Build The Premier
Accounting Firm
Not only can you get certified in 4-6 weeks online, but we will help you hit your income & career goals!
Get the skills, certifications, and confidence to offer tax preparation services with Universal Accounting Center as a Professional Tax Preparer (PTP)
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Learn how to build a highly profitable tax resolution practice with Lambers and become the Premier Accounting Firm in your area offering quality accounting services with Universal Accounting Center.
At Universal Accounting,
Our Focus is on You
Certified Professional Tax Preparers are trained and must verify their competency on an exam before they can provide the quality planning & preparation services that small business owners expect. Line by line, the Universal Accounting®’s Professional Tax Preparer™ program will teach you how to complete individual and business returns so that you can either prepare taxes on the side or start your own tax business full-time.
The Professional Tax Preparer™ Certification Program consists of 67 hours of training. Our tax preparation courses include textbooks, video instruction and worksheets (over 600 pages of instruction and reference materials).
This self-paced course is designed to be completed within 60 days so you can start working with your first client within 90 days.
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You have the flexibility to complete the courses on your own time, in a way that fits your life. The course is taught by our experienced tax accounting professionals who give practical advice on not only tax issues, but also provide real-world solutions to give you the edge in productivity and profitability.
Our tax instructors know what challenges you will face because they have been there themselves. You will also be paired with an academic coach who will answer your questions at every step along the way.
Detailed Course Description for
the Professional Tax Preparer Program
- Establishing the Tax Preparation Foundation: Learn the entire process for determining income and adjustments to income, which will factor into the Adjusted Gross Income.
- Becoming the 1040 Expert: Understand all the adjustments that can be made to adjusted gross income, including credits that are allowed and different types of deductions and exemptions that can be taken against that adjusted gross income number.
- Profitable Business Returns: Experience completing each of the schedules and forms common to business organizations. See the various business types and why one may be chosen over another. Learn tax concepts in accounting, “Elements of Business Financial Statements,” and how to report gain and loss on dispositions of business property.
- Above all, the Professional Tax Preparer course gives you the competence and confidence needed to start preparing returns for small business owners.
- Convenient, at-home learning through an all-online course
- Get certified in just 2-4 weeks
- Earn $100+ an hour
- Work whenever and however you want
- Work from home, full-time or part-time
- Financing available (and we help you get clients. Just 1 client can pay for the whole class)
- Assigned individual academic & marketing coaches
- Job placement assistance
- Be in demand for your skills, set yourself apart from non-certified competitor
- Marketing & client acquisition assistance
- Continuing Professional Education, CPE, credits available
If you want to make $100,000+ a year, or just $1,000-$2,000 extra a month in part-time income, we can get you there.
Meet your Instructors
Guiding you through effective procedures and methods
Jason Dinesen LPA, EA
Lambers Instructor
Train your staff to help you offer quality accounting services confidently and consistently. Whether they are new employees who need to be certified or existing staff who have proven their loyalty and are ready for more, this is the training they need.
In addition to training, certification, and support, you save your time having to do it all. Speak with our team to see what’s available and how we can help you.