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Goodwill Northern Illinois has adjusted the schedule to the VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) program site located in the Gallery Lounge of the NIU Holmes Student Center. The program offers IRS-certified volunteers who provide free basic income tax return preparation with electronic filing to qualified individuals. Three dates have been canceled: March 15 and 29...

Qualified NIU students, faculty and staff can get free basic income tax return preparation with electronic filing from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. every Tuesday from Jan. 26 through April 12 in the Holmes Student Center Gallery Lounge. This program is sponsored by the NIU Department of Accountancy, NIU’s Financial Cents program and Goodwill Northern...

Northern Illinois University will host a series of financial literacy and money management workshops on campus and across DeKalb County in collaboration the DeKalb County CA$H Coalition for Money Smart Week 2014. The week is scheduled from Saturday, April 5, through Saturday, April 12. This year’s events include free tax preparation and filing, workshops for...

Tax season is here and the IRS deadline is nearing. NIU’s Department of Accountancy will help you accurately complete your taxes by providing on-campus tax preparation to students, faculty, staff and the DeKalb community. The free service is sponsored by NIU’s Financial Cents, and is available from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays through April 10...

W-2 wage and tax statements for 2012 will be available online for employees after Tuesday, Jan. 22. Employees may opt this year to suspend the printed statement, which would mean the W-2 would be available only online through MyNIU. The Self Service option for W-2 wage and tax statements allows individuals to obtain their W-2 information...

No government can exist without monetary support from its populace, and no democratic nation can thrive without the moral support of its citizenry.

As U.S. presidential election campaigns heat up, candidates can expect an earful of complaints over taxes. Now a new study led by a Northern Illinois University sociologist argues that American middle-class hostilities toward the federal income tax follow a common discourse rooted in moral beliefs. “We propose that everyday tax talk among the middle class...

The IRS deadline for filing income tax returns is quickly approaching, and the Department of Accountancy at NIU wants to help by providing free tax preparation to students, faculty, staff, and the DeKalb community. In conjunction with the Volunteer Income Tax Association (VITA), IRS-certified volunteer tax preparers from the Accountancy Department in the NIU College...

The 2011 W-2 forms are ready for distribution. As in past years, the printed forms will be mailed to campus mail addresses for current employees and to the home addresses of individuals not active as of Jan. 1, 2012. As of this year, the 2011 W-2 forms will also be available to current employees online...

Goodwill Industries announced Thursday a partnership with the Northern Illinois University College of Business and the DeKalb County CA$H (Creating Assets, Savings and Hope) Coalition which will allow low-income residents to have their taxes prepared free of charge by NIU accountancy students. The free tax service will be available from noon to 8 p.m. Thursdays...

The Office of the Bursar is informing all students about 2011 IRS 1098-T Form preparation instructions. To receive 2011 IRS 1098-T tax forms in a timely manner, students must review and update their billing/permanent mailing addresses by Saturday, Dec. 31. To review addresses: Login to MyNIU > Self Service > Campus Personal Information > Addresses....

An increase in Illinois’ individual state income tax rate from 3 percent to 5 percent was signed into law Jan. 13 and is effective as Jan. 1, 2011. As a result of this increase, the university is required to update the state income tax withholding rate on employee wages from 3 percent to 5 percent. The new withholding rates...