Business tax returns

Prepare fewer returns and earn more with corporations and partnerships.

Move beyond individual returns and build the skills to serve business clients. Learn Forms 1120, 1120-S, and 1065 with ARMS mentorship behind you as you grow your practice.

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1120 C corporations

1120-S S corporations

1065 Partnerships

Grow your practice

Business returns are where practice revenue scales.

Individual returns are a starting point. Corporations and partnerships let you serve business owners, charge appropriately for complexity, and build a more sustainable tax practice. ARMS Launch Academy offers two levels so you can start with foundations and advance to line-by-line preparation.

Level I

Foundations for corporations, partnerships, and business entities.

Live webinar training covering entity types, bookkeeping fundamentals, and the core concepts behind business tax returns.

Entity structures

S corporations, C corporations, LLCs, sole proprietorships, partnerships, and qualified joint ventures: when each applies and how they differ.

Bookkeeping for preparers

Payroll, sales tax, depreciation, and amortization. The operational knowledge you need before preparing business returns.

Schedule C vs. S-Corp

Understand when a sole proprietorship makes sense and when entity selection changes the tax picture for your clients.

Level I coverage

12 hours of federal tax law continuing education.

S-Corporation fundamentals
C-Corporation fundamentals
LLCs, partnerships, and sole proprietorships
Bookkeeping for tax preparers
Payroll and sales tax basics
Depreciation and amortization

Level I is live webinar training. You should be comfortable preparing individual returns before starting this program.

Level II

Line-by-line preparation for Forms 1065, 1120, and 1120-S.

Advanced live webinar training for preparers who have learned the basics and are ready to prepare business returns with confidence.

1120

C Corporations

Go deeper on Schedules C, J, K, and L. Cover earnings and profits, dividends, Schedule M-1, and Schedule M-2 with hands-on workshop preparation.

1120-S

S Corporations

Shareholder basis tracking and reconstruction, financial statement principles, and completing Schedules K, L, M-1, and M-2 including the Accumulated Adjustments Account.

1065

Partnerships

Line-by-line partnership return preparation, partner allocations, and the compliance issues that come up most often in practice.

The ARMS difference

Learn business returns with launch support behind you.

Business tax work changes how you price, market, and structure your practice. ARMS mentorship helps you understand not just the forms, but how to position business return services and grow revenue per client.

Master individual returns

Complete the federal launch course or equivalent experience before business training.

Join a Level I webinar

Build entity and bookkeeping foundations through a live webinar session.

Advance with Level II

Join the live webinar for line-by-line preparation of partnership and corporate returns.

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