How to Get Started

In order to start a tax business, the first thing you will need to do is make sure that you have a solid foundation of tax knowledge.  Tax courses are available online, 24/7 with instructor support at www.theincometaxschool.com.  After just one 60-hour Comprehensive Income Tax Course, you will be able to prepare tax returns for most individual U.S. taxpayers.  The tax course can be completed in just weeks!

Next, you’ll want to learn the nuts and bolts about starting and running a tax business.  Instead of reinventing the wheel, consider attending one of Peoples’ Strategic Planning Retreats.  Here you will learn tax industry best practices, be able to ask endless questions and make contacts with other tax business owners all over the country - some are just starting out, while others have been in the business for years.  

Also available are written tax business manuals to compete with the national tax firms.  These manuals include: