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How Online Courses Make Continued Education Available To Everyone

For those who have already begun their families or entered the workforce, it can be difficult to find the time, energy and funds to pursue continuing education options. Whether you are hoping to complete your high school education or get your college degree, attending classes can require a time commitment that can be hard to fulfill given today’s busy lifestyles. With online courses, though, students can customize their educational experience, creating class schedules that work around them. This can give even those with a hectic family life or work schedule the freedom to open more professional doors through education.

Of course, the biggest and most recognized benefit, of taking classes online is the flexibility that this type of education provides. No matter where you live, or whether or not you have access to reliable transportation, you will be able to attend classes at one of the many universities and other institutions of further learning online. You will be saving countless hours in commuting time, save on the cost of gas or lodging near your university of choice, and will be able to spend the time that you save studying or fulfilling other obligations.

Most classes can also be taken at the student’s leisure. If you will only be able to do your coursework in the evenings or on the weekends, seek out an institution, which uploads each lecture and allows students to view them at any time. This will give you the freedom to create your own schedule, and will make it far easier to juggle a full course load with everything else that is on your plate. Do keep in mind that many of these classes will have a syllabus that requires assignments to be turned in within a certain time frame, so absolute flexibility may not be possible.

Distance education is often more affordable than live classes. Unlike other types of schools, where your tuition dollars will also be used to maintain grounds, buildings and other physical locations, online schools do not need to charge students for this additional overhead. This, and the almost unlimited enrollment potential, allows them to charge less for classes, making them more affordable to those on a tight budget. In addition to the lower prices from the outset, non-traditional students may be able to qualify for financial aid through the school or the federal government, which can open up the possibility of furthering your education without putting you in financial peril.

Taking courses online is a great way to fit continued education into even the most busy life. With so many schools to choose from, prospective students should find it easy to seek out courses that are in line with their interests and professional goals. Whether you are hoping to complete your high school degree or hoping to launch your college career, these institutions offer anyone the option of expanding their career prospects through additional education. If you have been thinking about going back to school, but wonder if you will have the time, consider looking into one of these programs today.…

Enrolled Agents Are Top Choice to Prepare Tax Returns for Back Years

Failing to file tax returns present enormous problems if back taxes are due. Fortunately, when these troubled taxpayers learn of the skills provided by enrolled agents, they obtain professionals who can both prepare the delinquent tax returns and negotiate with the IRS.

Before consideration of any settlement or installment agreement, the IRS requires completed tax returns. That’s why an important part of enrolled agent service is derived from the tax training in EA CPE. Preparing tax returns is your initial first step to help delinquent filers. Only after that process can you negotiate for the taxpayer to obtain from the IRS an installment agreement or offer in compromise.

Sometimes a taxpayer doesn’t file a return for a year tax is owed that he can’t pay. This then leads to future years of not filing – even if refunds are due in the succeeding years. In these cases tax returns for several years are required. The refunds due for some years are applied to the year for which tax is delinquent. Meeting your annual enrolled agent continuing education requirements allows you to attain familiarity with the changing tax laws for each year.

Some taxpayers come to obtain your services after the IRS has created a Substitute for Return. This is the IRS version of a tax return using only the information it has available about reported income. These usually calculate a higher tax than determined by using available taxpayer deductions and credits.

A Substitute for Return uses only the standard deduction and one standard exemption. Addition dependency exemptions for spouses and children are ignored in the IRS version of a Substitute for Return. In addition, of course, the IRS cannot correctly ascertain deductions and credits.

Substitute returns are prepared in the best interest of the IRS. Consequently, the penalty and interest determined for the tax-filing year is a higher assessment that occurs with a professionally completed tax return.

The sooner a taxpayer files completed tax returns, the likelihood increases for IRS reduction of penalties due. Penalty abatement is certainly an area where ordinary taxpayers are usually helpless against IRS efforts to collect all amounts due in full. Their best strategy is to find a representative who has passed the enrolled agent test.

A strong selling point for enrolled agent services is that the IRS specifically authorizes the professional designation. That’s important to remember in promoting your tax practice after passing the enrolled agent exam.

There are many thousands of people who fail to file their legally required tax returns. The sooner you reach out to them, the more you help them avoid trouble. Penalties and interest mount quickly. In addition, the IRS eventually unleashes its harshest collection actions upon those who fail to file returns. Fortunately, taxpayers have the right to file a prior year tax return at any time.

IRS Circular 230 Disclosure

Pursuant to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service Circular 230, we inform you that, to the extent any advice relating to a Federal tax issue is contained in this communication, including in any attachments, it was not written or intended to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (a) avoiding any tax related penalties that may be imposed on you or any other person under the Internal Revenue Code, or (b) promoting, marketing or recommending to another person any transaction or matter addressed in this communication.…

Continuing Education Might Make the Difference – Want More Letters Next To Your Name?

If you are self-employed, or a solo professional, often more letters next to your name helps your clientele feel more comfortable that they are talking to someone who knows their stuff. That is not to say that every individual that has lots of letters to their name is competent, they may not be, or they may be total Ignoramuses, and I’m sure we have both met our share of such folks.

Still, there are lots of continuing education course choices, and many are not as difficult as you think. Some can be taken online, or through a university program, that is to say an actual university that offers courses on the Internet, but you have to go in once a week to the college. There are also many mail order courses which you can take that are industry-specific. Some of these courses exist because of regulatory requirements of folks in that group or profession to maintain their licenses.

Even if you don’t wish to get the license, you can still take the course, and some of them are as inexpensive as $50-100 including the textbooks, and some of the textbooks now can be downloaded to your iPad, Kendall, Nook, or personal computer.

Let’s say for instance, that you sell life insurance, and you don’t have a financial planning license, or series 7, but you want your customers and clients to know you know what you’re talking about so you can help them make a rational decision when buying your insurance products. If you have those other letters next to your name, but don’t have the licenses as you don’t intend on selling any of that other stuff – you will still accomplish the objective of having additional letters next to your name.

And of course, it looks more impressive, and it helps you answer the questions your clientele will ask, and they can feel confident that you know which are talking about. Indeed, perhaps you might please consider all this.…

Enrolled Agents Offer Superior Talent to Address IRS Notices for Delinquent Tax Returns

People who have failed to file a tax return and receive an IRS notice need immediate help. When you have training as an enrolled agent, you possess the highest skills to address the concerns of these individuals. They need you to prepare the delinquent tax return plus negotiate with the IRS over penalties.

As an enrolled agent you are a tax expert authorized by the IRS. Making people aware of this qualification provides an avenue for troubled taxpayers to benefit from your enrolled agent continuing education. This public service also causes your tax practice to grow.

Taxpayers receiving IRS notices about delinquent tax returns are most in need of the level of tax expertise provided by enrolled agents. Willful failure to file a tax return that is legally required is a criminal offense. That’s the reason Wesley Snipes in incarcerated. A plan of action with professional representation is required by anyone who has not filed a prior year tax return.

Taxpayers commonly fail to understand tax notices, despite IRS efforts to simplify them. Reading a letter under duress that is several pages long tends to create panic for taxpayers. However, failure to respond to an initial letter causes subsequent correspondence that demands else.

Tax notices for delinquent tax returns usually provide lists of income that’s been reported to the IRS. However, the notice omits factors that the IRS doesn’t know, such as itemized deductions, business expenses, and cost basis. The training you possess from enrolled agent CPE permits you to prepare a tax return with both income and eligible deductions.

A most important reason for taxpayers with these notices to contact enrolled agents is that they need someone to discuss their circumstances with Tax Resolution Services. This is why you need to take an enrolled agent course to become the optimal tax practitioner.

Your first step in representing a taxpayer is to contact the IRS and request additional time for responding to the tax notice with a completed tax return. You also present the completed tax returns to the IRS on behalf of the taxpayer. This avoids the possibility of taxpayers saying anything that’s self-incriminating. Over half of the referrals to the criminal investigation division of the IRS come from the IRS officials who meet with taxpayers.

The other benefit that enrolled agents provide to distressed taxpayers is the ability to negotiate relief on back taxes owed. The expertise and authority you possess as an enrolled agent is more effective than taxpayers representing themselves. To prove this concept to the public you only need to point out the effort required to obtain a penalty abatement, an offer in compromise, or even a reasonable tax installment payment agreement.

IRS Circular 230 Disclosure

Pursuant to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service Circular 230, we inform you that, to the extent any advice relating to a Federal tax issue is contained in this communication, including in any attachments, it was not written or intended to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (a) avoiding any tax related penalties that may be imposed on you or any other person under the Internal Revenue Code, or (b) promoting, marketing or recommending to another person any transaction or matter addressed in this communication.…