FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 12, 2008
www.jcu.edu
Contact: Tonya Strong-Charles
    216.397.1958
    tstrong@jcu.edu

**************MEDIA ALERT****************
Free Tax Preparation for Working Families
 “Super Saturday” @ JCU
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March 8, 2008
  By Appointment Only

John Carroll University alumni, faculty, staff and students are volunteering to prepare and electronically file income tax returns for families filing the 1040, 1040-A, or 1040 EZ form.  In order to take advantage of this free service:

• There must be at least one working person in the family
• The family’s yearly income must be less than $40,000 per year 

Taxpayers must make an appointment

*Appointments can be made by calling the Center for Service and Social Action at 216.397.6665

[Tax returns will NOT be prepared for self-employed individuals.]

The Boler School of Business and the Center for Service and Social Action
at John Carroll University are event sponsors, along with the Internal Revenue Service and the Cuyahoga County Earned Income Tax Credit Coalition.

Dr. Peggy Finucane                                            
Director, Center for Service and Social Action
216.397.4698

Dr. Jerry Weinstein
Chair, Accountancy
216.397.4393

John Carroll University, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a liberal arts university grounded in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition.  The university has some 3,100 plus undergraduates and just over 700 graduate students.  The U.S. News & World Report’s 2007 annual college guide ranks John Carroll University among the top 10 master’s-degree granting universities in the Midwest and first in average graduation rate. Originally founded as St. Ignatius College in 1886, the university was renamed in 1923 to honor America’s first Catholic bishop, John Carroll of Maryland.  John Carroll is one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities located in the United States.

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