I’ve been transferring all the work I’ve done offline to the online quizzes and learning activities and have found that the process is a bit slow. Outside of actually getting everything entered, perfection is an actual possibility on most of the activities…
Displaying: The CTP® Experience
Striving for Quality of Time over Quantity of Time
It’s apparently a bad idea to attempt a quiz while a seven year old is running around and vying for your attention every couple of minutes. It’s unfortunate that I followed through with this plan and missed something that I could have…
Trying not to Rush the End
As I start to close in on the last chapters it has gotten really tempting to try to pick up the pace and get it done. I’ve completed nearly all of the review questions and am now circling back through to complete…
Printing Copies of Required Forms: $2.00, Not Having to Fill Out Multiple Forms on My Computer: Priceless
After this weekend, I’ve decided that filling out forms and schedules line by line on my computer is extremely unpleasant. I forgot to get 1040s and other schedules printed this weekend and instead tried to do my learning activities entirely on the…
Details, Details, Details
Even though this course isn’t actual tax preparation, I feel like I’ve been doing a pretty good job of treating like it is. At least I thought I was until this past weekend. As much as I try not to act on…
Tax Direction Instead of Tax Advice
Outside of a professional appointment giving tax advice is not a good idea. While I am careful not to give advice on topics I’m less familiar with and always add a small disclaimer to anything I do say. I’ve noticed that the…
Back on Track and a 3 Day Weekend
I love 3 day weekends. Normally I enjoy them since it’s an extra day at home with the family, but as an added bonus this weekend I also get to get some more work done on the Comprehensive Course. Even though my…
A Bad Week
October has been very stressful. A family friend passed away last week and compared to that everything else seemed to be fairly low on my list of priorities. I did not get much done last weekend because my normal level of focus…
Finding a Good Work Environment
I’ve started to look around for where I might do some part-time tax related work. Since I’m doing this course I’m not really interested in working anywhere that requires me to purchase a course in order to be offered a job. This…
Sometimes Uneventful is Nice
This week has been pretty low key. I’m working through the learning activities in 7, 8 and 9 now and not much has changed in my approach to studying lately. I also need to actually enter all my answers from the learning…
Looking Ahead
Now that I have time and have started to pick up speed on the Comprehensive Course, it’s time for me to decide what will be next. I still have a few months before tax season begins and will likely follow the course’s…
On a Roll
I have completed the final for Module 1 and have read chapters 6-9. I haven’t finished all the publication reading for all of those chapters but it’s still nice to have the main reading assignments done. I haven’t done any of the…