AICPA, IRS seeking volunteers to mystery shop low-income tax clinics.Consistent with its national financial literacy Financial literacy is the ability of individuals to make appropriate decisions in managing their personal finances. Raising levels of financial literacy is now a focus of government programmes in countries including[1] Australia, Japan, the United States and the UK. outreach efforts, the AICPA AICPA See American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). is working with the Internal Revenue Service to strengthen volunteer tax-return-preparation clinics for low-income families. These clinics help families in your community who are near or below the poverty level and help local economies with an injection of federal funds Federal Funds Funds deposited to regional Federal Reserve Banks by commercial banks, including funds in excess of reserve requirements. Notes: These non-interest bearing deposits are lent out at the Fed funds rate to other banks unable to meet overnight reserve . Many CPAs volunteer at VITA and similar clinics. To help improve quality control so taxpayers are well-served, the AICPA is providing mystery shoppers mystery shopper mystery n → Testkäufer(in) m(f) to clinics around the country. This will require some training in Dec. and a visit to a site and a feedback report in early Feb. 2006. CPAs shoppers will have a fictitious Based upon a fabrication or pretense. A fictitious name is an assumed name that differs from an individual's actual name. A fictitious action is a lawsuit brought not for the adjudication of an actual controversy between the parties but merely for the purpose of return prepared at a site and will report on procedures being followed, not on specific volunteers. If you have some acting skill, a basic knowledge of taxes, and a few hours, you can help volunteer-based clinics better serve low-income taxpayers. Volunteer by sending an e-mail to wstromsem@aicpa.org. |
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