| 1. Gain new professional and marketable skills while | | | | enable you to charge up to $50.00 per hour and in |
| working at your own pace. - Every year there is a | | | | some cases much more if you go on to become an |
| noticeable shortage of qualified Tax professionals. All 4 | | | | Enrolled Agent. |
| of the major Tax service Franchises (H & R | | | | 7. Online Tax Schools that can qualify you for |
| Block, Jackson Hewlett, Liberty Tax, and Instant Tax) | | | | California's standards range from $199 to over $1500. |
| set up tax classes to increase the possibility of having | | | | Its very interesting because, remember the Educational |
| enough tax professionals to work in their Franchises. | | | | Wholesale Provider I spoke of? They usually provide |
| Unfortunately, having taught these basic tax classes, | | | | the training for over 50% of the Online Tax Training. |
| the student drop out rate is high. It is serious pressure | | | | 8. Tax School won't make you rich, but it will give you |
| to work a full time job, learn tax law/codes, go to | | | | options, a foundation for a new career and around |
| school two nights a week, do your homework, and | | | | $7,500 to $15,000 more income per year working |
| prepare for Thanksgiving in the middle of the Tax | | | | part-time. The Big Boys, as I call them often pay their |
| Class Schedule. Online Tax School could be a life | | | | employees Bonus based upon the revenue after the |
| saver, especially if you have children. (Instant Tax does | | | | Tax Season ends, plus they get a base hourly wage. |
| offer training starting any time of the year) | | | | 9. Enrolling and completing tax school will put you in the |
| 2. You can be enrolled, trained and certified to do | | | | line up for what I call the "Half-Year Tax Professionals" |
| Taxes in the state of California or any of the 50 | | | | They do taxes 5 or 6 months out of the year and |
| States by the time the big boys offer their $200 Tax | | | | spend the other half of the year traveling. How do I |
| Class in September, October or crash course in | | | | know? I meet them at the IRS Tax Professional |
| November. | | | | Forum which is usually held in large cities such as Las |
| 3. Train to the state of California's standards. Not all | | | | Vegas! They adjust their travel schedules to |
| states have a mandatory requirement to obtain a Tax | | | | accommodate and attend the IRS conventions; after |
| License, however, once you qualify under California's | | | | all, you have to act like you work all year! This select |
| standards you will be qualified for an entry level | | | | group of people is the envy of all of the new tax |
| position with IRS or to work for one of the major | | | | professionals. However, you should know these Tax |
| Temporary Accounting Agencies, such as | | | | Professionals work hard and smart. They rarely loose |
| AccountTemp or Accountants, Inc or Robert Half, | | | | a client, they send birthday cards to clients and gift |
| International or a CPA or a Major Bookkeeping | | | | certificates for special occasions and quarterly tax |
| Company or to work for your self. Being able to take | | | | newsletters. They spend years building their client base |
| your time and learn at your own pace is extremely | | | | while charging $150 to $200 (sometimes more) per tax |
| important when it can mean the difference of $7.50 | | | | return. They tend to stay out of their client's personal |
| per hour and $18 to $25.00 per hour | | | | lives and they live modestly while traveling to different |
| 4. When you enroll in an Online Tax class, you don't | | | | parts of the world each year. (I personally give my |
| have to deal with class room dynamics, you just do | | | | client's a gift when I deliver their taxes. My clients are |
| your course work, take your test on line, email your | | | | spoiled, they don't know what it is to sit in a tax office |
| teacher if you have a question and receive your | | | | and wait. For them Taxes Will Travel is the way to |
| certificate and follow through with your State's | | | | go!) |
| requirements for Tax Professionals and of course | | | | 10. There is a new, service that has consumers in the |
| register with IRS. No Problem, No fuss. All the | | | | tax industry buzzing. It's the "get your refund the last |
| information is provided in the class. | | | | week of December or the first week of January" If |
| 5. Taxes Will Travel a mobile Tax Service in the San | | | | your last pay period for the year is December 15 |
| Francisco Bay Area actually provides job placements | | | | through the 28th and you had your taxes completed |
| for graduates from its Online Tax School and is one of | | | | at one of the tax stores that provides this service you |
| the only mobile tax service Franchise available in the | | | | can get your refund, using your paycheck stub, before |
| country. The TWT curriculum is provided by | | | | Christmas or New Year's. At the time this article was |
| Educational wholesalers located on the East Coast. | | | | published more information was still becoming available |
| The Wholesaler for the learning material actually holds | | | | on this new service. This will surely generate more |
| the licenses for the different state qualifications. The | | | | excitement in the Tax Industry. Tax stores more then |
| uniqueness of these programs comes with the policy | | | | likely will charge a little more for this unique service, and |
| and procedure of the different online schools. | | | | a little more times 5 to 10 million people is a LOT more, |
| 6. Completion of Tax School will enable you to start | | | | so this might be the time to enroll in your nearest online |
| your own tax business in your home or office. This will | | | | tax school. |