Paul Hammeke, a VISTA volunteer with Progress through Business attended the 2010 VITA Grant Orientation Conference on how to administer the $3,725 grant from the IRS, which will provide help to low income people in completing
their income tax forms.
The Dec 1-3 conference, held in Atlanta and attended by about 150 people covered a range of technical issues including how to report expenses,
allowable uses of the grant money, and how to complete the required quarterly reports.
The workshop also dealt with privacy and civil rights issues and what actions to take if there are any violations in these matters.
Hammeke met Mary Solomon who is the IRS Territory Manager which includes  Progress, and Stephanie Tripp, the IRS Relationship Consultant who will work with Progress on the grant.
“I came away with a much better perspective on what the IRS is expecting from our efforts,” says  Hammeke.