What they handle
Wages, scholarships and the education credits from your 1098-T, bank interest, and standard deductions — the return most students actually have. They'll also help you claim a refund you're owed and set up direct deposit.
International students
A separate track handles nonresident returns (Form 1040-NR) and tax-treaty benefits, which ordinary tax software gets wrong. Don't use a consumer filing site if you're a nonresident for tax purposes — come to the VITA site or the international student tax session instead.
In and around Porter Falls
The Porter Student Help Desk in Founders Union 118 is the single place to start when it is not obvious which office owns a question.
The practical details
Who qualifies: Generally incomes under a threshold (well above a typical student's); students, including many international students with a campus job. When: February through mid-April, by appointment, in a campus location. Bring: Photo ID, Social Security or ITIN card, all W-2s and 1098-T, last year's return if you have it, and bank details for direct deposit. Anything time-sensitive — an accommodation, a booking, a deadline — is worth confirming directly before you rely on it, because the specifics here can change from term to term.
If you have a question
The office behind this is Porter Student Help Desk (Founders Union, Room 118). Call (715) 555–0120 or email help@uwporterfalls.edu during the fall and spring terms, or sign in to MyPorter to send a message or book a time. If it turns out another office owns the question, they will route it rather than send you back to the start.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. Every office, person, building, phone number and statistic on this page is invented; nothing here describes a real institution or a service you can actually contact.