I am a CPA and would like to be admitted to tax court. Tax court offers an examination to be admitted. Non-attorneys can practice in tax court. Does anyone know if there are any preparation classes similar to the GMAT or LSAT classes that I can take?
The exam is held every two years in November. You missed the
2006 exam. So you have until November of 2008 to prepare.Given that a law school graduate who has no idea of the difference between sections 179 and 1031 can practice before the Tax Court without examination and the highest scorer on the rigorous Enrolled Agents Exam will probably not get a passing grade on the Tax Court Exam, it is my rarely humble opinion that the exam is nothing more than a thinly veiled sham to prevent tax professionals without a law degree from being admitted to practice before the Tax Court.
It would tell you what I really think, but the moderator does not permit vulgarity and profanity.
Dick
You unfortunately just missed the exam, which was given on November 9. The next exam will be in the fall of 2008. Just to warn you, the exam is reported to be extremely difficult, with a pass rate of about 10%. For study classes, the following popped up in a google search:
--Chris
I took a course a number of years ago from the South New England Tax Institute for that purpose. I do not know if they are still around.
The exam is held every two years in November. You missed the
2006 exam. So you have until November of 2008 to prepare.Given that a law school graduate who has no idea of the difference between sections 179 and 1031 can practice before the Tax Court without examination and the highest scorer on the rigorous Enrolled Agents Exam will probably not get a passing grade on the Tax Court Exam, it is my rarely humble opinion that the exam is nothing more than a thinly veiled sham to prevent tax professionals without a law degree from being admitted to practice before the Tax Court.
It would tell you what I really think, but the moderator does not permit vulgarity and profanity.
Dick
I took a course a number of years ago from the South New England Tax Institute for that purpose. I do not know if they are still around.
You unfortunately just missed the exam, which was given on November 9. The next exam will be in the fall of 2008. Just to warn you, the exam is reported to be extremely difficult, with a pass rate of about 10%. For study classes, the following popped up in a google search:
--Chris
It does not take three years to learn all the material lawyers must in order to pass the bar exam. What takes three years? Law school is (in my experience) set up to brainwash people into thinking like lawyers. One minor example: There is a latin word used fairly commonly these days: quasi. Before going to law school most people pronouce the word "KWA-zee" the way everyone else does. But after law school lawyers pronounce it "KWAYZ-eye." My guess is that the Tax Court prefers people who think like they do and can look up what they need to, rather than people who know the law and rules but won't necessarily present it in the form the judges prefer. Stu
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