David Williams, former IRS return
preparer czar, hit the nail on the head when he told the assembled NATP
membership at the Austin, Texas national conference back in 2010 that, as a
result of the new requirements, there was going to be a big market for federal
tax CPE, suggesting tax pros should become CPE providers as a post-tax season
business opportunity.
To be honest, I seriously
considered doing so myself.
A number of tax preparer
“quasi-membership” organizations have sprung up during the years since the
inception of the regime, most of them solely for the purpose of promoting
for-profit companies’ CPE classes. For
the past several months my email in-box has been chock-a-block with CPE
offerings from these and other providers.
The main reason I decided against
joining the bandwagon is the fact that the existing true membership
organizations, like NATP, NAEA, NSA, and NSTP, already do a great job providing
CPE classes, and I could not do any better.
My provider of choice for the
past 25 years has been NATP, although I have attended excellent NSTP and CSEA
conferences and seminars over the years.
I also attend the state and federal CPE offerings of the NJ chapter of
NATP. While I live in PA, most of my
clients are residents of the Garden State, as I had been for almost 50 years.
I have no reason to discredit the
newer providers that have sprung up, but my recommendation to those tax pros
that need CPE is to first consider the offerings of NATP, NAEA, NSA, and NSTP.
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