The Alvin. L. Storrs Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic at Michigan State University has 11 law students working to resolve cases.
At least half of the cases at the tax clinic involve challenges that tax filers are facing regarding claiming of the earned income tax credit on a prior return.
The MSU tax clinic also has cases now where people were scammed out of their money, including losing money to romance scams and investment fraud.
Tax headaches and snafus crop up for all sorts of reasons that one might never imagine.
An unexpected, shocking tax bill owed after a scammer tricks you into draining a retirement fund to hand over your money to them.
A tax collection notice involving fuel credits that you're not really qualified to get , and maybe didn't even know you took.
And an audit l

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