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Illinois Tax School |
Since 1940, University of Illinois Extension has sponsored annual Tax Schools. It began as basic taxation schools for teaching farmers how to prepare their own taxes. Over the years, it evolved into a professional continuing education program for income tax practitioners. Approximately 6,000 tax professionals attend University of Illinois Tax Schools each year.
The two-day Fall Tax School is offered annually between October 25 and December 12 at various locations throughout Illinois. Fall Tax School includes the lates federal tax updates, tax issues related to individuals, as well as small business retirement, IRS, special taxpayers, and other taxation topics of special interest to tax professionals. The Federal Tax Workbook is a 700 page reference manual provided to registrants of the Fall Tax School. This workbook is also sold to other universities and associations offering similar tax seminars throughout the United States. |
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Dan Harding |
Farm Analysis Solution Tools |
The mission of the Farm Analysis Solutions Tools (FAST) is to enhance decision making for farmers, lenders, agribusinesses and consultants by providing state-of-the-art economic decision tools and accompanying educational programs. The foundation of FAST is a series of 40 Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. These tools are useful in farm fnancial analysis. The tools are divided into financial analysis, loan analysis, farm management, grain marketing and management, risk management and databases categories.The tools can be accessed here. The program can be downloaded or acquired through a subscription. Educational programs are conducted throughout the state using a mobile computer laboratory. |
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Paul Ellinger |
