Tax Preparer Training

Need A Tax Preparer Certification Or Training Course?

We can help! The CPA Training Center offers several Tax Preparer training courses - many with CPE credits - to help enhance your career!

What Are The Requirements To Be A Tax Preparer?

According to the IRS*, any tax professional with an IRS Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) is authorized to prepare federal tax returns.

Tax professionals have differing levels of skills, education, and expertise, defined as "representation rights", as described below:

• Unlimited Representation Rights:
  Enrolled agents, certified public accountants, and attorneys have unlimited representation rights before the IRS. Tax professionals with these credentials may represent their clients on any matters including audits, payment/collection issues, and appeals.
• Limited Representation Rights:
  Some preparers without one of the above credentials have limited practice rights. They may only represent clients whose returns they prepared and signed, but only before revenue agents, customer service representatives, and similar IRS employees, including the Taxpayer Advocate Service. They cannot represent clients whose returns they did not prepare and they cannot represent clients regarding appeals or collection issues even if they did prepare the return in question.

Most individuals take Tax prep training courses to generate more business for them or their firm. Whether tax prep is the main or side focus of your business, it is an excellent way to generate more clients and prospects.

Recommended Tax Preparer Certification Training Classes

Take our recommended tax preparer certification course to differentiate yourself from those without a tax preparer certification, and you have a good chance of winning new clients!

• Chartered Tax Professional Certificate Program

The CPATrainingCenter.com offers several self-study tax prep courses that you can take in the comfort of your home or office. Here are just a few of the things you will learn by taking one of these courses:

• Prepare most business and non-business individual tax returns
  
• Pass the IRS Competency Exam
  
• Perform a thorough interview with a taxpayer
  
• Determine a taxpayer's filing status and eligibilty for exemptions
  
• Accurately report income and deductions for a taxpayer
  
• Determine a taxpayer's eligibility for credits and deductions
  
• Compute income for Schedules C, E and F
  
• Determine depreciation deductions and eligibility for Section 179
  
• Accurately calculate a taxpayer's refund or balance due
  
• Advise a taxpayer in tax planning strategies

Recommended Online Training Courses

• Comprehensive Income Tax Course with Career Package
• Comprehensive Income Tax Course w/ Business Start-Up
• Comprehensive Income Tax Course w/ State Supplement
• Advanced I Individual Income Tax Preparation Course
• Advanced II Individual Income Tax Preparation Course
• California Small Business I Income Tax Course

* Source = https://www.irs.gov/tax-professionals/understanding-tax-return-preparer-credentials-and-qualifications