Whiskerworks
Intro to Tax Preparation

Academics Division

Intro to Tax Preparation

Your 1099s, mastered. Your W-2s, shredded.

Tuition: $3,200 or 24 easy payments of $167.

A hands-on workshop in American individual and small-business tax preparation. By graduation, your cat will be qualified to file anyone's taxes, including their own, which they will not.

Note: Whiskerworks does not hold a Circular 230 designation. Neither will our graduates. This is fine, per our accreditation partner (us).

What You'll Learn

  • Correctly classify a 1099-NEC as 'something to knock off the desk'
  • File Form 1040 using only paws
  • Itemize deductions you definitely cannot prove
  • Interpret the phrase 'audit risk' (it is when the dog comes in)
  • Operate a ten-key calculator with one paw
  • Shred documents with remarkable efficiency

Program Syllabus

Week 1
The IRS: An Introduction

It is a government agency. It cannot stop you from sitting on its correspondence.

Week 2
Form W-2

What it is, where it comes from, why your human is crying.

Week 3
Form 1099 Varieties

-NEC, -MISC, -INT, -DIV — a family of documents, all edible.

Week 4
Schedule A: Itemized Deductions

Mortgage interest, medical expenses, catnip (currently disallowed, under review).

Week 5
Schedule C: Self-Employment

If your cat runs a YouTube channel, this applies.

Week 6
Filing

Paper, electronic, or 'forgot' — the three paths.

Your Instructor

Prof. Biscuit, MFA
Prof. Biscuit, MFA
Senior Lecturer in Tax Preparation

Prof. Biscuit earned an MFA in fiction from Columbia before pivoting to tax preparation, a natural transition. He has prepared over 400 returns, 11 of which are not currently under audit. Students praise his calm demeanor, which is mostly sleep.

Research Interests: Schedule C, narrative structure, foam.

Tuition: $3,200 or 24 easy payments of $167.

Financing through Regional Guaranteed Capital Solutions LLC. APR 9.99%-39.99%. Terms apply.