The Income Tax School offers a variety of courses and packages to tailor to the needs of anyone who wants to learn to be a tax preparer. Deciding on a package depends on the career path you would like to take. Do…
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What it takes to become an Enrolled Agent
An Enrolled Agent is the highest credential you can receive as a tax professional. Enrolled Agents are unrestricted as to which taxpayers they can represent, what types of tax matters they can handle, and which IRS offices they can represent clients before.…
Getting Started as a Tax Preparer – FAQs
We get a lot of questions from potential students on the best course of action for pursuing a career as a tax preparer. We’ve compiled a list of some of the most frequently asked questions to help guide our blog readers who…
Why Learning to Prepare More Complicated Tax Returns is Good For Client Retention
As a tax preparer (or a student learning to become one), your clients and potential clients depend on you to know the tax laws. Getting the basic knowledge down is just the first step towards becoming a well-seasoned tax professional. Once you…
Why You Should Take Continuing Tax Education Courses This Summer
Just like with anything in life, the more you know, the better prepared you will be and the more tools you will have to perform your job. As a tax preparer, your knowledge of the ever-changing tax code is critical to performing…
15 Test-taking Tips for the RTRP Exam…… FREE White Paper
This Free white paper will help you to become familiar with the IRS Registered Tax Return Preparer (RTRP) Exam and be prepared to pass the test. The white paper also provides links to additional valuable free information and resources. If you want…
IRS Continues Efforts to Ensure Accurate Return Preparation
The following is a press release from the IRS: WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has started sending out more than 10,000 letters to tax return preparers nationwide to remind them of their obligation to prepare accurate tax returns on behalf of…
IRS Waives Tax Preparer Continuing Education Requirement in 2011
The following is from www.nstp.org (National Society of Tax Professionals) IRS Commissioner Douglas Schulman and IRS Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) Director Karen Hawkins have publicly announced that the IRS will delay implementing the new continuing education requirement for tax preparers until…
Classes at The Income Tax School featured for new tax preparer rules
The following is an article by John Reid Blackwell from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Sept. 21, 2010. View the original here. Starting next year, professional tax-return preparers will have to meet new requirements to prepare federal income-tax returns. The requirements, announced by the…
IRS Nationwide Tax Forums Report
I just returned from the last of the six IRS Nationwide Tax Forums in San Diego, which had about 2,000 attendees. The previous Forum in Las Vegas had over 6,000 attendees. The first two Forums in Atlanta and Chicago in late June…
Preparing for the Enrolled Agent Exam
What is the best preparation to become an EA? They say there is no substitute for experience and I don’t know anyone who has passed the EA Exam without at least 2 tax seasons of tax preparation experience. I’m sure there are…
EA vs CPA credential – which is more important?
In my experience, if a taxpayer has a complicated tax situation he or she immediately thinks of getting help from a CPA. However, I know that not all CPAs are trained and experienced in the specialized field of individual and small business…