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Certified IRS Compliance Specialist (CICS)

Achieve Excellence with Expertise in IRS Compliance.

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November, 2024

AFSP, CRTP, CPA (US)
18 Hours 
On Demand
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Earn a competitive advantage with a specialist certification in the ever-evolving IRS compliance guidelines. Designed for professionals with a keen interest in compliance, this certification equips you with the edge you need to navigate the ethical complexities of the tax landscape. Practical insights and hands-on guidance will help you develop robust compliance strategies and move to the next level.

Get Deeper Understanding of:

  • Interpret right with IRS Internal Revenue Manual guidance.

  • Effective use of the IRS Internet Services.

  • Behavioral insights for being an efficient compliance provider.

  • Criminal investigations and compliance practitioners.

Recommended For:

  • This certification course is designed for CPAs, EAs, Tax Professionals, and Tax Practitioners who desire to ensure compliance with recommended best practices and good client experience.

  • The certification course provides valuable insights for professionals who seek refresher and best practices. It also helps students and aspiring professionals for guidance to choose the right path amid the constantly shifting compliance landscape.

  • It can also be helpful to business owners, entrepreneurs, and others who desire to explore the aspects of compliance, IRS online services, and ethical guidelines for practitioners.

Why take the Certified IRS Compliance Specialist (CICS) course with myCPE

Resources included

  • Handout PDFs for every Module
  • Glossary/Key Terms for every Module
  • Q&A directly with instructors.

Career Opportunities

  • Tax Analyst
  • Tax Manager - Compliance
  • Director - Compliances
  • Tax Specialist
  • Business Consultant
  • Tax Professional

Value Addition to your skills

  • Analytical skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Critical thinking skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Project Management skills
  • Planning and Organizational skills

Courses

Course Title Time
1. Unveiling the Secret World of IRS Criminal Investigations
3 Hours
  • To identify major strategic priorities of the agency and how they are mutually supportive.
  • To summarize Criminal Investigation priority areas that target legal sources of revenue generation and point out the ones that target illegal income sources.
  • To discuss examples of indicators that may signal you're under the CI investigations.
2. Nudging Toward Compliance: The Power of Behavioral Insights
3 Hours
  • To identify key ways Behavioral Insights (BI) is being used to nudge citizens, consumers, and taxpayers towards desired actions and improve their experience. 
  • To discuss 7 competing visions within the IRS on how BI should be used (or not) to increase compliance.
  • To list at least 8 BI strategies that can be used to influence taxpayer behavior and improve persuasion.
3. Navigating IRS Ethics: A Practitioner's Guide
3 Hours
  • To identify at least 12 key principles of IRS Ethical Conduct, and explore at least six outside activities that are not permitted.
  • To discuss at least 10 types of gifts that are ok to accept, and 12 categories of government that may only be used for authorized purposes. 
  • To summarize at least 2 rules that relate to gambling and the use of controlled substances.
4. Cracking the Code: Exploring the IRS Internal Revenue Manual
3 Hours
  • To define at least 25 sections of the IRS manual with information and guidance and explain at least 10 ways the manual can assist tax advisors.
  • To identify at least 5 checklists the IRS uses to review websites, analyze financials, and make collection decisions. 
  • To utilize 2 checklists to guide fraud and money laundering inquiries, and use at least 10 Audit Technique Guides (ATGs) that provide insight into issues and accounting methods unique to specific industries.
5. IRS Internet Services: Your Shortcut to Smarter Tax Workflows
3 Hours
  • To define at least 12 sections of the IRS online platform including information and guidance; and identify at least 3 categories of IRS publications and documents.
  • To recognize at least 5 online calculators that provide answers to tax questions; and utilize at least 12 tax centers that aggregate tax information on specific industries and professions. 
  • To use at least 5 multi-media portals that provide information in video, audio, and webinar formats.
6. Navigating the IRS: How TAS Can Help You
3 Hours
  • To identify at least 5 major sections of their online platform and the leading services and features offered in each.
  • To define at least 4 criteria the agency uses to determine if a taxpayer is eligible for their assistance.
  • To list at least 10 sets of rights people have in their relationship and dealings with the IRS and use at least 6 process roadmaps that guide how to navigate the IRS tax system.
Disclaimer : Before attending any course, please verify that the credit details align with your qualification requirements. This certificate is designed to help you acquire new skills and knowledge, which may or may not fulfill specific compliance criteria. While we have made every effort to ensure our courses adhere to compliance standards, we recommend reviewing the details to confirm applicability for your needs.

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Smart IRS Compliance Applications

“The certification course provided aspects that I would want to have. Good subjects covered. Including Internet Services adds to the smart applications and best results. It checks all the good points in my books. I will recommend it.”

William Phillip
William Phillip, MRTP

IRS Compliance Specialist

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“IRS Compliance is a complex area. A certification course that covered so much of the ground is commendable. I liked the experience and delivery of the key aspects. I will recommend it to the practitioner and the aspirants.”

Sam Hillyer
Sam Hillyer, CRTP

Tax Advisor

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Valuable Behavioral Insights

“Ethical and behavioral insights were useful. I learned some new things with IRS Internet Services as well. I think it will be a valuable addition to anyone who chooses to take it. I enjoyed the learning experience. Good value.”

Allan Navarra
Allan Navarra, Enrolled Agent (EA)

IRS Tax Compliance Officer

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Certified IRS Compliance Specialist (CICS) covers all the right topics for the compliance specialist. It provides some of the key aspects of ethical practitioners’ guidance, explores the Internal Revenue Manual, and delivers behavioral insights for practical aspects. It also takes into consideration IRS Internet Services which can provide smarter resolutions for your workflow. The course also reveals some of the secrets of IRS Criminal Investigations and how compliance professionals can play their role in supporting the same. It also helps with strategies, insights, and crucial aspects at pivotal points to gain a competitive advantage.

The Certified IRS Compliance Specialist (CICS) certification course covers vast areas that can provide valuable insights to a fresher and a refresher to the professionals. It delivers a competitive advantage with smarter resolutions for your workflow with efficient use of IRS Internet Services. With practitioners’ guidance it ensures that regulatory ethical guidelines are followed. While it also helps with behavioral insights to ensure that the required compliances are followed by clients. Sharing some of the criminal investigation guidelines it also provides you the way as a practitioner you need to ensure compliance and play your role. Certified IRS Compliance Specialist (CICS) certification course ensures that you remain compliant supporting your clients in the best possible way.

Certificate course is created by a qualified and experienced instructor(s). myCPE Certificate Courses includes Self-study Courses. Most of the courses are in the form of On-demand Videos. The Self-study Video courses in Certificate courses may be Live recorded presentations converted into Self Study (On-Demand Videos).

You can take your time and attend the course at your own pace. You can take exam unlimited time. So, don’t worry, if you are not able to pass an exam. You will be getting a chance to attend the exam again.

After completion of each course of this Certification Programs, you will be able to download a certificate with the course title and number of hours. Certificates, as well as your study records, are stored for life and you can access them anytime. Certificates are valid proof for your continuing education credits and you can also add it as an additional designation.

Once you register you will have complete access to all the courses of this Certification Programs. The self-study format allows you to access the material online 24x7 and study at your own pace.

As per NASBA guidelines, you have one year from date of purchase of your certificate to complete each program. After completion of each course, you can attend final exam any time and get CPE Credit instantly. You can retake the exam multiple times without any additional charges.

Course have minimum passing score of 70% in the final exam and you can take multiple attempts of the said exam.

Our video player tracks & stores the watch time and will show you in the progress bar. But you make sure that you don’t fast forward or manually try to move the progress bar. If you have fast forwarded the video or tried to manually move the progress bar of the video. System wouldn’t capture your watch time. So please, let the video go on its own. However, being on-demand video you can pause and play and whenever you want and you can watch it in pieces. It will pick up from where you left off. So, for a self study courses you will have to
1. Complete the entire video 100%.
2. Answer all the review questions correctly. The review questions are at the bottom of the same page where you are viewing the course video.
3. Once you have watched the whole video and answered all the review questions, the Final Quiz will open up. You need to score more than 70% in the Final Quiz to avail your CPE credit. Multiple attempts are allowed for submitting Review and Final Quiz questions.
4. Once you have completed the Review and Final quiz questions, you shall be able to download the credit certificate from the ‘My Certificates’ section. Kindly ensure you have allowed Multiple File download from your web browser to download all certificates.
5. You can download individual certificate from your "Account" as well as from this page once you complete a particular courses. Also, you can download "Consolidated Certificate" from the package page or from your account.

A Self-study course is a recorded video (If it’s a recording of a live course you may see polling questions appearing on the screen. You do not need to answer the polling questions and just let the video play). Do not fast forward. If you fast forward, we may not be able to capture your watch time and you may be required to watch it multiple times. In order to avail your credits for the self-study course, you need to answer the review questions correctly and complete the entire video. Once you have done that, the Final Quiz will open up in which you need to score a minimum 70% to qualify for the credit. You can attempt multiple times for answering the review questions and Final quiz questions. Once you have completed the Review and Final quiz questions, you shall be able to download the credit certificate from ‘My Certificates’ section.
If neither of the above cases works, please drop an email to support@my-cpe.com or contact our support team through live chat support.

The evaluation form will be sent to attendees in the next 24 hours after passing the final quiz with at least 70% marks. Kindly note that the evaluation form will only be available to attendees who remained logged in till the end of the course and answered all the polling questions.

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