Accounting students are trained through the IRS to help [Video]

WXII 12.COM. TODAY, THE IRS BEGINS ACCEPTING AND PROCESSING 2024 INCOME TAX RETURNS. YES, THE AGENCY EXPECTS MORE THAN 140 MILLION INDIVIDUAL RETURNS TO BE FILED AHEAD OF THE APRIL 15TH FEDERAL DEADLINE. OUR ERIN BURNETT JOINS US NOW. AND, ERIN, A TRIAD SCHOOL DISTRICT IS OFFERING FREE PREPARATION SERVICES. YEAH. THAT’S RIGHT. ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE STUDENTS AT WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL IN ALAMANCE COUNTY ARE OFFERING FREE TAX PREPARATION FOR LOWER INCOME PEOPLE. THEY’RE CERTIFIED AND TRAINED THROUGH THE IRS, AND WILLIAMS HIGH IS ONLY ONE OF A HANDFUL OF HIGH SCHOOLS THAT OFFERS THIS PROGRAM IN NORTH CAROLINA. IT’S A RESOURCE. FINANCE DIRECTOR MARY HARRIS SAYS BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY AND THE STUDENTS INVOLVED. THIS IS THE THING THAT STUDENTS COME BACK TO ME YEARS LATER AND SAY, MISS HARRIS, I’M SO GLAD THAT I DID THIS. YOU KNOW, IT REALLY CAME IN HANDY WHEN I HAD TO TO FILE …