Month: February 2014

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University accounting students will assist taxpayers with an income of $52,000 or less in the preparation of Internal Revenue Service income tax forms 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ and Kentucky tax forms. The service is free. All forms will be filed electronically. The students cannot prepare Schedule C forms. Student volunteers will be available each Wednesday in February (5, 12, 19 and 26) from 3-5:30 p.m. at Transylvania’s Cowgill Center for Business, Economics and Education on Third Street. Free parking is available in the university’s general parking lots along North Upper Street. This is a popular program and taxpayers will be served on a first-come, first-served basis. Transylvania accounting students, who have completed an income tax preparation training program, will work under the supervision of accounting professors to aid taxpayers. Individuals interested in this free service should bring with them all of the necessary information, including W2s, 1099s (interest income statements), state and federal tax returns from last year, the IRS forms received in the mail and the birthdates and social security numbers for any dependents. Transylvania has offered this free program to the Lexington community for more than 30 years. For more information, contact Stephanie Coriale at 859-233-8104.

  Bill Bissett Mary Cromer LEXINGTON, Ky.—Kentucky has a complex—and sometimes contentious—relationship with its official state mineral. To facilitate a balanced dialog on the issue, Transylvania University will host a Conversation on Coal in Kentucky on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 6 p.m. in the William T. Young Campus Center. The event, which is free and open to the public, will reflect the ambivalent views of coal in the state. Over the years, the mineral has had a major impact on Kentucky’s economy—it provided jobs and ensured we had abundant energy at relatively low cost. But it also has raised environmental and health concerns. The dialog will feature Bill Bissett, president of the Kentucky Coal Association, and Mary Varson Cromer, a staff attorney with the Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center. “It’s an opportunity for us to offer a venue for this conversation—where you have different people with different perspectives talking about an issue, which really does not happen enough,” said Angela Poe, Transylvania’s sustainability director. Her office and the university’s Student Government Association Activities Board are hosting the dialog. Moderated by Tom Martin, a local journalist and writer for Transylvania’s communications office, the event will include time for audience questions and a coffee house discussion sponsored by the Transy Environmental Action League. The idea for the Conversation on Coal emerged while making arrangements for a Feb. 15 Ben Sollee concert at Transylvania. The Lexington native has drawn attention to the practice of

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