Traditional Classroom Courses
The Basic Income Tax Course will cover the fundamentals of tax preparation and such topics as:
- Filing information and status
- Exemptions and dependents, and wages, salaries and tips, etc.
- Interest, dividends and other income, standard deduction and itemized deductions
- Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Credit, Child and Dependent Care Expenses
- Basis of property and capital gains
- Depreciation, profit or loss from a business and Schedule E’s
- IRA deduction, student loan interest deduction, moving expenses and all other adjustments
The Intermediate Income Tax Course is designed for more experienced preparers. It is a more in-depth analysis of certain Schedule’s, Depreciation and 1040NR’s, for example. Please contact your local office to determine what courses they offer to best suit your needs.
The Advance Income Tax Course is for students that have successfully completed the Basic Income Tax Course and Intermediate Income Tax Course. Some of the topics covered are Basic Partnerships, Basic S Corporation and Foreign Earned Income Exclusion, just to name a few. Please contact your local office to determine what courses they offer that best suits you.
Find a location offering the courses that will best suit your needs or call 1-800-658-1042!
Liberty Tax Service has been approved by the California Tax Education Council to offer Liberty Tax School (CTEC Course #2097-QE-0001), which fulfills the 60-hour “Qualifying Education” requirement imposed by the State of California to become a tax preparer.
Liberty Tax Service is approved by the state of Oregon to offer an 80-hour Basic Income Tax Course, which students must successfully complete in addition to passing the Oregon Tax Board Examination to apply for a tax preparer’s license.






