Become a Tax Preparer

About this course

Welcome to the newest edition of the Professional Tax Preparer course. We have helped many people qualify for better-paying jobs and showed countless entrepreneurs how to become self-employed and take control of their careers.

​​​​​​​The world of tax preparation is dynamic, exciting, and lucrative. The Comprehensive Tax Preparation course is designed to teach you everything you need to know in order to handle the majority of everyday tax returns for individual taxpayers as well as small businesses.

In this Tax Preparer course, you will learn how to prepare tax returns and research tax issues for most individual returns related to Form 1040; plus the basics of Schedule C/self-employed tax returns. You will learn how to prepare taxes using live software and you will be ready to start your new career as a Tax Professional.

Course curriculum

1.

Module I: Tax Basics

33 lessons

  • 1

    Getting Started

  • 2

    Chapter 1: Introduction

  • 3

    Chapter 2: Who Has to File a Return?

  • 4

    Chapter 2a: Non-Dependent Requirements

  • 5

    Chapter 3: Marital Status

  • 6

    Chapter 4: Age

  • 7

    Chapter 5: Gross Income

  • 8

    Chapter 6: Filing When not Required

  • 9

    Chapter 7: When You Must File

  • 10

    Chapter 8: Extensions

  • 11

    Chapter 9: Rounding

  • 12

    Chapter 10: Record Keeping

  • 13

    Chapter 11: Taxpayer ID Number

  • 14

    Chapter 12: Filing Status

  • 15

    Chapter 12a: Single

  • 16

    Chapter 12b: Head of Household

  • 17

    Chapter 13: Marital Status

  • 18

    Chapter 13a: Married Filing Separate

  • 19

    Chapter 13b: Married Filing Jointly

  • 20

    Chapter 13c: Qualifying Widow/Widower

  • 21

    Chapter 14:Cost of Maintaining Household

  • 22

    Chapter 15: Dependents

  • 23

    Chapter 16: Relationship Test

  • 24

    Chapter 16a: Adopted Child

  • 25

    Chapter 16b: Foster Child

  • 26

    Chapter 16c: Age Test

  • 27

    Chapter 17: Totally Disabled

  • 28

    Chapter 18: Residency Test

  • 29

    Chapter 18a: Temporary Absences

  • 30

    Chapter 19: Death or Birth of a Child

  • 31

    Chapter 20: Support Test

  • 32

    Chapter 21: Special Test

  • 33

    Chapter 22: Tiebreaker Rules

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Become a Tax Preparer

Welcome to the newest edition of the Professional Tax Preparer course. We have helped many people qualify for better-paying jobs and showed countless entrepreneurs how to become self-employed and take control of their careers. ​​​​​​​The world of tax preparation is dynamic, exciting, and lucrative. The Comprehensive Tax Preparation course is designed to teach you everything you need to know in order to handle the majority of everyday tax returns for individual taxpayers as well as small businesses. In this Tax Preparer course, you will learn how to prepare tax returns and research tax issues for most individual returns related to Form 1040; plus the basics of Schedule C/self-employed tax returns. You will learn how to prepare taxes using live software and you will be ready to start your new career as a Tax Professional.

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