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		<title>Universal Accounting Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If It&#8217;s Accounting, It&#8217;s Universal: Get to Know More About the Company That Will Change Your Career! Universal Accounting is a company that is making a difference in the lives of their students! For those who are pursuing or looking into the possibilities of pursuing a career path into the Accounting, Bookkeeping and Tax Preparation [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Get to Know More About the Company That Will Change Your Career!</strong>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><img style="padding:7px;" src="http://www.universal-accounting-center.com/images/logos/uaclogo_237x142.jpg" alt="" width="237" height="142" align="right" />Universal Accounting is a company that is making a difference in the lives of their students! For those who are pursuing or looking into the possibilities of pursuing a career path into the Accounting, Bookkeeping and Tax Preparation services, you need to get to know more about what all Universal offers in their comprehensive training programs.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">If you prefer onsite classroom study or looking for the benefits received on independent study, we have developed the programs that you will be able to get the one-on-one experience in your own home. The skills we have used over the course of the last 28 years, with the trial and error, the fine-tuning of accounting methods and strategies, and what we and thousands more have experienced running their own practices &#8211; we have provided to you the advantage to stay on top of your profession. Our coursework is designed to be exactly what you will be doing when you are servicing the biggest customer base available, the small business owner.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">If you are looking for the knowledge, the skills, and the know-how to start or build your accounting or tax practice, or just looking to gain the essential skills to further your career in your place of business, Universal&#8217;s Programs are what you are going to need.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.universal-accounting-center.com/intro-Universal-Accounting.htm">Click here</a> to take the <a href="http://www.universal-accounting-center.com/intro-Universal-Accounting.htm">Video Tour</a> of Universal and all that we offer to you, the accounting and tax professional to be the best in your field and to have the success in business and in your professional life that you are seeking.Our exclusive short term courses do just that!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Imagine staying on top of the latest in the industry and having access to the experts who can assist you through training? Imagine what you are learning can be applied the very next day at work? Imagine being able to keep the materials, and the reading for continued referencing as you take that path in Accounting, Bookkeeping and Tax Preparation? You don&#8217;t have to imagine too hard, because that is one of the many things you receive when you enroll in these specialized programs! <a href="http://www.universal-accounting-center.com/intro-Universal-Accounting.htm">Click here to get to know Universal Accounting.</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Are You Ready For The Next Step?</strong>Be in business for yourself, but not by yourself getting paid what you&#8217;re worth! Are you tired of thinking, &#8220;Why not me?&#8221; You have gotten this far in your search to do what you want to in your chosen career, take the next step. The time is now to be able to get the training and the change you desire in your professional life.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Be the Profit Expert Professional for Small Business! Don&#8217;t hesitate another day in <a href="http://www.hometaxbusiness.com/">getting the Accounting and Marketing Training</a> that makes the difference. Click here to get more information on what you need to know about <a href="http://www.accounting-and-bookkeeping-tips.com/get-started.html#bundle">becoming the Profit Center Expert for small business accounting and tax</a>!</p>
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		<title>Tax Preparer Freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Does Your Freedom Look Like? Test the Waters of Financial Freedom and Run Your Own Business Part-Time Would you like more time, more income, and more freedom to enjoy your life? While you may not be ready to quit your day job to run your own accounting and tax practice full-time, you can start [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>What Does Your Freedom Look Like?</h1>
<h2>Test the Waters of Financial Freedom and Run Your Own Business Part-Time</h2>
<p>Would you like more time, more income, and more freedom to enjoy your life? While you may not be ready to quit your day job to run your own accounting and tax practice full-time, you can start small by moonlighting as a professional tax preparer. By doing so, you can increase your income significantly while building a client base that will establish a successful business.
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<h3>Tax Preparers Are in Great Demand</h3>
<p><img style="padding:7px;" src="/newsletter-articles/images/dollar-sign.jpg" alt="The shadow of a dollar sign over a tax form." width="200" height="274" align="right" />If you&#8217;re good with numbers and enjoy accounting, you&#8217;d make a great tax preparer. Every year, more and more individuals and businesses have professional tax preparers do their taxes. The complexity of tax laws is enough for most tax payers to look for help during tax season, and because every adult is required to file their taxes every year, your potential client base is limitless.But why start now? Summer is the perfect time to take the necessary training that will give you the practical skills long before tax season begins. Not only that, you&#8217;ll have time to get the word out so that when January rolls around, you have a handful of clients who want you to prepare their taxes.<br />
<h3>The Professional Tax Preparer (PTP) Program</h3>
<p>Universal Accounting Center&#8217;s <a href="http://www.hometaxbusiness.com/start-tax-business.html" target="_blank">Professional Tax Preparer Certification </a>is one of the best on the market, affording students hands-on training in the preparation of personal and business returns. The PTP Certification contains all of the following:
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<li>Video Instructio.</li>
<li>Full 104.</li>
<li>Full Business Returns (1065, 1120, 1120S.</li>
<li>Step-by-step instruction in starting a sole practitione.</li>
<li>One Year Follow-up Support from expert tax preparer.</li>
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<p>And while many programs will lecture you on tax law and preparation practices, Universal&#8217;s program is effective because it provides the practice that will make your skills perfect. Theory is taught as guiding principles, but the focus is on actually doing taxes to gain proficiency.The PTP course consists of 20 hours of video training. Most tax preparation courses include books and some worksheets. Our training is very engaging and entertaining as seasoned tax preparers give practical advice on not only tax issues, but give real-world solutions to give you the edge in productivity and profitability. Our instructors know what challenges you will face because they have been there themselves.<br />
<h3>The Value of a Professional Designation</h3>
<p>To be honest, you don&#8217;t need a Professional Tax Preparer designation to prepare taxes. Currently, there are no qualifications for any individual to become a paid tax preparer. But in today&#8217;s world of complex tax laws and increasing tax fraud occurrences, tax payers are looking for specialists with credentials. Not only that, but with Congress considering regulation for tax preparers, earning a professional designation is a good start to establishing yourself as a trusted professional. It affords clients peace of mind to know that the individual they&#8217;re working with is qualified and knowledgeable. It also affords the tax preparer peace of mind to know they&#8217;ve been properly trained. Universal recognizes the value of a professional designation and awards the <a href="http://www.hometaxbusiness.com/professional-tax-preparer-certification.html" target="_blank">Professional Tax Preparer Certification</a>.<br />
<h3>A Profitable Forecast</h3>
<p><img style="padding:7px;" src="/newsletter-articles/images/ptp-logo_75x50.jpg" alt="Professional Tax Preparer Certification Logo" width="75" height="50" align="right" />Others like you have completed the Professional Tax Preparer Certification with great success. Graduates have prepared tax forms for up to 50 individuals in their first year. At an average of $150 each, they made $7,500 working just the 45 days before April 15. For many people, this represents 3 months of salary. If you are the kind of individual that likes to work hard for a concentrated period of time and then have time to relax, preparing income tax forms could be perfect for you. And imagine, in just 30 hours you can earn enough money moonlighting as a tax preparer to pay for the program 3 times over.</p>
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		<title>Stay-at-Home Accounting and Tax Preparation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 21:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You Bet! Victoria Richardson started her business in January of 2004, and has seen incredibly rapid growth and profit ever since. She only spent the first 6 weeks marketing. Since then, she has had all the clients she can handle. In fact, she tells us that she has had to cut down to &#8220;only&#8221; 18 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>You Bet!</h1>
<p><img src="/newsletter-articles/images/SAHM.jpg" alt="Stay at home mom." hspace="10" width="200" height="301" align="right" />Victoria Richardson started her business in January of 2004, and has seen incredibly rapid growth and profit ever since. She only spent the first 6 weeks marketing. Since then, she has had all the clients she can handle. In fact, she tells us that she has had to cut down to &#8220;only&#8221; 18 clients so that she has the quality time that she wants to spend with her children. Victoria is a stay-at-home mom and Professional Bookkeeper.USA Today notes that while there are no statistics on the number of work-at-home moms (WAHM), the National Association of Women Business Owners reports that there are more than 10 million female-owned businesses in the USA. Many of those are run by stay-at-home moms who manage their businesses and take care of their children from the comfort of their own homes.Perhaps you&#8217;ve wanted to return home to raise your kids but have worried about losing that stable income. But there&#8217;s no need to worry. Accounting is a lucrative profession that can easily be done while taking care of your family. Just ask Victoria.<br />
<h3>Victoria Richardson, AAHM (Accounting-at-Home Mom)</h3>
<p><img src="/newsletter-articles/images/victoria-richardson_125x181.jpg" alt="Victoria Richardson" hspace="10" width="125" height="181" align="left" />At the time Victoria started her own accounting business she had two young children: ages one and two months. She was having ethical conflicts with her employer and had reached a point where she wanted something different.As she considered her options Victoria said:<br />
<blockquote><em> . . . my list of wants and needs included: complete flexibility to be able to be with my children when they needed me, if they were sick, or something had come up where they needed to spend time with me. I needed to be making at least $60,000 a year. I needed to be able to have a lot of flexibility, and wanted to work an abbreviated work week. And what I found was that &#8230; there was nothing out there that was willing to give me that package.  . . .  I discovered that the only option that was available for me was to be able to start my own business.</em></p></blockquote>
<h3>The Professional Bookkeeper Program</h3>
<p><img src="/newsletter-articles/images/pb-logo_75x75.jpg" alt="Professional Bookkeeper Program Logo" hspace="10" width="75" height="75" align="right" />But Victoria knew she needed more practical education. She had a bachelor&#8217;s degree in business, but didn&#8217;t feel she had the confidence to manage the accounts of multiple clients without hands-on training. So she decided to enroll in Universal Accounting Center&#8217;s <a href="/" target="_blank">Professional Bookkeeper (PB) Program</a>; it would give her the flexibility she needed to finish the course quickly and at her own pace.When she was close to completing the course, she decided to quit her full-time job and become an independent contractor. Her ex-employer became her first client, and within 6 weeks she had enough clients that she could stop marketing.Victoria feels like she has the edge and doesn&#8217;t worry about competition.<br />
<blockquote><em>I know what they want to hear. I know what&#8217;s going to make them feel comfortable, and I know what their concerns are. And the Universal Accounting Courses taught . . .  a lot of it has to do with . . .  it&#8217;s semantics . . .  it&#8217;s the language that you present it in. When I talk to them about increasing their profitability, they listen. It makes sense to them. I can feel confident in helping them discover what problem areas they have, and what ways they can work through that, so it&#8217;s not a situation where I feel like, you know, anybody else is coming in and giving them that because, unfortunately, that&#8217;s what they&#8217;re looking for and they&#8217;re not finding it anywhere. I can come in and do it, and I can do it and save them money.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>The PB Program not only teaches you practical, day-to-day accounting for the small business, but it also trains you on marketing your unique skill-set. It gives you the edge over the competition so that you can feel confident in your ability to provide a better service for your clients.More information on the <a title="Bookkeeper Program" href="http://www.know-accounting.com/get-started.html">Professional Bookkeeper Program</a><br />
<h4>References</h4>
<p><a href="/newsletter-articles/stay-at-home-accounting.html" target="_blank">&#8220;Job Opening? Work-at-Home Moms Fill the Bill&#8221; by Stephanie Armour, USA Today</a></p>
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