Volunteers swamped with tax returns

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	Volunteers swamped with tax returns


	Volunteer tax preparers Lenny Gales and Kathy Ahlvers double check a return, Thursday at the Barton County Courthouse. AARP provides free basic tax preparation in Great Bend, but there are more requests for service than volunteers can handle. View Larger

Since the end of January, four volunteers with AARP have spent Thursday mornings and afternoons preparing basic income tax returns at the Barton County Courthouse. Demand for this free service is growing, said Kathy Ahlvers, who leads the Great Bend team. But for every person who is served, several others must be turned away.
Appointments are scheduled by the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program/Volunteers in Action starting in January. But, according to Volunteer Coordinator Linn Hogg, the number of openings were quickly filled. The volunteers will work through April 17.
“We’ve gotten lots of phone calls,” Hogg said ...

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