Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA) Certificate Program

CTA® Certificate Program Includes:

nA 9-month program that consists of two income tax courses totaling 73 continuing education (CE) hours. Plus, a 100-hour experience requirement that can be completed over two tax seasons to receive the CTA® designation.n

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• Comprehensive Tax Coursen
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  • 48 CE hours

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  • 6 month completion time

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  • For California Students: Choose CA Edition, 60 CE hours (45 Fed, 15 CA State)

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• Advanced I Tax Coursen
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  • 25 CE hours

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  • 3 month completion time

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• 100-hour experience requirementn
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  • Can be completed over two tax seasons while in the program

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nBONUS Material:n

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• FREE Tax Law Updates as they become available

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• FREE AFTR Course available upon completion of Comprehensive Tax Course. Available when IRS releases access – Learn more about AFTR and the voluntary IRS Annual Filing Season Program (AFSP)

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• Once you have successfully completed the Chartered Tax Advisor Certificate Program, you are eligible to claim a sharable digital badge. Learn more about badges.

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nnn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn*Note: All course content, student resources, and other offers that come with the listed courses are included in the Certificate Program as well. For more details, visit the individual course pages.nnCertificate Programs are a series of courses designed to be taken one at a time. In order to earn the CTA® designation, you must pass the courses with at least an 80% average grade on all graded assignments and meet the 100-hour experience requirement. Upon completing these requirements, you will be certified by The Income Tax School and can add the CTA® designation to your professional title.nnDepending on when you purchase, you could start your first course and by the time you’re ready to start the next one a new edition could be available. For this reason, we give you access (and ship your books) to each course one at a time, to ensure you get the most up-to-date version available.nnUpon purchase, you will receive login credentials and may start the Comprehensive course right away. These courses are not webinars, so you can work at your own pace and access the course content at any time. You have 6 months to complete Comprehensive and an additional 3 months for Advanced I, though many students finish earlier. A course extension may be purchased from our online store, if needed.nnAfter completing the Comprehensive tax course, you’ll have enough tax knowledge to start earning money as a tax preparer. This will enable you to start logging hours toward your experience requirement.nn

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Already Have Some Tax Knowledge?

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nIf you’ve already taken the Comprehensive Tax Course from us, you can still register for one of our Chartered Tax Certificate Programs and we’ll submit your completed course into the program. Or, if you already have some tax knowledge under your belt from another source, you may test out of the Comprehensive Tax Course only, register for one of the programs and move on to the next course. The cost to test out of the Comprehensive Tax Course is $100. Start by purchasing the test out and our school administrators will advise you how to proceed from there.