Silver City, NM - Tax season has arrived and with it comes Tax Help New Mexico.
 
Western New Mexico University has offered the program in partnership with the state for 29 years as a free service to low income and elderly filers.
 
Students work as volunteers at the WNMU site, one of the state's 48 locations. All students are accounting or business majors that can also use their experience as a three-credit course. Student volunteers are required to pass an exam testing their knowledge of tax preparation prior to working for Tax Help.  
 
The free service is available for people with annual family incomes of $50,000 or less and to individuals age 65 or older.
 
To have a tax return prepared, individuals must have an original Social Security card, a picture ID, W-2s from all employers and a bank account with routing number for direct deposit.
 
Housed in the Phelps Dodge building on the WNMU campus, tax preparation is offered Monday through Thursday beginning February 13 and ending April 5. The service will be unavailable during spring break March 5 through March 9.
 
Mondays: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Tuesdays: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Wednesdays: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Thursdays: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
 
For more information, please contact 575-538-6321.
 
 
Located in Silver City, New Mexico, Western New Mexico University has served the people of the state of New Mexico and its surrounding areas as acomprehensive, regional, rural, public coeducational university since 1893 and caters to a student body diverse in age, culture, language and ethnic background.