filing services to low-income communities in the East Bay and San Francisco.
The VITA program consists of two parts:
1) Fall 2020: In the fall, we teach a DeCal on how to actually file taxes and discussions on the larger environment of American income inequality.
Weekly DeCal designed to prepare students to take and successfully pass the IRS-sponsored Basic Certification Test in late November. The DeCal incorporates discussions about poverty, income inequality, and the public policies surrounding these issues. Training materials, including official IRS publications and software tutorials, will be provided to students for free.
2) Spring 2021: In the spring, you'll put your newfound knowledge to use preparing taxes at volunteer locations around the East Bay!
Students begin volunteer work with one of our community center / partner organizations in Berkeley, Oakland, or San Francisco, and continue until the end of the tax season (mid April)*. Students can receive 2 additional units for their volunteer work and apply to become a site leader.
*we're making every effort to work with our site partners to make socially-distant/remote volunteering possible, if needed.
No previous experience or knowledge of taxes is required, but Berkeley VITA is a YEAR-LONG commitment!
****************ATTENDANCE****************
While we hope students will watch the class live, students will also be able to watch recorded lectures.
There may be a select number of classes that require live attendance (i.e. the first class / the final) but this is subject to change if students are not able to watch lecture live.
INSTRUCTORS:
The class will be taught by Casey, Catherine and Tilak. We can't wait to see you all!
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