Drury, MSU provide tax-filing assistance

Under the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, both schools will provide free assistance to low- or moderate-income, disabled and senior citizen taxpayers.

Taxpayers should bring all W-2s, 1099s, Social Security cards of dependents and copies of their 2004 return.

In the second-floor computer lab of Drury's Breech School of Business Administration at the corner of Central Street and Drury Lane, sessions are 10 a.m.-2 p.m. every Saturday through March 11.

MSU will host sessions 10 a.m.-2 p.m. every Saturday through March 11 and again on April 1 and 8 in Glass Hall Room 467 on campus.

The Mid-Town Library will hold similar events 10 a.m.-3 p.m. this Saturday and on Feb. 25. The Library Center will provide assistance 1 p.m.-7 p.m. April 17.

All returns will be filed electronically, unless a manual return is required by the IRS. All taxpayers must be available to sign the appropriate forms in the case of joint returns.