Accounting students to offer free tax filing assistance

Accounting students in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine are offering free federal and state income tax filing assistance to the public, under the supervision of Martha Broderick, Esq., a lecturer of business and commercial law.

From January through April 15, excluding March 7–21 during Spring Break, free help sessions will be available by appointment 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. Thursdays in the third-floor faculty lounge in D.P. Corbett Business Building on campus, and from 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Fridays, at the Orono Public Library, 39 Pine St.

Filers are asked to bring all their tax information for 2015 and, if they have it, a copy of their 2014 return. All filers’ information will be treated confidentially.

To make a required appointment, contact Broderick at marthab@maine.edu.