This 18 hour course will satisfy the IRS requirements for AFSP participants? continuing education. The course will cover general Federal tax issues, tax preparer ethics, and Annual Federal Tax Refresher (AFTR) topics, including important changes to tax policy under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

This course provides the 80 hours of basic education that is required in order for you to be able to sit for the Oregon Tax Practitioners exam.

The course covers all of the major aspects of being a tax practitioner in Oregon while also helping prepare you for the state licensing exam.

AYPO offers this 30-hour course for Oregon tax preparers to meet all of the continuing education requirements for renewal.

In the course, we'll review federal filing requirements, and the guidelines for the various filing statuses. It will also cover gross income, adjustments to income that taxpayers may require, and federal credits that are available. Special topics that we will look at include taxation on rental income and on expenses of rentals; using Schedules C, F, J, and SE; and additions to income such as child tax credits and the Alternative Minimum Tax.

The course will conclude with the mandatory Ethics class. Each class included in this package will be followed by a brief quiz.

This 24-hour course is a great refresher for enrolled agents, and will satisfy the ethics requirement as you complete one-third of your CE requirements. In this course, we'll cover important topics like the requirements for filing status; what qualifies as gross income and must be included on a tax return; how to make the appropriate income adjustments for clients; specific schedules that client may require; and an updated discussion of the credits available to taxpayers in 2018.

We'll conclude the course with an Ethics class specifically for tax preparers. This class will examine the definition of ethics, pivotal terms used in that discussion, and the taxpayer bill of rights.