Whew. 70 graduates from the 20 hour CTEC / IRS online tax course yesterday October 30th, 2012! As of this morning, we are all caught up with reporting yesterday’s RenewCTEC.com graduates and we are *almost* done with reporting all of this morning’s graduates.
Just want you all to know that we will be reporting hours today EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR to help you beat the deadline. We got your back! Let’s do this.
By Tim Frye
Everyone knows that America’s national pastime is no longer baseball. And no, it’s not the NFL either. It’s procrastination. We all do it. So don’t feel bad when it’s Halloween night this year and as your sliding on your monkey suit and headed out to party, you realize you had to complete your 20 Hour CTEC continuing education requirements by midnight. We are not here to judge, just ever-present to remind you to not be that guy.
If you are tax preparer, and you do not complete your 20 hours of continuing education for CTEC by the October 31st deadline, you can still complete the hours after. There will, however, be an extra $55 CTEC late fee tacked on the regular $25 rate.
Most likely if you are visiting a website called RenewCTEC.com, you take your education and registration requirements seriously. Thousands of us every year pay for our 20 hour CTEC course, pay CTEC their registration fee, and then pay the IRS to renew our PTINs. In other words, thousands of us do everything that is required of us in order to do taxes for pay in the State of California.
But you know what? Many other “tax preparers” skip the mandatory education, skip the fees, and still do taxes for money.
What should the rest of us do about these interlopers? Would you report a tax preparer who was doing taxes for fees without valid CTEC registration? Or would you look the other way and “mind your own business”?
In this post we discuss the facts surrounding the CTEC deadline and news about the IRS PTIN hours update. Read further for the details.
For Returning Members, as an extra courtesy to you, we created an account for you on the upgraded online learning platform and even inputted all your past year CTEC and IRS information…follow these simple directions to log-in to your account.
Please click the button below for your primary tax credential.
Not sure which credential applies to your situation? Click here to reach our support team and we'll help you decide.
Please click the button below for your primary tax credential.
Not sure which credential applies to your situation? Click here to reach our support team and we'll help you decide.
