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An evolving IRS is upon us! The only constant at the IRS is change! The pendulum has swung. Enforcement is in the air. Our clients are under siege.
The Academy is for you if:

You know our comprehensive and challenging approach to professional education for federally authorized tax practitioners.

You are now ready to rejoin your most capable colleagues at - the best: American Academy’s Year 2008 Advanced IRS Practice & Procedure Seminars - August 10-12 in Baltimore MD in affiliation with NAEA's National Tax Practice Institute, or Las Vegas on Sept 3-5.

You want to continue with challenging professional education that will keep you in the ranks of the best taxpayer representatives in the country. You want learning opportunities in IRS practice and procedure which are worth your time and money. You want it right! This year the AA curriculum will include IRS problems which are continuing and frustrating practitioners. The Enforcement Approach to tax law administration will be continually covered in detail: the changing approach to examinations, continuing revival of the collection function, revisions in the installment agreement/offer in compromise process, and new developments in collection due process procedures will be covered in detail. The IRS Office of Professional Responsibility operations and continued tinkering with Circular 230 will also be covered in detail. All topics are selected with one thing in mind: maintaining your value to prospective clients as a truly capable expert in IRS practice and procedure.

Quality continuing professional education is the imperative to your continued competence. You, as an exceptionally competent practitioner, deserve continuing professional education opportunities which challenge your special competence and enhance your advanced practice capabilities. It is for you, the especially competent practitioner, that the American Academy of Tax Practice was created. The Academy is a continuing professional education curriculum which will insure annual maintenance and improvement of your critical practice skills.

Registrations are expected to be strong this year and space is limited at both locations. You do plan to join us and stay on the cutting edge of competence, don’t you?

The Academy was founded in 1999 by Bryan and Jean Gates, Enrolled Agents who believe that advanced taxpayer representatives should have challenging professional education available that will continuously enhance their ability to represent their clients. Bryan was the initiator of the National Tax Practice Institute (NTPI) in 1986 and its first director. During his tenure, nearly a thousand individuals completed the program. In the mid 1990’s, while continuing as a core NTPI instructor, Bryan became convinced that individuals who had completed the basic program were not being sufficiently challenged by so called graduate courses. Accordingly, he and Jean, an NTPI Fellow who had been an NTPI discussion leader, departed to start the American Academy of Tax Practice.

Now in its tenth year, the Academy has repeatedly served over 200 NTPI graduates and other advanced taxpayer representatives. The Academy expanded from its first location in Las Vegas, Nevada, to a second location last in 2003. The American Academy and NAEA's National Tax Practice Institute have affiliated and the American Academy is now providing the advanced tax practice and procedure education in place of the graduate program in Baltimore MD at the same time and the same location as the NTPI program. Many of the best and brightest taxpayer representatives from across the United States will gather at either the Baltimore location in late August or the Las Vegas location in September to refresh their understanding of IRS practice and procedure and renew their dedication to the highest quality taxpayer representation.

....a professional institute devoted to tax practice education and training developing and sharpening the skills needed by federally authorized tax practitioners who practice before the IRS.

The Academy embraces a belief that those who are eligible to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service should be competent in taxpayer representation techniques. Quality training, leading to competency, is provided by instructors who are well-versed in IRS return examination techniques, IRS appeals conference opportunities, and IRS methods for collecting delinquent returns, as well as IRS investigations of criminal violations of the tax laws.

Academy graduates understand:

• The nature and structure of the IRS.
• The opportunities clients have to deal with the IRS successfully.
• The full meaning of the concept of practice before the IRS.
• The IRS compliance functions: Examination-Appeals-Collection-Criminal Investigation.

Participants and members of the American Academy of Tax Practice include Enrolled Agents, CPAs and Attorneys as well as former IRS officials, Tax Court Practitioners, and both current and former members of IRS Advisory Councils. Many have testified regarding tax matters before Congressional committees and the IRS Oversight Board.  They are truly the cream of the crop in taxpayer representation.  All come together to sharpen their skills and reaffirm their dedication to the protection of taxpayer rights.  Newcomers to representation are challenged but they survive and find that they have gained far more in a relatively short period than they believed possible.

The Academy:

• Maintains, updates and enhances your IRS practice and procedure skills and increases your income producing opportunities.
• Lets you explore new opportunities to expand your practice to serve a greater variety of taxpayer needs.
• Keeps you in the ranks of the most capable IRS practice and procedure professionals in the country.

 

American Academy of Tax Practice is recognized and approved by the Internal Revenue Service Office of Professional Responsibility as a qualified sponsor of continuing professional education programs (Sponsor # 452).