IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Tax Preparer Certification Examination
Credential Source Contact Information
- Source Company Name:
- IRS Link and Learn Taxes
- Contact:
- Jessica Jenkins, VITA/TCE Programs Senior Tax Consultant
- Phone:
- 804.503.5741
- Email:
- jessica.i.jenkins@irs.gov
Credential Contractor
- Credential Contractor:
- Same as source
- Contact:
- Same as source
- Phone:
- Same as source
- Email:
- Same as source
Test Administration
- Test Site:
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- School: Online
- Paper & Pencil
- No
- Can the instructor take this test?:
- Yes
- Number of Test Items:
- 30 basic questions; 35 advanced questions
- Time Allowed (minutes):
Test is not timed.
- Passing Score (percent):
80%
- Cost Per Test:
Free
- Test Specifics:
- Additional information:
This credential is suitable for the Virginia high school curriculums of Accounting, Accounting Advanced, High-Quality Work-Based Learning, and Economics and Personal Finance course options. This credential is created and sponsored by the United States federal taxation authority, the Internal Revenue Service, and recognized by industry professionals as valid tax law training and professional continuing education in the preparation of individual income tax returns. This tax law credential is offered to U.S. citizens, legal U.S. residents, and persons otherwise legally residing in the U.S. or residing on an overseas U.S. military installation with such status. This tax law credential is substantive and tests technical tax law competencies through scenario-based questions that require the construction of multiple individual income tax returns while using commercial industry recognized tax preparation software. This tax law credential prepares students for industry-related employment; may enhance an individual's resume for Internal Revenue Service employment; helps students negotiate higher compensation in the job market as an experienced tax preparer; equips students to become solo practitioners should they pursue an entrepreneurial path post high school; compete competitively for college admissions; secure future paid internships; and acquire a practical life skill set for their adulthood.
Possible Preparatory Courses
Timing
- Multiple test sessions:
- Yes
- Time of day
- Yes
- Order of tasks
- Yes
- Planned breaks during test
- Yes
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- Yes
- Extended time offered
- Unlimited
Setting
- Test location
- Yes
- Adaptive or special furniture
- Yes
- Special lighting
- Yes
Presentation
- Written directions accompanying oral directions
- Yes
- Specific verbal prompts
- Yes
- Visual aids
- No
- Amplification equipment
- Yes
- Headphones, earmuffs, or earplugs
- Yes
- Large-print test
- Yes
- Braille test
- Yes
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Audio test
- Yes
- Interpreting/transliterating testing directions
- Yes
- Interpreting/Transliterating the test
- Yes
Response
- Enlarged copy of the answer document
- Yes
- Communication board or choice cards
- Yes
- Examiner records responses
- Yes
- Brailler
- Yes
- Word processor or word processor with speech-to-text
- Yes
- Augmentative communication device
- Yes
- Word prediction software
- Yes
- Spelling aids
- Yes
- English dictionary
- Yes
- Dictation using a recording device
- Yes
- Dictation to a scribe
- Yes
- Read back student response
- Yes
- Calculator and arithmetic tools
- Yes
- Calculator with additional functions
- Yes
- Math aids
- Yes
- Dry erase board
- Yes
- Additional writing implements
- Yes
- Audio test
- Yes
- Bilingual dictionary
- Yes
- Dictation to a scribe
- Yes
- English dictionary
- Yes
- Examiner records responses
- Yes
- Flexible Schedule
- Yes
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- Yes
- Extended time offered
- Unlimited
- Multiple test sessions
- Yes
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Test directions delivery
- Yes
- Visual aids
- Yes
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