Small Business Tax Practice

This program is intended for individuals to enter the tax profession and enable them to prepare tax returns for the general public. In addition, hands-on experience in the form of supervised tax preparation through an internship or SMC's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program provides real-world knowledge.

 

Program Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of the program, students will demonstrate a range of tax preparation skills required to complete both Federal and State tax returns for individuals. 

25 Annually

The program goal is to develop workforce readiness in the field of applied taxation.  The objective is to encourage individuals start their own business as tax service providers, embark into the tax profession or utilize the tax education and training in other various business applications.

The certificate will require 10 unit in tax education and ethics which are essential to tax practitioners. Some of the elective courses focus on managing and marketing education to assist tax practitioners operate their own tax practice or manage a tax practice. Additionally, some of the other elective courses focus on applying business technology and software that will be needed to successfully operate and manage a tax practice.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
ACCT 9	Accounting Ethics	3	Y1
ACCT 17	Income Tax Preparation	4	Y1
ACCT 16	Taxation of Corporations, Partnerships, Estates and Trust	3	Y2
ACCT 31A or      ACCT 31B	Excel for Accounting & Advanced Excel for Accounting	3	Y1
BUS 8	Law for the Entrepreneur	3	Y2
BUS 23	PRINCIPLES OF SELLING	3	Y2
BUS 34	INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING	3	Y2
BUS 63	PRINCIPLES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP MARKETING	3	Ys
ACCT 90A OR    ACCT 19A	ACCOUNTING INTERNSHIP OR IRS VITA PROGRAM	1	Y1

Business department and within the Accounting and Tax discipline

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25 Annually