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Certificate in Tax Preparer

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Total Units: 15

Term 1

15 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	ACCT-20: Intro to Accounting	3
Unit(s): 3.00 Recommended Prep: Reading Level IV; English Level III; Math Level II or MATH 217 or concurrent enrollment Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Total Course Hours: 51.00 This course is an introductory accounting course designed for students with little or no prior training in accounting. Topics span the accounting cycle including analysis of business transactions, journalizing, posting, and preparation of financial statements using a hands-on approach. The course prepares students for entry level accounting careers, further study of accounting principles, or to help small business owners manage their own accounting records.
	BCIS-46: Business Math Calculations	2
Unit(s): 2.00 Recommended Prep: Reading Level IV; English Level III; Math Level II Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 17.00 hours Lab Total Course Hours: 51.00 In this course, students use the features of an electronic calculator to solve business math problems including retail calculations, payroll, and installment buying. Students will develop Ten-Key speed and accuracy using the touch method.
	BCIS-81: Excel for Business	1
Unit(s): 1.00 Recommended Prep: Reading Level IV; English Level III; Math Level I Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 12.75 hours Lecture / 12.75 hours Lab Total Course Hours: 25.50 This course is designed for those who want to learn Microsoft Excel for Windows from the perspective of owning or running a business. Course content includes designing and analyzing worksheets and using formulas and functions with an emphasis on accounting principles.
	Required Elective (Select One)	3
BCIS-13: Business Communication (3.00 units) BCIS-18: Intro to Business Technology (3.00 units) BUS-62: Money & Happiness (3.00 units) ECON-4: Princ of Microeconomics (3.00 units)
	ACCT-100: QuickBooks Pro-Comp Acc	2	Prerequisite of ACCT-20, ACCT-2 or ACCT-128. Department recommends to be taken term 2.
Prerequisite(s): ACCT 2 or ACCT 20 Unit(s): 2.00 Transfer Status: NT Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 17.00 hours Lab Total Course Hours: 51.00 This course provides a transition from a manual accounting system to a typical computerized system. The objective is to collect, summarize and communicate information to decision makers and users via QuickBooks Pro accounting software. Microsoft Excel will be utilized for data summation. Typical documents produced consist of purchase orders, checks, invoices, deposit slips, job cost reports, financial statements, bank reconciliations, payroll tax returns and 1099 forms.
	ACCT-105: Income Tax Preparation	4	Recommended prep of ACCT-20. Department recommends to be taken in term 2.
Unit(s): 4.00 Recommended Prep: ACCT 20 or Reading Level IV; English Level III; Math Level II Transfer Status: NT Contact Hours: 68.00 hours Lecture Total Course Hours: 68.00 This course is a study of the Federal and California income tax laws that apply to taxpayers, the application of the laws by computation of various practical problems and the completion of forms required by the Internal Revenue Service and the California State Franchise Tax Board. The requirements for becoming a licensed tax preparer and the rules and regulations governing licensed tax preparers are reviewed. This course is primarily designed for the vocational student. It will orient the student toward working with tax problems in an accounting office, a financial institution, an enrolled agent's office, the Internal Revenue Service, the California State Franchise Tax Board, a state licensed tax preparers' office or in their own office.