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Organizing My Homework

After completing the Comprehensive Tax Course, it became readily apparent that I needed a method for organizing my completed assignments. When I sat down to do some tax homework the other day, I noticed a growing stack of forms and schedules on…

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There’s Always More to Learn

As I work through the Advanced tax course it has been interesting to see how much additional information there is beneath the surface.  While the Comprehensive tax course spent a lot of time getting me comfortable with basic tax return preparation (by…

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The Holidays Are Over!

As much as I enjoyed the holiday season and the short work weeks, everything is definitely back into full swing again.  Especially for those of us interested in doing taxes.  Unfortunately, some unexpected obligations that have come up for me mean that…

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Study Method Change

After completing Chapter 1 of the Advanced Course, I’ve decided that I will go back to a more traditional study method. The Comprehensive Course was long enough that there were times where I didn’t really feel like I was getting anywhere. Between…

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Keeping the Momentum

After finishing the Comprehensive Course, it was really tempting to take a nice long break but after only a couple of weeks I decided to get back into it.  Some of it is because I would like to cover as much as…

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I’m back!

I recently received the hard copies of the Advanced I course and have already completed most of the reading and activities for Chapter 1 and 2.  Advanced I goes back to some of the topics discussed in the Comprehensive Course but in…

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Spending Time to Save Time

I can almost say that without exception, every time I rushed through the reading in a chapter and attempted quizzes, learning activities, or review questions, I ran into problems.  It also seemed to be, without exception, that these problems could have been…

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