Tax Preparation: Learn Fast! Prepare Taxes with Confidence! (Udemy.com)
Become a confident tax preparer by learning about taxes and applications over practical examples and scenarios.
Created by: Stefan Ignatovski, Ph.D.
Last updated July 2017
What you will learn
- Learn the filing basics
- Learn the various filing status types
- Learn who can claim personal exemptions
- Learn who can claim dependency exemptions
- Learn how to report income from wages, salaries, tips, and interest
- Learn how to report business income
- Learn how to report capital gains and losses
- Learn how to report retirement income
- Learn how to report income from Social Security Benefits
- Learn how to make adjustments to income
- Learn how to calculate adjusted gross income
- Learn who can claim standard deduction
- Learn who should take itemized deductions
- Learn how to claim credit for child and dependent care expenses
- Learn how to claim education credits
- Learn how to claim American Opportunity Credit
- Learn how to claim Lifetime Learning Credit
- Learn how to claim Child Tax Credit
- Learn how to claim other miscellaneous credits
How it compares
Against the other 200 rated Udemy courses in Accounting on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 16% of them
- Reviews940#58 of 201 by number of reviews
- Length2.4 hoursshorter than 80% of them
- Last updatedJuly 2017earlier than 93% of them
Course Description
If for any reason you are not satisfied, get your money back. No Questions Asked.
This course will prepare you to be confident in preparing your own taxes and the taxes of others. This course will visually and logically explain the Tax Law and its applications through scenarios and examples. Tax Law is a very interesting topic. It is not a topic that can be easily memorized, but, however, it is a topic that requires constant research and reference to appropriate materials. This course will enable you to do exactly that.
You will find videos that explain the rules. These videos are followed by another set of videos with examples and scenarios that will help you understand the application of the Tax Law even better. All the materials that I am talking about in the course are FREE and I tell you where to find them and how to use them.
You can study the course at your own pace. However, I believe that you can finish it very fast since the videos are very descriptive. Get equipped with the proper materials, review the course, and start preparing tax returns!
I suggest that you take action now and enroll today!
Instructor Details
- 4.3 Rating
940 Reviews
Stefan Ignatovski, Ph.D.
An Accounting Professor, Investor and Entrepreneur who teaches at multiple colleges in the US, including University of Washington. Stefan has also established multiple companies and invested in multiple start-up companies. Additionally, he is the author of the books "Financial Accounting" and "What College Didn't Teach You!". His area of expertise is concentrated in Accounting Forensics, which focuses on financial fraud, creative accounting, and anti-money laundering.
In every course Stefan makes, you will find the difference in teaching. He has his own way of creating interesting videos (less than 5 minutes, of course) in which you will find everything you need to know about a specific topic. The DIFFERENCE is that his videos are fun to watch and will give you the desired "Aha!" moment. You will never forget the information, since each one is very descriptive.
Stefan's classes are very dynamic and make you eager to learn.
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Reviews
By Violet Hart on 11/11/2025
He has done an amazing job of presenting the material in bite-size pieces, enabling the learner to process all of this information. As a new learner in the tax industry, this is truly helpful.
By David Morales Gonzalez on 2/4/2025
The course was very informative. Provide a general understanding of the Tax preparation process and guidance to effectively complete tax returns. Great starting point.
By Wacnel Quetant on 1/1/2025
Understanding the U.S tax system and regulations, I have learned about different tax forms; 1040, W-2 and 1099. Determining filing status (single, married and head of household) Identifying taxable and non-taxable income.
By Sila Arias Gutierrez on 3/23/2023
The course have great information, most than the other course that I took about the same subject. Also this course could be a lot better if they professor shows more vocal and energy well communicating the information, but Besides that the information was great.
By Lenny Cohen on 11/21/2020
His accent and what it does to the transcript (since I'm a visual learner) is really getting to be frustrating. He knows the material, but I'd rather read it than listen to him. I'm fixing the transcript. He should've done that and had somebody else read it for the video.
By Samuel Estrella on 3/26/2020
Pretty good insight on how to do a form 1040 on your own using tax publications and no computer software. I am thinking about going for a tax preparation class to get me a TPIN. Thank you for making it easier for me.
By Dana Paige on 12/28/2019
The transcript could be translated a bit better. Some information is hard to understand. Some of the information given about the business income, he said was out of scope for the program. I felt it needed to be included for learning purposes.
By Francisco Marroquin on 6/5/2019
Yes, this was a good match for me. This course had several ways of explaining things and it also gave me real-life examples that helped me understand it more. I really gain more knowledge from watching this course.
By James Giles on 11/16/2018
The course was excellent. I needed the course to get a job in taxes. My boss hired me provided that I complete a tax course and show him a certificate of completion. This course was great. I have taken other tax courses and this was one of the best. I highly recommend it to others.
By Jim Filippi on 2/26/2017
The material is good and the presentation is acceptable but the moving graphics in the background and unstable audio volume are very distracting. Also, I'm not a fan of text slide shows as lessons. Showing the forms or publications that you are talking about would be better. Even simple graphics to illustrate the points would be better than simple text.
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Overall Score : 86 / 100












