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Students will study Earned Income Tax Credit (EIC or EITC), clergy income and investments. The course continues with a more in-depth study of employee business expenses, Schedules C and E, at-risk rules and passive activities. Upon completion the student will be able to assist individual taxpayers with more in-depth  Details

Students will study Earned Income Tax Credit (EIC or EITC), clergy income and investments. The course continues with a more in-depth study of employee business expenses, Schedules C and E, at-risk rules and passive activities. Upon completion the student will be able to assist individual taxpayers with more in-depth  Details

Students will study more specialized areas of taxation in this course. This course covers mended returns, special needs and concerns for seniors, tax issues for high income taxpayers, net operating losses, special issues for Schedule D, tax issues for divorced and separated taxpayers, tax planning, savings strategies, updates, guidance in responding to the IRS, state returns and nonresident alien returns. Upon completion of this course a student will be able to complete specialized individual returns. Prior tax knowledge and experience are required for this course. Details

Students will study more specialized areas of taxation in this course. This course covers mended returns, special needs and concerns for seniors, tax issues for high income taxpayers, net operating losses, special issues for Schedule D, tax issues for divorced and separated taxpayers, tax planning, savings strategies, updates, guidance in responding to the IRS, state returns and nonresident alien returns. Upon completion of this course a student will be able to complete specialized individual returns. Prior tax knowledge and experience are required for this course. Details

You will learn strategies to write documents faster and better. You will learn how to customize your documents for a specific reader and to accomplish your writing purpose. You will discover ways to create documents when time is limited. You will also master models to organize and format letters, emails, and reports in order to make them clear, direct, and reader friendly. Conversational writing style and parallel structure will also be covered. One of the keys to success in any business is good communication skills and one of the most common ways to communicate in business is through writing. In the second half of the course, we look at the importance of grammar and tone to good writing and approaches to rewriting. We will also look at specific types of documents we might create. Details

You will learn strategies to write documents faster and better. You will learn how to customize your documents for a specific reader and to accomplish your writing purpose. You will discover ways to create documents when time is limited. You will also master models to organize and format letters, emails, and reports in order to make them clear, direct, and reader friendly. Conversational writing style and parallel structure will also be covered. One of the keys to success in any business is good communication skills and one of the most common ways to communicate in business is through writing. In the second half of the course, we look at the importance of grammar and tone to good writing and approaches to rewriting. We will also look at specific types of documents we might create. Details

This course will provide vital information and pragmatic steps for starting, developing, and marketing a successful consulting practice. The management consulting course is designed to help those students who wish to set up a consulting practice and for the student examining the potential for his or her professional consulting services in the marketplace. In this course, we will explore and discuss the need and role of management consultants, how consultants deliver services and interact with clients, managing the consulting process and consulting deliverables, staffing for consulting projects and marketing consulting services. The course is also designed for those students that want to create or improve an internal consulting function within an organization. The course will help in project planning and development, managing and organizing a consulting practice, proposal delivery, and marketing a successful consulting practice with accompanying management, financial and business development issues and concerns. Students will learn the knowledge and experience in the organizational management consulting process, from initial client contact (entry) to termination of the consulting engagement and/or re-contracting for a new engagement while evaluating rewards and challenges of a consulting career. Details

This course will provide vital information and pragmatic steps for starting, developing, and marketing a successful consulting practice. The management consulting course is designed to help those students who wish to set up a consulting practice and for the student examining the potential for his or her professional consulting services in the marketplace. In this course, we will explore and discuss the need and role of management consultants, how consultants deliver services and interact with clients, managing the consulting process and consulting deliverables, staffing for consulting projects and marketing consulting services. The course is also designed for those students that want to create or improve an internal consulting function within an organization. The course will help in project planning and development, managing and organizing a consulting practice, proposal delivery, and marketing a successful consulting practice with accompanying management, financial and business development issues and concerns. Students will learn the knowledge and experience in the organizational management consulting process, from initial client contact (entry) to termination of the consulting engagement and/or re-contracting for a new engagement while evaluating rewards and challenges of a consulting career. Details

Upon completion of this course you will be able to describe professional responsibilities in tax return preparation, determine the actions necessary to maintain client confidentiality and identify the requirements to practice before the IRS. This seminar qualifies for EA CE. Details

Upon completion of this course you will be able to describe professional responsibilities in tax return preparation, determine the actions necessary to maintain client confidentiality and identify the requirements to practice before the IRS. This seminar qualifies for EA CE. Details

Financial Mathematics is a building block to learners in the field of finance. The topics expose the user to fundamental concepts such as cash flows, present value, future value, yield and probability that form the basis for further advanced learning. Details

Financial Mathematics is a building block to learners in the field of finance. The topics expose the user to fundamental concepts such as cash flows, present value, future value, yield and probability that form the basis for further advanced learning. Details