The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the process and the importance of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program at Slippery Rock University (SRU) to highlight the growth, actual and potential, and economic benefit to the people and economy of Butler County, Pennsylvania. The VITA program provides free tax service to low and moderate income taxpayers ($51,000 or less).  The program also helps taxpayers with special tax credits for which they may qualify such as Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, etc.   The VITA program is funded by the United Way, the Internal Revenue Service and the Sustainable Enterprise Accelerator at SRU.  SRU students are trained and IRS certified as VITA tax preparers during each Spring semester while in the internship program. Each year since 2010, the partnership of SRU, the Center for  Community Resources and SRU’s Sustainable Enterprise Accelerator has provided the VITA program the opportunity to grow, improve, and expand its services to reach more people and create a greater economic impact in returning money back to the Butler County community. VITA sites are now currently in five different locations of Butler County.  This research hopes to measure the economic impact of the program quantitatively.