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Supplies Business Start-Up Tools Record Keeping Next Steps to Success (Coming Soon) Health Insurance Expand Your Education Coming Soon Networking Coming Soon Platinum Blog FAQ		California 20-Hour Continuing Tax Education If you are currently registered as a California Tax Preparer and are looking to complete your continuing education then you have come to the right place. If you are not currently Registered as a California Tax Preparer and would like to get started with the process involved to become one, then click here to sign up for the 60 Hour Qualifying Course. Click here to enroll right away. Platinum Professional Studies Continuing Education Course is the on-line way to meet your continuing education requirement for the upcoming 2008-2009 tax season. Follow the steps below to complete the process. And remember, start today and pay only $27.95 with no additional shipping or processing fees. STEP 1: Follow this Link to the IRS and California Tax Publication sites at the bottom of this page to download the required reading material. Publications sometimes take a minute or two to download, so please be patient. For the Federal Questions you will need the 2008 Publication 17, Your Federal Income Tax Booklet, (Primarily pages 131 - 197); IRS Publication 334, Tax Guide for Small Business; and for the State Questions you will need the 2008 California Personal Income Tax Booklet , the Guidelines for Determining Resident Status Booklet, (Publication 1031) and Supplemental Guidelines to California Adjustments, (Publication 1001). You will need the freely available Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the Publications. STEP 2: Link to the Online Enrollment Form here. Be prepared to complete the Form. You will need a Visa, Mastercard, Discover Card or American Express Card for payment and your assigned CTEC number. Your CTEC number starts with the letter "A" and is followed by a series of numerical digits. Please make note of your self-selected User Name and Password, as you will need this information to login to the Course. You can go directly to the course at www.PlatinumProStudies.com/elearning. STEP 3: Once enrolled you may start the Course. The 20 Hour Continuing Exam consists of a total of nine units. Each unit has 15 to 20 questions. Once a unit is started, you must complete it in its entirety in order to save your answers. Once you submit your answers, at the end of each unit, you will immediately receive a grade for that unit. A passing score of 70% or better is required to successfully complete each unit. Once graded, you will have the option of viewing any questions that were answered incorrectly. If you do not pass, you may retake each unit, up to a total of five times, at no additional charge. STEP 4: When you have completed the last unit of the course, and all previous units are complete click the "Go Back" button on the unit 9 grading page (the page that gives you your unit score). Next, click the blue arrow button. You will then be navigated to a page, with a header reading "TAX 20 Print Certificate of Completion", click the blue arrow again when on this page. Next, navigate to the home page of the e-learning site. Click the sea-green color course button, and then scroll-down to the option "TAX 20 Print Certificate of Completion", click on this. You will then be notified of your certificate of completion being sent to you via e-mail. Within 30 minutes you will receive your Certificate of Completion. If you do not receive your Certificate, check your "Junk" or "Bulk" e-mail file - it may be there. Please Note: Allow three to five business days before registering with CTEC to allow updating of your file. Platinum Professional Studies reports the completion of the Course to CTEC electronically, which allows you to go to www.CTEC.org and renew your registration online. It is unlawful for a Tax Preparer to prepare tax returns in California unless he/she is currently registered with CTEC and has a $5,000 Tax Preparer Bond in place. For more information, check out CTEC's web site at www.CTEC.org. Successful completion of our courses will get you state registered and keep you registered. Start today and maintain your valuable CTEC Registration. Reading Material Links Publication 17 - Your Federal Income Tax Publication 334 - Tax Guide for Small Business California 2008 Personal Tax Booklet California Publication 1001 - Supplemental Guidelines California Publication 1031 - Guidelines for Resident Status