Gail in Virginia Posted July 16, 2012 Report Posted July 16, 2012 I knew this was a smart bunch of people on this board - congrats to all! 1 Quote
ACS41 Posted July 24, 2012 Report Posted July 24, 2012 Passed the exam yesterday. MUCH easier than I imagined. Read the NATP text book, used the Exam matrix product, and read Circular 230. 2 Quote
mcb39 Posted July 24, 2012 Report Posted July 24, 2012 Good for you. I am just curious. Has anyone heard of anyone who did not pass the exam? Quote
joanmcq Posted July 24, 2012 Report Posted July 24, 2012 Seems like there was a lot of worry; just like we were saying, if you've been doing taxes and know your stuff, a little review and passing isn't a problem. Change is scary, but not necessarily bad. Congrats all! 1 Quote
shaire Posted July 26, 2012 Report Posted July 26, 2012 Response to: "I was not going to pay RTRP prep course because (as you mentioned) I thought I could prepare myself and save money....but I need to pay for 15 hours of CE and if the RTRP review will count towards 10 of the required 15, I figured I should go ahead and pay for one. Several ads I have seen offer the review course along with an additional 5 hours CE." The best deal I have found was on AplusCPE. There RTRP Exam Prep Course includes 10 hours of CPE for $44.95 and you can add the law and ethics courses to your order for free. I ordered all of them at the same time and they only charged me $44.95. The prep course has plenty of practice questions to prepare you for the exam, and they have an ethics course called Circular 230. It helped to take this course to review as well. I saw an exam siluation product for $24.95 on their catalog to. From the sounds of it you can get this product to simulate the exams as many times as you want. The only thing is it isnt a course so it doesnt give you CE credits. But it seems like a good deal for unlimited practice. 1 Quote
ACS41 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Posted July 26, 2012 Sharie, I stand by the NATP book ($75) and Exam Matrix $199. After I took the exam, it was broght to my attention by someone else using the product that Exam Matrix uses questions from old Enrolled Agent exams to have you better prepared for the RTRP exam. Let us know how the APlusCPE works out. Quote
MAMalody Posted July 27, 2012 Report Posted July 27, 2012 I just received in the mail my RTRP diploma(?) I assume this means I can now also use the RTRP designation? 1 Quote
mcb39 Posted July 27, 2012 Report Posted July 27, 2012 Good Job! and Congratulations! Yes, it does mean that. Quote
Tax Prep by Deb Posted July 27, 2012 Report Posted July 27, 2012 I just received in the mail my RTRP diploma(?) I assume this means I can now also use the RTRP designation? It does, however did you notice the info that was sent with it that if we use the designation in any advertising we have to include the disclosure that IRS does not endorse any particular individual tax return preparer. For more iformation on tax return preparers, go to www.IRS.gov? I had a little note that told me I had to include this disclosure if I advertise using the new title. Deb! Quote
MAMalody Posted July 28, 2012 Report Posted July 28, 2012 Yes, I saw that. I don't see that impacting me, however, because I do not do any advertising. 1 Quote
mcb39 Posted July 29, 2012 Report Posted July 29, 2012 Yes, I saw that. I don't see that impacting me, however, because I do not do any advertising. No advertising, no sign out here. Made it much easier to get a building permit for addition to home office. 1 Quote
Kea Posted July 29, 2012 Report Posted July 29, 2012 NATP does clarify that business cards are not generally considered "paid advertising" so the disclaimer is not needed in that case. http://www.natptax.com/2012taxseason/Pages/default.aspx I'm hoping ad pens fall in the same category as business cards because I already ordered new pens, with "RTRP" after my name. 1 Quote
Joel Posted September 5, 2012 Report Posted September 5, 2012 I just passed the test today! It shows that any (old or middle) aged preparer can study and pass 1 Quote
Tax Prep by Deb Posted September 5, 2012 Report Posted September 5, 2012 Good Job! I wonder what the pass/fail is on this test. Quote
Jack from Ohio Posted September 6, 2012 Report Posted September 6, 2012 120 weighted questions. Total possible score of 500. Passing is 350 points. When you take the test, you will only be told if you pass or fail. Quote
Joel Posted September 6, 2012 Report Posted September 6, 2012 Yes, 120 questions but 20 are trial questions for evaluation and do not count. I will assume that the questions I missed (I don't know how many I missed) were among the trial questions and therefor I got a perfect score. :>) 2 Quote
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