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Annual Filing Season Program at Pronto Tax School

Earn Your AFSP Credential for 2025 and keep your rights to represent your clients if they need IRS help!
Trusted and Enjoyed by thousands of tax professionals since 2011. Proven track record!
Created by Actively Working Tax Pros. Who creates these other courses? Are they actively working tax pros who do tax returns for real clients? 🤔 ?
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Course Details, as Required by IRS:

✅ Syllabus verified by IRS to meet the AFTR Course meets the 6 CE hour (300 minutes) requirement.

✅Course description or link to the AFTR Course Outline on IRS.gov/taxpros/ce.

✅Program completion (AFTR Course & Test) is required by December 31, 2024.

✅Testing requirements include: 70% passing score, open book test, you have three hours to complete the test in one sitting, and we give you up to four tries to pass the test (don't worry, all answers are right there in the book we give you).

✅Reminder that EAs cannot receive credit for the AFTR Course.

✅Reminder that Annual Filing Season Program participants must consent to the Circular 230 duties and restrictions to receive the Annual Filing Season Program Record of Completion from the IRS (we include instructions on how to do this within your course).

✅Other required CE for Annual Filing Season Program participation is included in the course bundle you'll buy on this page (link to the Annual Filing Season Program CE Requirements-AFTR Exemption Chart (Pub 5646).

✅Link here to the IRS Annual Filing Season Program (for example, information about limited representation).

✅ The courses we give you can be accessed using any web browser, provided it is up-to-date and working. Ensuring your browser is current will help you avoid technical issues and enhance your learning experience.

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Pronto you are the BEST! Thank you for another great course!

Franchesca Ross

I really enjoy this online course. I can go at my pace and leisure. Good study materials provided makes studying and taking the exam enjoyable.

Karensue Matthews

Good class and test for the money!

Mary Gayle Bratsch

I though it was entertaining to read the text book and the attached videos and articles. Overall the course is well put together. I enjoyed refreshing my knowledge.

Yvonne Jurarim

This is the BEST AFTR course I have ever taken. They make it fun and keep it light hearted while going in detail on everything WITHOUT the boring, mind numbing, usual way. Loved it!

Amber Peitzmeier

EXCELLENT AND FUNNY!!

Diane Barbato

18 HOUR AFSP COURSE

Forever Edition Membership

Gain an Advantage Over Your Competitors and Thrive in the New Era of Tax While Satisfying Annual IRS AFSP Hours. We also provide a rock solid 14-Day Money Back Guarantee, in case you're not happy for any reason. The only money back refund exception is if your course hours have already been reported to IRS.

$297per year

🚨 REMINDER: Complete Your Course by December 31 to Avoid Exclusion from IRS Directory and Loss of Your Client Representation Rights! 🚨

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$297 Billed Once Per Year, Always Free to Cancel Anytime, No Long-Term Contracts

CTEC Forever Edition Membership - Pronto Tax School

IRS Approved Course

We'll give you the IRS AFSP hours you need to meet the continuing education requirements that apply to your credential.

Lock your price FOREVER!

We keep adding and enhancing your membership benefits...but your annual membership price never goes up!

Tax update & refresher courses that include the credit hours you need for your credential.

We'll give you the course hours you need to meet the continuing education requirements that apply to your credential. If you're CTEC, you'll get CTEC hours. If you're AFSP, you'll get AFSP hours. If you're an EA, you'll get EA hours. If you're a CPA, you'll get CPA hours.

5 Step Tax Prep Training Program New!

Teaches tax preparers how to order our interactions with clients for maximum efficiency, while still providing service with the “personal touch” that’s why clients choose us.

How to Get Tax Clients Training Program New!

Teaches tax pros how to acquire as many clients as you want at low or no cost.

Schedule C Mastery Training Program New!

Teaches tax pros how to dramatically increase the value we provide to our Schedule C clients. Includes extensive training on Single Member LLC’s and tax planning. This course is currently undergoing a thorough update.

Schedule E Mastery Training Program New!

Teaches tax pros how to dramatically increase the value we provide to our Schedule E clients. This is a new course that’s in development now and will be released this year. Will include extensive training on rental property LLC’s and tax planning.

Satisfy All Your IRS AFSP Credits with this Comprehensive Course

We'll give you all the course hours you need to meet the continuing education requirements that apply to your AFSP credential. As an AFSP, you'll get access to our 18 HOUR AFSP course that, once you complete it, satisfies all your required IRS AFSP credits. Whatever you are, we've got all you need.

3 Course Version Updates Per Year to Catch All the New Changes at No Extra Cost

We update our update courses three times per year (summer, fall, and then right before tax season), so that you don't have to pay for additional update courses, as new tax law changes emerge.

15% Discount on Tax Preparation Software

We offer two exclusive tax software packages for our Members: a 1040 Package, and then an "All-in-One" Package that supports 1040 Returns + 1120 (corporation) + 1120S (S corporation) + 1065 (partnership) + 1041 (trust/estate) + 990 (non-profits). Choose the package that best fits YOUR needs, and get 15% our already-affordable prices, just for being a Member!

Course Hours Reported Within 10 Minutes (on Average) for Maximum Deadline Beating

If your course includes hours reporting to an agency such as CTEC or IRS, we report hours faster than any other education provider, for maximum deadline beating!

Email Notification to You When Your Course Hours Are Reported.

When we report your hours to any agencies (IRS, CTEC, etc.), we email you, letting you know the hours went through fine. If there's an issue with your hours reporting, we send you an email, so that we can get the issue corrected and the hours re-submitted to the agency in question. This way you have peace of mind knowing that your hours are reported on time and in full!

Responsive Product Support Team Always Has Your Back.

We have a dedicated support team with a proven track record of backing up our products 100%, including working until midnight for every major deadline to make sure EVERY Member beats your deadlines like a BOSS!

Live "What's New" Tax Update Webinar with Q & A Every Month to Discuss New Changes, Ask Questions, and Network with Your Fellow Tax Pros.

Once per month, Pronto Tax School Founder & CEO Andy Frye will show you the critical tax updates from that month, and he will answers questions live from Members. Learn the new stuff that applies to your clients and get your questions answered live, while networking with your fellow pros in a positive vibes environment.

The Famous "Right Before Tax Season" Newsletter + Webinar with All the Last Minute Changes.

Every year since 2011, we've been giving our Members an edge by sending you all the "last minute" changes Congress makes right before tax season, so that you head into tax season maximally informed and maximally confident.

Suggested By-the-Form Pricing to Check / Update Your Tax Prep Service Prices

Pricing tax preparation services can be tricky! If you are not comparing your prices to other pros, you could be leaving money on the table. That's why we give you a list of all of our "suggested" by-the-form prices, updated every year by our Chief Support Officer, Glen Wielandt, who has 40+ years in the tax prep industry.

Private Community 600+ Members Strong to Help with Tricky Questions and Network with Fellow Tax Pros.

We maintain a highly-active private group of 2,500+ tax professionals where you can post questions in the group and get instant answers from your peers, including Moderators and Group Experts, while enjoying networking opportunities in a positive vibes environment.

BONUS #1! "Handling the IRS" Course.

Build and test your knowledge of IRS Practices and Procedures. With 87,000 new IRS employees on the way, you are going to need to know this stuff.

25% Discount on Tickets to Live, In-Person Events

You'll be invited to all of our live and in-person training events, including our annual Knowledge Share Extravaganza conference and our small group training sessions in our office in Wilmington, NC.

BONUS#3! "Bite-Sized Crypto Tax Learning Center" Course.

This course provides you with DOZENS of "micro learning" opportunities as CPA Joshua Azran explains the dangers and opportunities associated with helping crypto-involved tax clients.

We've put together 252 questions that tax professionals have about crypto taxes, and we provide SHORT video answers for each question.

Great course for learning crypto tax "little by little" and "on the go" (from your mobile phone).

$297per year

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Meet Your Instructor:

Andy Frye, EA

Founder and CEO, Pronto Tax School, Inc.

Andrew Freiburghouse, known as Andy Frye in "Tax World," is a tax consultant and Enrolled Agent (E.A.) licensed to represent taxpayers before all levels of the IRS.

Andy started his tax career as a tax preparer at Pronto Income Tax of California, Inc., a third-generation family business with multiple locations based in Southern California.

After preparing more than 10,000 tax returns and developing extensive employee training programs within his family business, Andy founded Pronto Tax School, Inc., an online training company that educates and empowers tax professionals and taxpayers nationwide.

Pronto Tax School is a CTEC-approved, IRS-approved, and NASBA-approved education provider that offers credentialing and continuing education certificate programs, as well as career advancement and business development training.

Andy is a graduate of Santa Clara University, the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program, and The School of Tax Business Hard Knocks.

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Why We Recommend the Forever Edition:

If you plan to continue being an AFSP tax preparer, we do recommend the Forever Edition Membership. That Membership allows us to give you a lot more value, at a lower price, while locking your price for life. You can cancel anytime and there is never any obligation to renew.

Every growing business at some point faces a choice: you can either focus on being the cheapest, or you can focus on being the best. We have made our choice (Option #2) and we will continue to invest extensive resources into improving our products and services every single year, because we know that's what our Members need from us.

The Forever Edition allows us to keep improving this product, without raising prices on our loyal AFSP Members who use this course every year.

Forever Edition Members are the rock upon which Pronto Tax School is built. We greatly appreciate your support of our efforts to make sure ALL tax preparers have access to high quality, low cost tax trainings that makes your life as a tax pro easier and more profitable.

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FAQ

Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about this course:

Is the AFSP mandatory?

The IRS Annual Filing Season Program (AFSP) is a voluntary education and registration program. Tax pros who obtain this credential receive certain benefits that non-AFSP tax preparers do not.

What are the benefits of obtaining this AFSP credential?

Many thousands of tax professionals are asleep at the wheel about how important this voluntary AFSP credential can be. If you are an "unenrolled tax preparer" (meaning, not EA or CPA) and you choose not to obtain your AFSP credential, you will lose all rights to represent your clients with any and all IRS matters.

Most tax clients assume that their tax professional will represent them with the IRS should an issue arise. Without the AFSP credential, you will not have this right, which can lead to a breakage of hard-earned trust with your clients if and when an IRS issue arises.

In addition to preserving your rights to help your clients if and when they need help, IRS will also list you in a database of tax pros who have completed continuing education, which some tax pros use as a way to stand out from their competition.

What is included in this AFSP Course?

The product you're seeing on this page contains three courses, all of which are required to obtain the AFSP credential:

Annual Federal Tax Refresher (AFTR) course and test, counting for 6 hours
Ethics for Tax Professionals course, counting for 2 hours
Tax Deductions Refresher course, counting for 5 hours
Tax Credits Refresher course, counting for 5 hours

These are all the hours required and you do not need any other courses than these, to obtain your AFSP credential.

I don't want any recurring charge on my credit card.

And that's OK! That's why we have two options: The One Time, with no annual automatic charge, and the Forever Edition, with one small annual automatic charge. Just choose whichever option you prefer, it's all good! :)

I logged into my course and I don't see all the extra stuff listed under the Forever Edition Membership? Live Q & A sessions, etc.

In order to provide you with the most updated information, much of the material comes out closer to tax season. As a Forever Edition Member, you'll receive notifications when new Forever Edition Bonuses are posted. And, since your course access doesn't expire, you can log in at anytime to view those additional bonus trainings!

You mention that the Forever Edition Membership includes "multiple course version" updates. What does that mean?

We conduct three main "versions" of this course: the July release, a September update, and then a January update. Forever Edition Members get access to every updated version, when it comes out.

How can I contact Pronto before I buy or if I need help?

We support Members primarily via fast response email support. You can ask questions or get support by emailing support@prontotaxschool.com. Every email you send creates a 'ticket' on our system that must be resolved and this makes sure that we take care of every single need that you have. We also conduct phone support at 310-422-1283 and you can also send a text message to that number.

How do I know if I already have a Forever Edition Membership?

If you already have a Forever Edition Membership from a previous year, our system won't allow you to buy it again; the system will tell you that you're already enrolled. To check your membership status, click here to log in to your Pronto Tax School Account. If you see a course in your Dashboard called "Forever Edition Bonuses," you're already a Forever Edition Member. You don't need to buy or do anything, your new course will just automatically show up in your account on August 1.

Why should I choose the Pronto Tax School AFSP Course over other AFSP courses?

Our AFSP course is unique and popular for two main reasons:

It's developed by real tax preparers who actually work with real clients,
It's not insanely boring like so many other tax education products.

In fact, it's rather entertaining at times, if we do say so ourselves. Our perspective is unique, and we focus on creating great value for you.

Can I take your IRS-approved AFSP tax course online?

You read the textbook, watch the videos, take the test, and get instant scoring, all online. If you want to see exactly how the course system works, watch this video.

Is completing this course the only thing I need to do to obtain my AFSP credential?

Completing this course is only one part of obtaining your AFSP credential. You must take a couple other easy, totally doable steps in order to finalize your credential with IRS. Within your course, we provide detailed, step-by-step instructions and reminders about all the steps of the process.

Do you provide a Spanish version of the course?

Unfortunately, we are not providing a Spanish version of the course at this time.

What if I need a refund?

We offer a 14-Day No-Hassle Money-Back Guarantee on the online course! The only exception is if we have already reported your hours. If we have reported your IRS hours, there are no refunds whatsoever, even if you're within the 14-Day refund period.

How do I cancel my Forever Edition Membership?

We only want you to be a Member if you want to be a Member. You can cancel anytime! Either visit this page to cancel, or email support@prontotaxschool.com stating that you want to cancel. You'll then receive a notification that your Membership has been canceled and no charge will appear on your card.

Can I upgrade to the Forever Edition if I purchase the One Time now?

Yes, you can contact support@prontotaxschool.com if you'd like to upgrade. We do not provide refunds / credit back the "difference" between the One Time Purchase and the Forever Edition. If you're pretty sure you want the Forever Edition, would be a good idea to just get it now. You can always cancel the membership later if you want to cancel. This way you know you are getting the best deal possible.

Do I need to take this course if I'm in California?

No, if you are based in California, you will need to take our annual 20 Hour CTEC course, which includes getting your AFSP credential. Make sure you're aware of any state-specific requirements for your state, before you take this course. Feel free to email support@prontotaxschool.com if you have questions or need help.

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