The Tax-Aide program offers training support for volunteer tax preparers in the form of classes, printed materials, and access to the IRS on-line cerification program. In addition, we have almost 300 experienced volunteers ready to help you learn and help our clients.

The links and materials here are intended to provide a central place for volunteers to access the tools they need to complete their training.

New Hampshire Training

National Tax-Aide Training Materials

Link and Learn Training (online training course)
Volunteer Portal Libraries. All nationally produced training materials are now stored int the Portal Libraries.

Coronavirus Workbook Exercises - these two sample problems ('Garcia' and 'Polite') were developed to test scenarios realted to specific CARES Act-related tax changes.

Other Information and helpful materials

CBPP ACA webinars and other resources (TY2019 and earlier - no TY2020 content as of 2021-Jan-23)

Taking the Test

Online Exam
Practice Lab - Access Password is 'TRAINPROWEB'. Use this software to prepare the returns in the exam above.
Instructions for preparing a return in Practice Lab 

Correct answers for CARES Act exam questions - while Practice Lab has been updated to calculate the correct answers based on Dec tax law changes, the online exam has not and will not be updated. Per IRS guidance, enter the answers in this memo - otherwise the answers will be marked 'incorrect'.