Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program

Eric Press, the longtime chair of the Department of Accounting at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, had a very special leadership style. He was hands off but in the best of ways. “He gave you the chance to both succeed and fail, and that was important,” says Steve Balsam, a professor of accounting who […]

Free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program moves online for 2021; anyone with an income of less than $56,844 is eligible for program PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26, 2021 — COVID-19 has made just about everything a bit more difficult, even filing taxes. Thankfully, Temple University’s Fox School of Business can help.  For the 14th-consecutive year, the […]

Professor of Accounting and Director of Temple’s VITA program Steve Balsam details the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the IRS PHILADELPHIA, September 1, 2020 — Thousands of Americans who filed their taxes have yet to receive their refunds. According to Steve Balsam of Temple University’s Fox School of Business, they could still […]

Business schools have long emphasized the importance of unique learning experiences—collaborating in a professional workspace (virtually or in-person), live client consulting and real-world problem-solving. In essence, this is experiential learning, and a recent push by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) is placing it front and center in the curricula.  Experiential learning […]