Loyola students prepare over 1,000 tax returns for Baltimore residents

Student volunteers at Loyola University Maryland prepared 1,101 tax returns for taxpayers in Baltimore, resulting in tax refunds totaling $1.95 million this season. The tax preparation services were provided free of charge for qualifying taxpayers at the Loyola Clinical Centers on York Road.

“I continue to be amazed by the generosity of our student volunteers who give of their own time to be trained in tax preparation, pass an IRS-sanctioned exam, and dedicate evenings and Saturdays to assist members of our community,” said Michael W. Bender, executive in residence of accounting who helps coordinate the tax preparation program.

Over 265 IRS-certified students — from first-year students to graduate students at Loyola — volunteered this season through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistant (VITA) program in partnership with the nonprofit, Creating Assets, Savings and Hope (CASH) Campaign of Maryland. Loyola honored CASH Campaign of Maryland in 2024 with the University’s Milch Community Partnership Award for the organization’s service to low- to moderate-income people.

This year was the eighth year Loyola has hosted a site offering tax preparation services, bringing the total number of tax returns prepared to 3,762 and tax refunds attained to $6,246,000 since 2019. Before Loyola opened a site, Loyola students volunteered at other locations, facilitating hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional refunds.

Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management in Baltimore delivers an internationally recognized Jesuit business education. Recognized for its scholarship, ethical leadership, and tradition of excellence, the Sellinger School delivers 13 fields of study as well as full-time, part-time, fully online, and hybrid MBA and Master of Accounting programs and six post-baccalaureate stackable credentials.