Maryland CPA prep courses?

Are you looking for live classes? Becker should have classes in Maryland but they are very expensive. I personally think homestudy courses (doesn't need to be online, but in DVD format) work pretty well. You can study at the convenience of your home, and the price is a lot more reasonable.

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Cheers, and best of luck to your exam!

stephanie

Only courses that are for "an acedemic period" like a semester or quarter are qualifying expenses for the Lifetime Learning Credit or Hope credit. Since you already have a BA degree you wouldn't be eligible to take the Hope credit anyway. The course must be taken from an eligible institution - one that is eligible to participate in a student loan program administered by the US Dept of Education. So whether you can claim the Lifetime Learning credit depends on the course you're taking and where you're taking it - it would have to meet all the rules, which many test prep courses would not. The $2000 for Lifetime Learning credit is the max, not a flat amount - the credit, if you're eligible for it at all, is 20% of the tuition and fees for the course or $2000, whichever is less. Only if eligible tuition and fees are $10,000 or over is the credit $2000.