By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson Volunteer Income Tax Assistance site will begin work again starting next week.
"We lost about five weeks of tax preparation time," said Sue Wegerle with the Hutchinson VITA site. "We're going to try to get at least three weeks of it back."
There will be a 20 person limit in the site. Walk-ins are first come, first served and anyone who enters must wear a mask.
"The Volunteer Center has had a number of people who have called to ask if we would be opening back up," Wegerle said. "We are going to try to do that starting next Tuesday, June 23rd. We'll be open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday."
The office will be open at the Salvation Army at 700 North Walnut from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. June 23-25, June 30-July 2 and July 7-9.
"I'm not sure how this is going to work, but I'm still looking forward to doing it as I would in a typical year," Wegerle said. "There are a lot of people in our city who really benefit from the service. We would like to help as many people as we can."
Wegerle said that they had served about two-thirds of their typical client load prior to COVID-19.