January Training Thank you for all who came to the first day of training. We hope it was productive and you learned a lot! Remember you have homework to do: it's Problem 6 in your Workbook. Do not give up if you cannot work it out. It's a relatively complex problem. It includes business income (self-employment) and Earned Income Credit. You need to do EIC Worksheet B to figure out the credit. See case studies 3.13 (pages 3-19 thru 3-23) & 7.8 (pages 7-6 thru 7-9) in your Textbook for a similar situation. You can email us for tips & extra help. Remember to bring Volunteer Test/Retest from the packet that you received in the morning to the next week's training. We will be doing some exercises there. Also bring the Form 1040 instructions. Answers to the Workbook and Textbook problems are posted. Look at them again. If you missed something and need help - our inbox is open 24/7. Next weekend please go to the same room as you were in. You can freely switch between Saturday/Sunday. The training will start promptly at 9am. Please arrive early for registration. We will end at 5:30pm. This includes one hour for lunch. If you have questions, you can always reach us at BaruchVITA@gmail.com. What's past? The sign up time has passed. We are no longer accepting new applications. Thank all of you who attended the "Taxes 101" sessions. Training materials and answers are posted in the Downloads section. Volunteer ID list has been finalized (updated Jan. 1st). Please memorize your four-digit Volunteer ID, as we will ask for it often. Have you joined our global Facebook group? Your questions there will be answered promptly. If you have questions, you can always reach us at BaruchVITA@gmail.com.