[jaredo155]

I have been wanting to volunteer for VITA for a couple years now, but I am one of those people who feels wierd trying to help people unless I feel like I truly know what I am doing. So I have told myself I would wait until I finished the CPA, which fingers crossed will be in 4 days. I work in corporate tax, but other than filing my own and answering a few questions for relatives, I have never done anything with personal returns before.

I am thinking about volunteering to actually be a reviewer at the local VITA site, as I know a lot of CPA’s are too busy to volunteer during that time and I figure it would be good practical experience to reinforce what I have learned. I wouldn’t imagine you are going to get any tremendously complex tax issues, but I just want to make sure I don’t volunteer to review and then be in way over my head. I know I am probably just overthinking this, but to anyone who has done VITA would I be smart to do it one year just as a normal volunteer before trying to be a reviewer?

AUD - 2/2013 - Passed!
BEC - 5/2013 - Passed!
FAR - 8/2013 - Passed!
REG - 11/2013 - Passed!
"Do or do not, there is no try." - Yoda

[tough_kitty]

They also make you go through some really fast self-study course offered by IRS and you'll have to take a test online for basic and/or advanced certificate.

FAR: 81 (May 2013)
BEC: 81 (July 2013)
REG: 83 (August 2013)
AUD: 82 (November 2013)
California CPA since 1/30/14

[tough_kitty]

I did VITA at a community college for credit so we had mostly accounting students. It was fun! I'm considering doing it again.

FAR: 81 (May 2013)
BEC: 81 (July 2013)
REG: 83 (August 2013)
AUD: 82 (November 2013)
California CPA since 1/30/14

[tough_kitty]

I did VITA at a community college for credit so we had mostly accounting students. It was fun! I'm considering doing it again.

FAR: 81 (May 2013)
BEC: 81 (July 2013)
REG: 83 (August 2013)
AUD: 82 (November 2013)
California CPA since 1/30/14

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