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 Tax Course (includes all topics covered on IRS basic competency exam), you will be able to prepare tax returns for most individual U.S. taxpayers.  The tax course can be completed in just weeks! If you want to be able to prepare tax returns for small businesses, then you will also want to take the 30-hour Small Business I Tax Course.  New this year, you will also need to pass an IRS basic competency exam.  

Next, you’ll want to learn the nuts and bolts about starting and running a tax business.  Instead of reinventing the wheel, consider purchasing The Income Tax School’s Strategic Planning Retreat Webinars.  These webinars will teach you many of the tax industry best practices.  These webinars are based on live Strategic Planning Retreats that were held in Richmond, VA where many tax business owners have met from all over the country – some 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: