California 60 Hour Qualifying Education

California 60 Hour Qualifying Education Course

This self-paced course fulfills the 2025 California CTEC 60-hour qualifying education requirement to become a registered tax preparer. Approved by the California Tax Education Council (CTEC Vendor #2080), this program covers Federal Tax Law, California Tax Law, and Ethics.

You’ll complete separate online tests for each section:

• Ethics Final: 10 questions

• California Tax Law Final: 75 questions

• Federal Tax Law Final: 215 questions
  All quizzes and finals are taken online and meet CTEC’s standards.

Practice Tax Returns (PTRs) and review questions are included throughout the course for hands-on learning.

By the end of this course, you will:

• Understand who qualifies as a CRTP

• Know what questions to ask for correct filing status

• Recognize and understand limited representation rights

• Explain “worldwide income” rules

Details:

• Field of Study: Federal Tax Law, Ethics, California Tax Law

• Level: Basic

• Prerequisite: None

• Delivery: Self-Study

• No Federal CE Hours for this course

• CTEC ID required for CE reporting

• Expiration to earn CEs: June 31, 2026

• CTEC Approval: 2080-QE-0001

Note: As of November 1, 2021, a CTEC ID is required to report course hours (no longer last name or last six of SSN).