Seats CTEC 60 Hour Qualifying Education

QE Credits: 45 Federal Tax Law, 15 California Tax Law

This course meets the 60-hour qualifying education requirement imposed by the state of California to become a tax preparer. This course has been approved by the California Tax Education Council Vendor #2080.

In this beginner CA tax preparer course, you will learn…
  • How to prepare a federal individual tax return
• Filing status
• Which form to use
• Credits the taxpayer qualifies for

This course contains 15 Chapters; after each chapter, the student will complete online review questions and a Practice Tax Return (PTR). PTR’s are based on the course content that has been covered so far and will have its own set of review questions. Returns that use the Schedule A are prepared with state income tax withholding on line 5 and the additional state-specific taxes such as CASDI.