College of Business students provide free tax assistance

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Students and faculty in the College of Business at Cal State Long Beach were featured on LAist radio for their work providing tax assistance to the elderly and financially qualified individuals through the IRS-administered Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Accountancy department chair and faculty supervisor Sudha Krishnan said of the students, “These guys have to be experts.” Krishnan said the students are also able to provide support in multiple languages, including Hindi, Khmer, Mandarin, Spanish and Tagalog.