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The Pendulum
Thursday, April 14, 1983
^ews briefs-
Mo Lambda Tau
The Mu Lambda Tau Honor Society will have its final
meeting of the year today at 4:30 p.m. in the Bailey
Conference Room. There will be a speaker, induction of new
officers and refreshments. All members please plan to attend.
Mu Lambda Tau plans to have a spring banquet on Saturday
in Greensboro. Contact the MLT department for further
details.
Photograpbera Needed
The Phi Psi Cli is searchiiig for creative and enthusiastic
photographers to fill positions on the 1983*84 staff. Begin or
continue work on your portfolio while being involved in
Elon’s growing communications program. See Maureen
Sweeney in the yearbook office Tuesdays or Thursdays from
9:30 - U a.m. Anyone interested in other aspects of
yearbook production are encouraged to come by. Also,
free-lance submissions are being accepted from Greek
Weekend and Spring Break.
Mexico
Just two weeks left! The deadline for enrolling in Elon's
summer school program in Mexico City is April 29. The
program runs from May 30 to June ^0 and carries sue
semester hours credit. Tie cost of the program is S1500
which covers round-trip air fare from Greensboro, room and
board in Mexico City and tuition. For more details contact
Dr. E.L. Lunsford in Carlton 201-C or call extension 267.
Tenor Recital
The Elon College Department of fme arts presents Donald
E. Jemigan, tenor, in senior recital April 17 at 4 p.m. in
Whitley Auditorium. Music to be performed includes works
by Bach Brahms, Schubert and Copland. There will be no
admission charge.
Rock-Combo Band
The Elon College Army ROTC will sponsor the United
Stated Army Special Forces Gabriel Team Demonstration
and the 82nd Airborne rock-combo band on April 21 by the
Harper Center lake.
Uft-A-Thon
The West Area House council is sponsoring a Lift-A-Thon
on May 7. Participants will ask for pledges corresponding
with how many pounds he or she can lift. For details contact
Scott Duane in Sloan 104 or call 584-9032. Proceeds will be
divided between West Area and the Elon College Home for
Children. Trophies will be awarded to the winners.
Foodfl And Fads
A lecture will be given on Foods, Fads and Dieting at 8
p.m. tonight in the Large Lounge of the Student Center.
College program credit will be given.
Greek Weekend
The Greek Weekend Committee will donate $100 of the
proceeds from Greek Weekend to the Elon College Home for
Children.
Election
cont. from p. 1
student life. If they have the
time, let them come by;
there’s always something to
doi”
She is also hoping to keep
BACCHUS afloat this year.
‘•BACCHUS kind of got off
the ground this past semes
ter. It advocates responsible
drinking and I tbdnk its
needed on this campus. I see
a big potential in it.*’
“1 want the student gov
ernment to be a student
government. I don’t want
students to think the execu
tive officers chose to run
because it looks good on a
resume. Its their govern
ment; 1 want them to feel a
part of it and the only way
to do that is for them to be
involved in it.*'
As the new SGA vice
president. Bob Moser is the
president of the student sen
ate. His main goal next year
will be to increase student
involvement in that area.
“In the past we’ve tried
surveys and suggestion boxes
and that hasn’t worked very
well. What I want to do is
have the senators meet regu
larly with the students who
AS TODAY'S DEADLINE nears, Amy Henick, a tophomore from River Edge, N.J.,
works frantically to complete her tax forms. Photo by Ron Kmppa.
April 15 marks tax deadline
live in their precinct. I’d also
like to have the class officers
meet regularly with class
members to discuss issues.”
Moser says that if the
senators can get enough
students to give the senate
input, the senate will have a
better idea of what students
want because there will be
input from a large number
of people.
"I think the only way to
keep the administration
from making all the decisi-
ions on campus is to have a
more imified student body,
and we can do that with
more involvement in the
student senate.”
NeiWly elected as SGA
Treasurer is John Smith. His
priority this year will be
working with the budget.
**In making out the budget I
will allocate the money
wisely between the the
organizaions that directly
affect the students like SUB,
the Pendulum, and WSOE.”
Qass and senate elections
will be held today in Harden
Cafeteria during' lunch and
dinner. Tomorrow, the elec
tions will be held in the
Student Center.
by Ellen Geesey
April is a popular month for its rain
showers, singing robins, warming stmshine
— and the filing deadline for taxes. Every
year at midnight on April IS marks the last
minute to turn your tax forms in to the
Internal Revenue Service.
For everyone who works and files taxes,
April is frequently a month of rushing to
meet the deadline and fighting lines at
tax-preparers’ doors, for folks who put off
filling out their tax forms. Employees start
sending out statements for the year’s
earnings right after the first of the year, so
people have plenty of time to get their taxes
done, or do them themselves, before April
15.
Who must file taxes? Everyone who
works and has any state or federal taxes
taken out of his or her regular paychecks.
If a person makes less than $2,000 a year,
he or she has the option of not getting taxes
taken out of their checks, but they do have
to file for the record.
Single, full-time students who have
part-time jobs can nil out a very simple
form called the 1040 EZ and save a lot of
paperwork time. That form can also be
used by people who don’t have to claim any
deductions, provided they are single.
Tommy and Denise Jones are employed
by Elon College as area assistants in the
East area and have their room and board
paid by the college. They do not have the
same standard cl^ms as most couples who
pay interest on a house or apartment.
"All of our income comes from work-
study. We each work two jobs, and we get
everything back,” says Denise, who does
their taxes herself. “Vhien we move and are
making more money, it will be a lot more
difficulty,” say the Joneses.
The students who work during the
summer and perhaps hold part-time jobs
during the year, do not have much worry
over filling out tax forms. Kim Rowe, a
freshman from Ashtabula, Ohio, says, “My
dad just does them, and I get ^ my taxes
back.”
Tammy Pugh, a freshman from Roanoke
Va., says, “I fill them out, and Dad checks
them. I get ever>'thing back except Soda]
Security.”
For students, and for other minon who
are still supported at least 50 percent by
their parents, the parents can take out
deductions on the children.
Susie Sanford, an accountant with Elon,
does tax returns for her family and friends.
She is not a Certified Public Accoimtant,
but she does hold an accounting degree
from Elon which has enabled her to help
her family and friends.
Filing returns “is not hard, but it’s hard
to understand,” she says. “The rules by the
IRS are hard to comprehend sometimes,
but you can always call them (the IRS) to
get anything clarified.”
Sanford says that for singles and married
couples, frequently the 1040 is enough, but
it gets more difHcult when you start to
itemize. Itemizing is listing separately all the
interest on homes and cars, medical
expenses, charital contributions, sales and
state income tax and then add all the totals.
If they total more than the standard
deductions, you can deduct the extra
amount.
“Of course,” says Sanford, “itemizing is
a lot more time-consuming. For a single
person who doesn’t care to itemize, it can
take as little as 15 minutes to prepare state
and federal taxes.”
If you don’t have a family member or
friend to help prepare your taxes, there are
services available to help. For relatively
simple forms, H&R Block offers services
with offices all over the country.
For a fee, the firm will prepare your
taxes and stand by their work with a
guarantee. Everyone has seen the pitch:
“This is Harry Block with another of my
32 tips for filing your income tax this
year,” from a distinguished gentleman in a
suit who pops up frequently in commercials
at this time each year. The fees at H&R
Block start at $11 for the easiest forms and
get higher as the preparation gets tougher.
Another commody-used service is a
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) office.
These professionals handle the more diffi
cult preparations that include trust-holders.
partnerships and big-income firms. CPAs
charge by the hour to fill out tax forms,
and that nmy mean paying a lot more
money.
If the IRS audits your tax form, it simply
means they want to go over the records
with you. Audits are done imder two
circumstances: either randomly or if there is
something questionable on your returns.
The latter usually happ^ when there are a
long list of itemized deductions or it ther
are high-income changes on the form.
“During this time of year,” says San
ford, “CPAs and other preparers hke a lot
of extra people because they’re swamped
with last-minute jobs.” It seems that quite
a few people wait until the last minute
before filing their tax return forms.
If you are one of them, you better get on
the ball, because April 15 is right around
the comer!