Recruit and Train Seasonal Tax Preparers with CTEC Approved Materials

Thinking of teaching a tax course in California?

In order to teach taxes in California (CA), you must be approved by the California Tax Education Council (CTEC). The Income Tax School makes it easy for you to get approved to teach in CA!

The Income Tax School, a division of Peoples Income Tax, Inc., is approved by CTEC to offer Qualifying and Continuing education (contact and Self-Study), which is required for tax preparers to be licensed and to practice in California.

We encourage you to contact CTEC to make sure you do everything correctly at 1-877-850-2832, Post Office Box 2890, Sacramento, CA 95812-2890. Visit CTEC's Website

You will need to request a faxed copy of the CTEC approval letter for The Income Tax School (a division of Peoples Income Tax, Inc.). You can request the letter by calling Gloria Gray at 1-800-984-1040.

Submit the faxed approval letter along with your application to CTEC. You can download the required CTEC application at the following link: Download CTEC Application

The CTEC application fee, to be considered for approval to teach in California and to receive your own approval letter is $1000. This fee is paid to CTEC, not Peoples Income Tax. You should not have a problem with approval if you complete the application correctly, as you will be using The Income Tax School’s (a division of Peoples Income Tax) material, which is already approved through CTEC.

Important: If you submit the information incorrectly, CTEC will charge you another $500 to resubmit. The approval is good for 3 years (an average cost of $333 a year) and then you must do the procedure again.

When you are ready to purchase CA income tax preparation course materials from The Income Tax School:

Make sure that the CA supplement materials ($30 a packet) are purchased with every CA income tax preparation course for every student and every instructor, i.e. (5 student kit; requires 6 CA supplements - 6 x $30 = $180, 1 for each student and 1 for the instructor. If you order an additional instructor manual – you need to order another CA supplement – an additional $30.)

Our ability to offer CPE does not transfer to our licensees automatically. You must apply to be approved to offer Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Credit through National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). www.nasba.org This should be a fairly simple process since Peoples Income Tax is already approved.

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