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CTEC-IRS 20 Hour Continuing Education Tax Classes

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The CTEC-IRS 20 Hour Continuing Education Tax Class fulfills the annual Continuing Education (CE) requirement for the California Tax Education Council (CTEC) due October 31st of each year. The tax class is available to you for 6 months from the date of purchase. 

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If you are not completely satisfied with our course, we will offer you a full refund within thirty days of purchasing. No refunds given for group orders or to students who have completed more than one quiz or any of the final exams.
 
Platinum Tax School offers group discounts for three or more students. Call us at 877 315-1772 for more information. 

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Our IRS and CTEC approved 20 hour - Personal Income Tax Return tax class contains 2 hours of ethics, 3 hours of updates, 5 hours of California state tax law, and 10 hours of federal tax law. Our 10-Hour federal tax law class covers the personal income tax return including proper completion of Form 1040 and related schedules and forms. Tax topics include the determination of taxable income, adjustments to income, identifying eligible tax credits and calculating total tax liability (IRS course #JK8E2-T-00187-24-S) and provides ten hours of CE credit. 

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Our IRS and CTEC approved 20 hour - Small Business, Depreciation, and Additional Tax Topics tax class contains 2 hours of ethics, 3 hours of updates, 5 hours of California state tax law, and 10 hours of federal tax law.  Our 10-Hour federal tax law class covers small business tax and depreciation including proper completion of Schedule C, business income and expenses, and depreciation - IRS Form 4562. The tax class also covers additional tax topics such as abusive tax schemes and frivolous tax returns (IRS Course #JK8E2-T-00188-24-S) and provides ten hours of CE credit.

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Our IRS and CTEC approved 20 hour - Business Entities including Partnerships and Corporations tax class contains 2 hours of ethics, 3 hours of updates, 5 hours of California state tax law, and 10 hours of federal tax law. Our 10-Hour federal tax law class covers business entities and depreciation. Tax topics include proper completion of Partnerships, C and S Corporations related tax schedules and forms including Form 1065, 1120, and 1120s and small business Schedule C (IRS course #JK8E2-T-00189-24-S) and provides ten hours of CE credit.

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Our IRS and CTEC approved 20 hour -  Advanced Topics Retirement, Rental Real Estate, Gift Taxes, Estates and Trusts tax class contains 2 hours of ethics, 3 hours of updates, 5 hours of California state tax law, and 10 hours of federal tax law. Our 10-Hour federal tax law class covers advanced topics including retirement, rental real estate, gift taxes, estates and trusts. Tax topics include estate and gift tax returns, the IRS appeals process, IRA and other pensions, rental income and expenses, abusive and frivolous tax schemes, (IRS Course #JK8E2-T-00190-24-S) and provides ten hours of CE credit.

Platinum Tax School's 3-Hour federal tax updates tax class covers personal tax updates. Topics include fundamental inflationary changes that will be used to prepare tax returns (IRS course #JK8E2-U-00186-24-S) and provides three hours of CE credit. Platinum Tax School's 2-Hour ethics tax class covers ethical issues including practices and procedures involving the possession of tax records, understanding how to properly disclose fees charged for the preparation of taxes and understanding the definitions of when a tax practitioner is acting in a disreputable or incompetent manner (#JK8E2-E-00196-24-S) and provides two hours of CE credit. The three combined tax preparer courses will meet the 15-Hour IRS requirement in order to participate in the Annual Filing Season Program (AFSP). Platinum's 5-Hour California tax class (CTEC course #2052-CE-0125) covers the proper completion of the California Franchise Tax Board Form 540, providing an additional five hours of CTEC CE credit completing the 20 hour CTEC Continuing Education (CE) requirement.  °Video provided on selected reading assignments. 

Course Organization

At checkout you will create a login I.D. and password and have access to the course 24/7. The tax preparation classes are presented in an online E-Book format making the reading material portable if you prefer to work offline. Each reading assignment is then followed by a one or two part quiz presented in a multiple choice format. A series of quiz review questions will guide you so that you will become proficient with the IRS's terminology, guidelines, and procedures and test your understanding of key topics. The answers are submitted online and will be automatically graded. You will be provided with important feedback and answer key to all quiz questions. Once all of the quizzes are completed, you will then need to complete a final exam that will review all of the topics covered. You will receive a pass or fail grade on the final exam but, unlike the quizzes, will not be provided with an answer key or any feedback (to comply with IRS guidelines regarding final testing). All the final exam(s) must be completed with a passing grade of 70% or better in order to receive a certificate of completion.
 
You have unlimited tries to pass the quizzes and the final exam(s) (Note that the completion of the quizzes is not mandatory). Discussion forums are available within the tax course. Our "Student Course Forum" is available to chat with other students in the same course and our "General Student Forum" is available to chat with students in all courses. The Certificate of Completion can be printed from within the tax class and is also emailed to you immediately following the successful completion of the tax preparer class. Course completions are then reported to the IRS and, if applicable, to CTEC by Platinum Tax School. The tax preparer class is available to you for six months upon registration. Our current tax classes are based upon the IRS's most recently available tax laws, forms, and schedules. We provide all students with tax updates throughout the year on our Platinum Blog site.

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