ACCT 435 - VITA - Quality Review of Individual Income Tax Returns

Units: 3
Classroom training on quality review for Federal and California individual income tax returns. Students learn to be quality reviewers for the VITA program to review Federal and California in-scope individual income tax returns prepared for the community by VITA preparers.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: ACCT 335.
Prerequisites: Department Consent.
Equivalent Quarter Course: ACCT 4227.
Repeatability: May be repeated once for credit for a maximum of 6 units.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Identify and adhere to the ethical standards of a VITA quality reviewer;
Develop and apply professional skepticism while reviewing tax returns;
Quality review in-scope federal and CA individual income tax returns;
Apply research skills in solving tax issues as they arise.