From the Classroom to the Community: ABCS Course Helps Philly File Taxes

On a Saturday morning in March, undergraduate students from the Wharton course, “Accounting 2110: Tax Policy and Practice in Philadelphia,” reported to Ebenezer Temple Pentecostal Church in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood to assist community members with filing their income taxes. The church’s basement was filled with Philadelphians waiting to receive tax filing help. The Academically Based Community Service (ABCS) course is offered through Wharton’s Accounting and Business Economics & Public Policy departments and includes an academic component and a community service aspect. It is a collaboration with Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships and the IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, which provides free tax prep to people who make $64,000 or less, persons with disabilities, and limited-English-speaking taxpayers.

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