Partnership with Walsh and Accounting Aid Society The partnership between Walsh College and Accounting Aid Society (AAS) started in 2012 by then Walsh student, Diana Goode. Diana took a position at AAS and decided to build a relationship between the two organizations that would help others. Read more at www.walshcollege.edu/AAS

1. Walsh College +
Accounting Aid Society
www.walshcollege.edu/AAS

2. Accounting Aid Societyprovides free
income tax preparation services for low and
middle income households in southeast Michigan.
Each year, millions of dollars in tax refunds are
unclaimed by those who need them the most.
www.walshcollege.edu/AAS

3. Accounting Aid Societyhelps struggling
families prepare taxes and recover millions in
refunds and credits annually. In this way, they
help families stay in their homes, keep their
utilities turned on, put food on the table, and
save for the future.
www.walshcollege.edu/AAS

4. In 2014,Walsh College established
a formal partnership with the Accounting
Aid Society.
www.walshcollege.edu/AAS

5. Under this partnership,Walsh College’s
Accounting & Taxation Student Organization
provides students with training, so they may
offer their accounting and business expertise
at various non-profits throughout the region.
The Accounting Aid Society is one example of
this program, where students volunteer to provide
free income tax preparation services for low and
middle income households in southeast Michigan.
www.walshcollege.edu/AAS

6. Number of students
receiving tax training
In the
107
Total number of
training hours
828
www.walshcollege.edu/AAS

7. Number of
volunteers
In the
55
Number of volunteer
hours conducted
1,090
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8. Number of
taxpayers served
In the
773
Total amount of
money returned to
taxpayers
$850,000
Number of
taxpayers served
773
www.walshcollege.edu/AAS

9. In
Student volunteers
84
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10. Masco Community Spirit AwardThe Accounting Aid Society presented the award to
Walsh College in 2014 to “recognize those who exemplify
commitment to community through actions, leadership
and stewardship. Accounting Aid Society named this annual
award after the Masco Corporation for its longtime support
of our mission and for the company’s tradition of excellence
and service.”
www.walshcollege.edu/AAS

11. To learn moreabout
Walsh College’s partnership with
the Accounting Aid Society,
visit walshcollege.edu/AAS
www.walshcollege.edu/AAS