[TommyL]

Hello All,

I am 2 accounting courses short of finishing my education requirement for the CPA license. Since I love tax related stuff I wanted to take a course called “Taxation of Individuals Using Tax Software”, however, I took a similar course a few years back called “Federal Income Tax”. I listed the detailed description course description below. Naturally I reached out to the Board of Accountancy but as usual I received the vague response that “If the courses are listed on the official transcript and credit is given by the school, we generally will accept the course.” Apologies for the long post, but I just wanted to see if anyone had a similar experience.

ACCT 59 Federal Income Tax (3)
Designed for students who want to pursue the study of tax accounting or who want to prepare their own individual tax returns. Topics include tax filing requirements, gross income, itemized deductions, capital gains and losses. Helps to prepare students to meet requirements for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam.
After successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Outcome 1: Use tax research and tax reference materials at a basic level.

ACTG 181 TAXATION OF INDIVIDUALS USING TAX SOFTWARE
Preparation of Federal and California income tax returns for individuals using tax software and manually. Topics include income tax law, theory, and practice, and preparation of Form 1040 (Individual), Schedules A (Itemized Deductions), B (Interest and Dividends), C (Profit or Loss from a Business), D (Capital Gains and Losses), and tax credits. Students who successfully complete this course may apply to CTEC, the California Tax Education Council, to become a Registered Tax Preparer in California. This course is part of the Enrolled Agent Exam Preparation Series. Taxation of Individuals includes topics tested on the Regulation (REG) section of the CPA exam. This course is part of the CPA Exam Preparation Series, which is intended to meet the education requirement to sit for the CPA exam.

AUD - 81
BEC - 84
FAR - 78
REG - 86

Goals

[Silent]

Different class, you should be good to take it.

[Author]

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