Certified Tax Preparer Archives - Federal Direct Tax https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/tag/certified-tax-preparer/ Helping Individuals & Businesses Enter The Tax Preparation Industry Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:07:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Continuing Education for Tax Preparers https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/continuing-education-for-tax-preparers/ Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:33:37 +0000 http://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/?p=600 Tax Preparers will have to complete 15 hours of continuing education starting in 2012.  These 15 hours will be broken down into 10 hours of federal tax law topics, 3 hours of tax law updates, and 2 hours on ethics.  Courses will be provided by numerous IRS approved organizations, and Federal Direct will provide these […]

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]]> IRS wants your input on Preparer Exams https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/irs-wants-your-input-on-preparer-exams/ Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:58:46 +0000 http://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/?p=546 The IRS has selected Prometric to administer the forthcoming tax preparer examinations, but they would like to hear from you, the actual preparers, regarding the structure, length, specific areas and topics that should be covered, reporting, etc.  Prometric is the company that has been administering exams for Enrolled Agents and CPAs for years, but with […]

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]]> IRS unsure on preparer testing content https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/irs-unsure-on-preparer-testing-content/ Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:14:05 +0000 http://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/?p=381 Be aware, the IRS stated today that it has not made any determination on what materials will be considered for the 2011 tax preparer testing requirements.  Many tax training programs are currently being released trying to capitalize on preparers anxiety relating to this new requirement, you should be very wary of purchasing  materials this year.  […]

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