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- [Gary] This airman is one of many military members

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at Goodfellow Air Force Base getting help

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preparing his tax return.

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^The program is called VITA,

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^Voluteer Income Tax Assistance,

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and is provided by the base legal office.

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^- We kind of cater to two different camps mainly.

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^One is the student population here,

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in which students can set up appointments with their MTLs

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and then come here in the afternoons,

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generally when they're done with class,

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whether it's the firefighters,

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who we try to deal with a little bit earlier,

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'cause they tend to get out of class earlier,

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or the intel students.

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Once they get out of class,

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they can stop on by the legal office,

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essentially, on their way back to the dormitories.

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And then we can go ahead

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and finish their returns at that point.

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Beyond the student population, though,

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we also try to help out some of the retirees

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and permanent party individuals.

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We cap it to some degree.

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We try to help people that are lower income,

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below a $66,000 for the adjusted gross income.

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That's for the retiree camp and as well as, it's usually E6

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and below for permanent party,

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trying to cater to maybe some of those people

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that don't have as advanced taxes

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or really could use the free help.

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If that makes sense.

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- [Gary] VITA has filed more than 100 returns so far,

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and expects to complete several hundred by the end

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of the tax season.

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Gary Jenkins, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas.