Passkey Registered Tax Return Preparer Workbook, Three Complete Irs Rtrp Practice Exams, 2013-2014 Edition


Book Description

PassKey's RTRP Review Workbook features three full sample exams to accompany the PassKey RTRP Review study guide for 2013-2014. You'll be able to test yourself on a total of 360 questions with detailed answers that are clearly explained in the answer section in the back of the book. This workbook will help you study all the important concepts you need to know to prepare taxes for individuals and to pass the RTRP exam. Question topics include preliminary work and collection of taxpayer data; treatment of income and assets; deductions and credits; other taxes; completion of the filing process; practices and procedures; and ethics. Test yourself, time yourself, and learn! *Note: At the time of this book's printing, the RTRP designation was currently under suspension as a result of litigation against the IRS. The RTRP exam has not yet been scheduled for 2013, and it is unclear whether it will be offered to tax preparers on either a voluntary or mandatory basis.This book is for use for the testing season that runs through March 31, 2014.




Guide to Start and Grow Your Successful Tax Business


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Book Description: Guide to Start and Grow Your Successful Tax BusinessThe mission of this book is to provide valuable information and guidance to help the reader start, operate and grow a successful income tax preparation business. While managing hundreds of tax offices throughout the past four decades, author Chuck McCabe, has mentored numerous people who aspired to become independent tax business owners and empowered them to achieve success in this rewarding profession. The book includes the following chapters1.Learning Tax Preparation & Obtaining Credentials2.Developing a Business Plan3.Risk Management4.Getting Started as a Tax Business Owner5.Establishing Your Tax Office6.Tax Office Operating Systems7.Buying a Tax Practice8.Marketing Planning9.Pricing Your Services10.Mass Media Advertising 11.Digital Marketing12.Your Website13.Social Media Marketing14.Neighborhood Marketing15.Client Retention Strategies16.Recruiting & Training Tax Preparers17.Employee Pre-work Training18.Motivating & Retaining Employees19.Continuing Education (CE)20.Diversification for Year-round Revenue21.IRS Circular 230, Due Diligence22.Peer Support & Tax Professional Associations23.Helping Your Client Deal with the IRSAccounting Today has recognized the author for multiple years in their ¿Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting.¿ Their foundation for this recognition is: ¿As a veteran in the tax preparation industry, McCabe had the vision to offer support to other tax business owners who opt to remain independent by providing them with tax education and business skills so they can be successful on their own.¿ In addition, to facilitate peer support, in 2009, Chuck founded the LinkedIn group, Tax Business Owners of America, that now has nearly 9,000 membersChuck McCabe and his team at The Income Tax School (ITS) are committed to serve and support independent tax business owners. The ITS website www.TheIncomeTaxSchool.com, provides valuable resources, many at no charge, to support tax business entrepreneurs. This book will enable small business entrepreneurs to adopt proven best practices comparable to those used by the national tax firms. - Their goal is to ensure the success of independent tax business owners.







Tax Systems


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An approach to taxation that goes beyond an emphasis on tax rates to consider such aspects as administration, compliance, and remittance. Despite its theoretical elegance, the standard optimal tax model has significant limitations. In this book, Joel Slemrod and Christian Gillitzer argue that tax analysis must move beyond the emphasis on optimal tax rates and bases to consider such aspects of taxation as administration, compliance, and remittance. Slemrod and Gillitzer explore what they term a tax-systems approach, which takes tax evasion seriously; revisits the issue of remittance, or who writes the check to cover tax liability (employer or employee, retailer or consumer); incorporates administrative and compliance costs; recognizes a range of behavioral responses to tax rates; considers nonstandard instruments, including tax base breadth and enforcement effort; and acknowledges that tighter enforcement is sometimes a more socially desirable way to raise revenue than an increase in statutory tax rates. Policy makers, Slemrod and Gillitzer argue, would be well advised to recognize the interrelationship of tax rates, bases, enforcement, and administration, and acknowledge that tax policy is really tax-systems policy.




Passkey Tax Preparer Review


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Whether you're an experienced tax preparer or brand new to the field, The PassKey Tax Preparer Review: A Study Guide to Individual Taxation gives you an in-depth look at all the important information you need to know to prepare taxes for individuals. Using simple-to-understand language and concrete examples, this comprehensive guide helps demystify complex tax law. The numerous sample questions, answers, and explanations for each chapter will help you learn all the key concepts to be able to prepare Form 1040 tax returns. Topics include preliminary work and collection of taxpayer data; treatment of income and assets; deductions and credits; other taxes; completion of the filing process; practices and procedures; and ethics. This PassKey guide also serves as a valuable study tool to help you prepare for the registered tax return preparer exam. The PassKey Tax Preparer Review: A Study Guide to Individual Taxation includes the last-minute tax changes of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 and is thoroughly updated for 2013. For more study help, PassKey also offers a three-part practice exam workbook with detailed answers and explanations, so you can test yourself, time yourself, and learn!




Reasonable Compensation


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" ... analyzes the issues relating to the deduction by an employer for a "reasonable allowance" under [section] 162(a) for compensation paid with regard to personal services rendered. It discusses in depth the factors applied in determining reasonableness, the necessity for the actual performance of services, situations where a deduction for reasonable compensation is not allowable, and other aspects of reasonable compensation. Various tax planning and controversy considerations also are discussed"--Portfolio description (p. iii).




IRS Enrolled Agent Exam Study Guide 2013-2014


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Our IRS Enrolled Agent Exam Study Guide contains all the information you need to know to pass the IRS Special Enrollment Exam without all the unnecessary information that only complicates the study process. You will simply not find a more efficient way to study and prepare for the exam. Complete review course for exams administered from May 1, 2013 through Feb 28, 2014. Book compliments the FREE online question bank and simulated practice exams available at FastForwardAcademy.com. Course approved for 10-hours of 2013 IRS continuing education credit for RTRP credential.




Passkey Ea Review, Complete


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Learn how to become an enrolled agent with PassKey's comprehensive EA Review study program, newly revised and thoroughly updated for tax year 2012. This is an in-depth study guide for all three parts of the IRS enrolled agent exam. Using simple to understand language and concrete examples, this study guide helps demystify complex tax law. The numerous sample questions and answers at the end of each chapter prepare you for the EA exam offered during the May 1, 2013 to February 28, 2014 testing window. This textbook includes the following: Part 1: Individuals covers taxable and nontaxable income; filing requirements; deductions and credits; capital gains and losses; basis; rental income; estate and gift taxes; IRAs; and more. Part 2: Businesses covers tax law relating to C and S corporations; sole proprietorships; partnerships; exempt entities; farmers; business income and expenses; accounting methods; inventory valuation; business credits; basis; depreciation; disposition of business assets; retirement plans;trusts and estates; and more. Part 3: Representation covers issues relating to ethics and rules of practice for enrolled agents, including professional standards; preparer and taxpayer penalties; assessment, collection, and audit procedures; e-filing regulations; the major changes to Circular 230; and more. *Note: This book has been extensively updated and rigorously vetted by experts in the tax profession. It includes the last-minute tax changes of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.For more study help, PassKey also offers a six-part practice exam workbook with detailed answers and explanations, so you can test yourself, time yourself, and learn!




Passkey EA Review Part 2


Book Description

Learn how to become an enrolled agent with PassKey's comprehensive EA Review study program, newly revised and thoroughly updated for tax year 2012. This is an in-depth study guide for Part 2 of the IRS enrolled agent exam. Using simple-to-understand language and concrete examples, this study guide helps demystify complex tax law. The numerous sample questions and answers at the end of each chapter prepare you for the EA exam offered during the May 1, 2013 to February 28, 2014 testing window. Part 2: Businesses covers tax law relating to C and S corporations; sole proprietorships; partnerships; exempt entities; farmers; business income and expenses; accounting methods; inventory valuation; business credits; basis; depreciation; disposition of business assets; retirement plans; trusts and estates; and much more. *Note: This book has been extensively updated and rigorously vetted for accuracy by experts in the tax profession. It includes the last-minute tax changes of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. For more study help, PassKey also offers a six-part practice exam workbook with detailed answers and explanations, so you can test yourself, time yourself, and learn!




IRS Tax Preparer Course and RTRP Exam Study Guide 2013


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How do you become a Registered Tax Return Preparer (RTRP)? You do not need an advanced degree, or even a college education; however, it does require some work. First, you must prepare for the IRS competency exam. This course provides access to a FREE online test bank for you to practice. Practice exams are also available online. We designed this course with you in mind, utilizing the experience of Enrolled Agents, CPA's and former IRS employees. In addition to providing you with a solid foundation in tax knowledge, this course has the essential material you must know to pass the test.