VITA: Empowering low-income taxpayers to reach higher
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is an Internal Revenue Service initiative to provide free tax preparation service for low-income taxpayers through various partner organizations. The first VITA clinic on a Cal State University campus was formed at CSUN in the 1970s.
A Message from the Director
CSUN VITA Clinic
The CSUN VITA Clinic marked another stellar year of growth and service in 2024, powered by 282 student volunteers. These students met the rigorous demands of the recent tax season amid our high-paced work environment with professionalism and excellence, a testament to the world-class education they receive here at CSUN. As a group, they have also managed to rank, according to the IRS, as the top-ranked VITA site nationally in terms of transmitted returns for the second year in a row among 6,974 sites.
I believe the transformative power of the CSUN VITA Clinic is exponential. It provides vital hands- on learning experiences for our students, not just in tax preparation and financial planning, but in customer service and client relations. With these important skills in their tool belts at graduation time, our VITA Clinic student volunteers become highly sought-after future employees, with many securing employment in their chosen fields even before they receive their diplomas.
The 2024 TAX SEASON
