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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 60-Hour Qualifying Tax Education If you are not currently Registered with CTEC as a California Tax Preparer and are looking for a course to complete the year 2009/2010, 60 hour qualifying education requirement (120 self study hours) that will allow you to register with CTEC as a California Tax Preparer - then you have come to the right place. If you are currently Registered as a California Tax Preparer and would like to complete your 20 hour continuing education requirement, click here. The objective of this course is to prepare you to properly complete a personal federal and California tax return for most individuals. Click here to enroll right away. Platinum Professional Studies Qualifying Education Course is the on-line way to meet your Qualifying Education requirement and become a knowledgeable tax preparer in time for the upcoming 2009/2010 tax season. Enroll today for only $149.95. Follow the steps below to complete the process. STEP 1: Click this Link to the IRS and California Tax Publication sites at the bottom of this page to download the required reading material. The Publications sometimes take a minute or two to download, so please be patient. For the Federal Questions you will need the Prior Year 2008 Your Federal Income Tax Booklet, (Publication 17), Publication 334, Tax Guide for Small Business and Publication 946, how to Depreciate Property. For the State Questions you will need the 2008 Personal Income Tax Booklet, the Guidelines For Determining Resident Status booklet, (Publication 1031) and the Supplemental Guidelines for 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. 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 PlatinumProStudies.com/elearning. STEP 3: Once enrolled you may start the Course. The Online 60 Hour Qualifying Exam consists of a total of twenty-two units. Each unit has 20 to 30 questions. Once a unit is started, you must complete it entirely 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. When you have completed the last unit of the course, and all previous units are complete click the "Go Back" button on the unit 22 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 60 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 60 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. Reading Material Links Publication 17 - Your Federal Income Tax Publication 334 - Tax Guide for Small Business Publication 946 - How to Depreciate Property California 2008 Personal Tax Booklet California Publication 1001 - Supplemental Guidelines California Publication 1031 - Guidelines for Resident Status