UGA Cooperative Extension to Host Income Tax Courses
Update from Georgia FACES
By Clint Thompson
University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension is hosting a series of income tax courses for tax return preparers.
The UGA Cooperative Extension Income Tax Schools are an approved continuing education provider for all income tax practitioners.
The 16-hour continuing education credit courses will be held at four different sites, beginning in Gainesville, Ga. on Nov. 19-20 at the Brenau Downtown Center. The training sessions will move to Griffin, Ga. on Nov. 21-22 on the UGA Griffin Campus. The Tifton Campus Conference Center will host the classes on Nov. 25-26, and the Bulloch County Agricultural Center in Statesboro will host the final classes on Dec. 4-5. Griffin is a new school location, which makes participation more convenient for tax return preparers in west Georgia.
"This program is popular because it is face-to-face education. Participants get the chance to ask questions of the people who are doing the teaching on a contemporaneous basis," said Keith Kightlinger, a UGA Extension economist and coordinator of the UGA Cooperative Extension Income Tax Schools.
The tax school program is in its 45th year and highlights various tax-related issues,. Participants will receive a workbook and a CD that they can use as a reference. Instructors will also provide information on legislation passed by the 2013 General Assembly that will affect Georgia Income Tax returns for both individual and business taxpayers. There will also be a briefing of on how the Affordable Care Act will affect personal and business income taxes.
Kightlinger expects approximately 300 participants for all four sessions.
Registration is $190 with a late fee of $25 applied after Thursday, Nov. 7. For more information, contact Kighlinger at 229-386-3512 or by email at kkight@uga.edu.
Those interested can register online at ugatiftonconference.org.
For registration information, contact the Tifton Campus Conference Office at 229-386-3416.
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