Link & Learn Taxes, linking volunteers to quality e-learning

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Link & Learn Taxes linking volunteers to quality e-learning

Tax Year 2007 Link & Learn Taxes e-Learning

Welcome to Link and Learn Taxes, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (VITA/TCE) e-learning course! This course is designed for individuals and groups who volunteer their time and knowledge to help fellow taxpayers complete their tax returns. You will be guided through the process of assisting taxpayers in preparing and filing 1040EZ, 1040A, and 1040 returns.

If you are a returning student who served as a volunteer preparer for VITA/TCE in the past, and have received previous VITA/TCE training, you are encouraged to visit the Returning Student lesson that pertains to your area of expertise (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Military, or International). Click here to take the Returning Student course.

If you are a Process Based Training student, please click here to take the Test and complete an evaluation.

Thank you for volunteering your time to provide this much needed service. Enjoy the course.

Click here to find a number of helpful references. There are also Volunteer Quality Alerts that are intended to enhance the quality and help prepare accurate volunteer-prepared returns. Click here to find out about the latest tax law changes.




	How to Take this Course The following Link & Learn Taxes e-Learning courses represent a complete certification track: Basic (common individual and family tax concerns) Intermediate (other forms of income and deductions) Advanced (pension and advanced tax concerns) Military (members of the armed forces) International (for Taxpayers living outside the U.S.) Puerto Rico (for U.S. citizens who are bona fide residents of Puerto Rico) Foreign Student (for international students and scholars) You should take the recommended course that pertains to your level of experience and to the type of taxpayers with whom you will be working. Read through each student description to identify which type of student you are. Ask your sponsor or site coordinator for assistance if you are unsure which course you should take. An Electronic Tax Software Practice Lab is available for VITA/TCE volunteers. Click here to access the practice lab. NOTE: To receive the full benefits of the interactive functionality of this online course, you must have Javascript enabled on your computer. If you cannot enable Javascript on your computer, an alternative copy of the printed product is available at a volunteer center or you can download a copy through IRS by clicking here. You also need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader version 7.0 or later loaded onto your computer. For further information about the form files used in Link & Learn Taxes or to download Acrobat Reader, please click here. Site Coordinators The 2008 filing season Site Coordinator's Workshop training can be launched by clicking here. To print various scenarios, forms, and agreements, we recommend that you have access to a printer as you work through Link & Learn Taxes. To see all certification paths, click here.