Corporate Tax Preparation Course: Learn How to Successfully Prepare Form 1120, 1120-S, 1065, and 990 — A Step-by-Step Classroom Guide for Tax Preparers

Become a confident business & corporate tax preparer — one form at a time.

Corporate Tax Preparation Course is a complete, full-color, 250-page classroom handbook for tax preparers, accounting students, and small-firm professionals who want to master business returns. Whether you are adding corporate work to your practice or teaching a class, this course walks you through Form 1120, 1120-S, 1065, and 990 in plain English — and it works with any professional tax software (CrossLink, Drake, ProSeries, Lacerte, and more).

Written by the team at One Tech Group, this guide turns confusing IRS rules into simple, teachable steps — complete with real IRS form samples, a full accounting-basics foundation, quizzes with answer keys, and practice returns you can key into your own software.

What you will learn: the four business entity types (C corporation, S corporation, partnership, and nonprofit) and how each is taxed; accounting and bookkeeping basics, including the accounting cycle and a full worked example from trial balance to financial statements; how to prepare Form 1120, 1120-S, 1065, and 990/990-EZ with line-by-line walkthroughs; who must file, thresholds, due dates, and extensions (Form 7004); how to get an EIN with Form SS-4 and the documents needed to form a corporation; S-corporation owner payroll and reasonable compensation; when a business uses W-2 payroll vs. 1099 subcontractors; how to work with ITIN holders on business returns; foreign corporations and foreign taxpayers (Forms 1120-F, 5472, 5471); how to file amended business returns; how to avoid costly penalties; and state filing requirements.

Built for real learning: full-color callout boxes, learning objectives, key terms, tips, cautions, warnings, Quick Check self-tests, an end-of-chapter quiz with a complete answer key, real IRS form samples with tax-law citations, practice returns, a glossary, an index, and a forms knowledge base.

Perfect for new preparers, tax-office training programs, continuing-education classrooms, and anyone who wants to grow into corporate and business tax work with confidence.

Start preparing business returns like a pro — get your copy today.

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