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We Teach – Group Discount – Comprehensive Tax Course

The 2023 Comprehensive Tax Course is available now and is better than ever. n n n More video content than ever before for you to learn directly from Surgent’s expert team of tax professionals. n Plus more new, revised content coming very soon. n Now with useful, practical pointers that can be applied in your […]

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Plan Now to Make Tax Season Easier for You and Your Clients

Right now, you have a small window of time between when summer ends and before the holidays begin to grab the attention of your clients and get yourself prepared for what will undoubtedly be a wild tax season. This upcoming tax season will mark the first year since Congress’s sweeping tax reforms were signed into […]

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Are You Building a Brand for Your Tax Preparation Business?

How polished is your brand? Do you have a sense of your brand identity? It seems like something only big companies with fun services and products have. But that’s not true. Every company needs a brand identity – it’s how your audience perceives your business. Your brand identity is essentially the “face” of your company.  […]

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8 tips to help you study for the CPA Exam after busy season

The end of busy season marks the beginning of shorter Fridays, fewer projects and more freedom. The last thing anyone wants to do is think about studying for the CPA Exam. But, believe it or not, it’s a great time to start studying for the CPA Exam. You’re used to long hours of hard work […]

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Meet the accounting firms: Tips for college students

No matter your year in college, it’s never too early to start meeting and connecting with firms. As a freshman and sophomore, college students can use these connections to get summer internships and gain experience; as a junior or senior, networking with firms can lead directly to a job. But meeting firms is only the […]

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What Does a Certified Internal Auditor Do?

Multiple career doors are going to open up when you get your accounting degree, and it can be hard to decide which job to go into or which certification to work toward if you aren’t sure what each career path entails. If you’re analytical and investigative, and if you also like to socialize, becoming a […]

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Want to be a CPA? What’s your ReadySCORE™?

As CEO of Surgent, my career has come full circle. Upon college graduation over 20 years ago, my path was set towards public accounting. During my senior year at University of Michigan Business School, I had already interned the previous summer for a Big 4. I even had my offer in hand! The only thing […]

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Do You Have What it Takes to Own Your Own Tax Business?

Have you been dreaming of flexibility? Of being your own boss… Setting your own hours… and owning your own business? It’s true, business ownership is not for everyone. But it’s also not as out of reach as you may think. Everyone is in charge of their own destiny. There are business owners (like me) who […]

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How to Pass the CPA Exam

We’re excited to announce a new partnership with Exam Matrix that gives us the opportunity to help students further their careers by preparing them for the CPA Exam! A CPA is different from an EA or tax preparer. CPAs are accountants, they have the knowledge to do business accounting, a service that is complimentary to […]

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