Instructor Contact Information

 Accounting 120 CRN:61552

Individual Income Tax Accounting
Fully Online

Professor: Alan Viersen
Accounting 120    3units
Miramar College
10440 Black Mountain Road, San Diego CA 92126
(619) 388-7693 Office I120-C
aviersen@sdccd.edu

 

 

Textbook and Course Material Requirements

 

Income Tax Fundamentals 2008; 26th Edition,

Author:  Whittenburg, Altus-Buller

Publisher: www.thomsonedu.com

ISBN: 13: 9780324380385 (Textbook will be available approx.12/15/07)

Software Purchase: Turbo Tax Basic, or Turbo Tax Deluxe (www.turbotax.com)
Purchase Textbooks Online at the SDCCD Online Bookstore

 

Hardware and Software Requirements

 

Hardware and Software:
To successfully complete this online course, you will be required to meet the minimum hardware and software requirements. View Hardware and Software Requirements.

Internet Browser:
You must use a supported Internet browser in order to successfully work in WebCT, the online course management system for this course. To see a list of supported Internet browsers, click here.

 

Course Description

 

This course is an online tax class that covers the tax concepts that affect most individuals.  At the completion of this course, each student should be able to prepare a 1040EZ, 1040A, and 1040 tax form.  Students will recognize the social, economic, and political factors that Congress considers when they create tax law.  It is important to know what taxes are applicable and why tax legislation is enacted.

 

In addition, students will be able to utilize tax planning skills for preparing future tax returns.  This is a vital skill for tax payers who will be in the upper income brackets, will operate small businesses, and for individuals who will own their own homes.  The student will know the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion and be able to prepare the most beneficial tax returns using Turbo Tax software.

 

 

Course Objectives

 

The main objective of this course is to introduce the student to individual tax fundamental concepts and methods of filing taxes.  These concepts include:

¨      Gross income and exclusions

¨      Business expenses and retirement plans

¨      Self-employed deductions and employee expenses

¨      Itemized and certain other deductions

¨      Credits and special taxes

¨      Accounting periods and methods and depreciation

¨      Capital gains and losses

 

Course Specific Information

 

SYLLABUS-See WebCT


SCHEDULE-See WebCT

 

Application and Registration Information

 

REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS:

  1. Complete Online Application (for new SDCCD students). Go to Student Web Services
  2. Receive registration appointment and instructions by email or mail.
  3. Register online at the Reg-e, our online registration system
  4. Make sure that you pay your tuition so that you don't lose your registration!
    Tuition and Fees Information.
  5. Order textbooks online. Visit our online bookstore.

6.  After completion of registration on Reg-e, and several days prior to the start of the semester, you will receive an email with course login instructions. If you don't receive an email please go to http://www.sdccdonline.net and login on the first day of class as follows:
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Type your WebCT ID = 7-digit College Student Identification (CSID) number
Type your Password =  mmddyyyy (birthdate with no hyphens, slashes, or spaces)
For example:  1010101 (CSID number used at registration)
                          06231980 (password for birthdate June 23, 1980) 

  1.  If this course is closed, please login to Reg-e to be placed on a waitlist. If the waitlist is full, you will not be able to add your name to the waitlist.

You will not be able to login to your online course until the first day of the semester!!!
You must login to your online course on the first day of the session to avoid your enrollment being dropped. Follow the login instructions at http://www.sdccdonline.net/login.htm