European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Flthe army s been accused of being Overly paternalistic. Ujj David Riddle Riff for a \ � of / 1 " h " -1 5, \\.,. Taking the bombangle1 out of filing Bevin Ccrawley stall writer the military Calls them unit la advisers and the irs says they re one of the Best deals going along with free clothes free Chow and a free Root or tent Over heir Heads. Uncle Sam gives is Samors . Advice one such adviser 1 Sli Thomas Zerba has Alread mod 30 lax returns , and he s ust getting started. A Roop executive meet in no Marg a 2nd army Cav regl Zerba carries a dozen or so lilies one of which a tax to says to spends Ivo to 10 hours week answering questions scrounging up Odd forms and in some cases actuary tilling of the Tan returns for the 330 cavalry soldiers in Hii unit in West Germany. He says it makes More sense than paving a preparation Linn 30 Bucks Lor live minutes 01 work the idea is certainly catching on. This year there Are approximately 1,000 unit tax advisers hard at work in West Germany alone helping the average Joe get his lax return in on Lime. Army and is officials say no other program does most to help soldiers get a fair lax shake the. Army s been accused of being Overly paternalistic said David Riddle chief of Legal assistance Lor 1 is army of. Bui fhe army perspective is ii a Soldier s nol Liling returns on Lime or tiling wrong returns he s going to have financial problems haunting him As he moves from command to command and that detracts from the Barbara Gehrman. A representative at the its s Branch office in Bonn Wesl Germany said Sho is impressed by the commitment the military has in offering Iree. Zerba. Irom the cavalry unit was volunteered Tor the duty last year but asked to do it again year you help out the troops and you get to see your help five minutes later not iwo years Down the he said. You be got gis 1b years old this is their first lax return you say tax arms,1 and it really starts to gel their stood Zorba said. He s tilled out forms Lor Mote limn iwo dozen soldiers and answered questions or gotten More information for 60 or 70 others. Many soldiers too Many soldiers perceive a preparation As so confounded bomb angled to do themselves hat they will pay someone to do it for them said Riddle whose program has been singled out for Praise . Bomb angled does t exist in any dictionaries but it mean what Zerba Calls the mysticism of Legal forms.," unit tax advisers Riddle says help Cut through the mystifying red tape and they Are the Backbone of the military s lax preparation Blitz. L re Date also Lias Cone up with some other ideas to make lax season a Little less painful. He has helped organize Bat Lalio resize
