The Internal Revenue Service now requires each paid tax
preparer to obtain a PTIN and pass a competency examination to
earn the Registered Tax Return Preparer (RTRP) designation. The RTRP exams will focus upon
completion of the 1040 tax return with all
appropriate schedules, and forms; eFile rules and regs; and the ethical responsibilities of tax preparers. Only candidates with an IRS PTIN may
take the RTRP Competency Exam. Click on the
IRS logo above to be directed to the IRS Tax Professionals website for
instructions on how to obtain your required
PTIN. Supervised and non-1040 PTIN holders are exempt from both the Competency Exam and
Continuing Education.
Examination Provider: Prometric: EA Phone: 1-855-IRS-EXAM
(477-3926)
Licensing Candidate Handbook:
Details your Registration Procedures
Test
Specifications:
Specific Topics on your RTRP Examination
GlobalED is preparing
candidates NOW for the 2011 tax
year RTRP Competency Examination that starts
April 16, 2012
at Prometric sites throughout the country. The 2011
RTRP Exam expires on March 31, 2013. Every April
1-15 is a standard "blackout" period where no
Prometric Exams are offered so updates to the
following year's exam may be made.
Competency Exam candidates will have "online" access
during their exam to the following reference materials
in electronic format: Publication 17, Form 1040,
and 1040 Instructions. An online and desktop calculator
along with a pad and pencil will be provided
to all candidates at their exam site. Electronic reference materials will be provided as exhibits for candidates to use while taking the computer-based test making this a quasi open book exam. Due to the time limit of the test,
we recommend you
use these reference materials judiciously. If you run out of time before completing the
exam ... You Fail! You are not allowed to bring your own reference materials to the test center.
GlobalED offers guidelines in our eLearning course on the most efficient use
of these electronic resources. Passing one Exam Sim
will earn you 10 CE credits in the Tax Law category.
Enroll in the 10 Credit Online Exam Prep for $179 or the Classroom Exam Review for $279 and
we'll automatically give you Ethics
& Tax Update CE courses FREE!
PLEASE NOTE: The Free Ethics and Tax Updates offer
does not apply to the non-credit $99 Practice Exams Only course.
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Corporate training departments and professional
associations are quite
capable of offering continuing education to their employees and membership. It
is equally true that they are also ill-equipped
to train people to pass professional regulatory examinations like the Enrolled
Agent and the RTRP exams. Prometric is a professional testing organization that
requires
another professional testing
and measurement businesses like GlobalED to prepare candidates to pass their competency examinations on their
first attempt. This is what Prometric reveals about itself on their website, "The
construction, design and development of testing programs that are relevant,
psychometrically sound and legally defensible." A $116 exam fee puts the cost of failure quite high.
Insurance companies and Investment firms who need to have their employees
pass licensing exams administered by Prometric and others recognized a long time ago they need to outsource this operation
to qualified organizations like GlobalED to achieve successful outcomes. Are tax
preparation organizations really willing to take this risk by trying to do it
themselves?
Prometric Competency Exam Report
Results are in ... and it's not a pretty picture. As of August 1, 2012 10,000 PTIN holders have passed the Prometric examination since its
inception back in April, 2011. The failure rate is high and unfortunately validates what we've been saying earlier. It takes much more than a Certificate of Completion and a seminar
course to prepare people for a professional licensing examination.
The GlobalEDOnline eLearning Management System uses State-of-the-Art Personalized
eLearning TechnologiesSM
to Instruct, Measure and Enhance Learning the Topical Content in
preparation for the Registered Tax Return Preparer and the three part Enrolled Agent competency
exams. Exam content is taken
directly from IRS publications and the Tax Code. Don't play Russian Roulette
with your Tax Career and hard earned money by looking for the "cheapest" or "freebie" courses. The old
saying, "You get what you pay for" rings true. Let the Exam Prep experts guide you through your exam. The pricing structure
we have now is not going to last very long and we doubt the Prometric exam will be any easier next
year.
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XAM-NETTM Personalized
Learning TechnologySM transforms Weakness
into Strengths with Practice Examinations and Self-Evaluation Tools
that prepare Candidates to pass IRS competency examinations on
their first attempt. Candidates have:
UNLIMITED Practice Exams: from a 1,000+ question bank;
Score Report: to evaluate competency in each topical domain;
Exam Review: for every question on your Practice Exam;
Answer Rationale: for the correct answer for every question;
Topic Locator: dentifies the domain and sub-topic for each question on
our practice exams;
Free eBook: for
printing selected topics for easy reading when away from computer;
Secure Internet Access: via self created ID and
Password
You'll know where to find the subject matter in
the eLearning Course, eBook and CourseBook. Our proprietary
Study System
uses the Score Report, Question Review, and Topic Locator for targeted reading
to master the topical content of your competency exam. Our
technology is designed to help candidates accelerate scores and PASS the
taxation competency exam on their first attempt. Our 80% first-time pass rate
for licensing exams should be looking real good by now. So what are you waiting
for?
eBOOK,
COURSEBOOK and IRS Publications
Our eBook is designed for online learning which may be printed for personal use unless used for
resale. Our CourseBook is designed for Instructor led learning. All Topical Content in your Competency
Examination is covered in ALL our materials. We gratefully acknowledge the IRS for
granting GlobalED unrestricted use of their tax material, instructions, and publications
in creating our eLearning tax prep courses. The IRS Code and
IRS material are our exclusive
sources for content.
