Engaged Curriculum Grants
Interdisciplinary Tax Services for Low-Income Immigrants
Training accounting and law students to assist low-income immigrant taxpayers in their taxation and legal needs.
The United States has a growing population of low-wage immigrants who wish to pay taxes but need assistance in managing our tax system. While some tax preparation firms offer these services, low-wage immigrant workers often end up relying on misinformed and/or uneducated preparers in the area of immigrant taxation, which can have serious legal ramifications for these taxpayers. A series of courses bring together accounting and law students in a cross-disciplinary collaboration that serves low-income immigrant taxpayers in their tax and legal needs. This effort provides a much-needed service for a vulnerable population while also developing a cutting-edge model for tax-return preparation and educating the next generation of accountants and tax preparers in the needs of low-income immigrant taxation.
Grant type: Development (2018-19), Development (2017-18), Planning (2016-17)
Topics: Access, Equity and Justice; Children, Youth, Seniors and Families; Law, Government and Policy
The Team
- Beth Lyon
Cornell Law School - John Blume
Cornell Law School - Robert A. Green
Cornell Law School - Ariel Scotese
Cornell Law School - Byoung-Hyoun Hwang, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
SC Johnson College of Business - John McKinley, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
SC Johnson College of Business - Community partner: After Innocence (2018-19)
- Community partner: Alaska Business Development Center (2018-19)
- Community partner: Alternatives Federal Credit Union (2018-19)
- Community partner: Community Action Partnership of Kern VITA (2018-19)
- Community partner: Ellen Kreitmeier, Attorney (2017-19)
- Community partner: La Posada Tax Clinic (2016-17)
- Community partner: Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York Farmworker Law Project (2017-18)
- Community partner: Marquise Riley, MPS Dyson AEM ’17 (2018-19)
- Community partner: Luz Valdovinso, Attorney (2018-19)
- Community partner: Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onondaga County (2016-17)
- Community partner: Worker Justice Center of New York (2018-19)
Engaged Curriculum Grants
Funding teams that are integrating community-engaged learning into new and existing curricula.