MyCEcentral offers online self-study continuing professional education for tax preparers and insurance professionals.
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What We Offer
All courses and exams are professionally prepared and tested. We provide:
Why Choose Us
Continuing education courses are available in the following areas:
You can click on our course library to see a brief summary of available courses.
Thinking of Participating?
IRS Annual Filing Season Program (AFSP) Continuing Education
Be a part of the AFSP
- Meets all the Continuing Education Requirements for the IRS Annual Filing Season Program
- Instant Grading, Certificates, and PDF Course Materials
- All-Inclusive Price – No Additional Fees for Exams or Certificates of Completion.
Note: The 2025 Annual Filing Season Program is for individuals planning to prepare taxes in 2026. Register now!
See below if you are exempt from needing to take and pass the AFTR course:
What is the AFSP?
The IRS Annual Filing Season Program is a voluntary program designed to identify tax preparers who have received IRS recognition for obtaining additional knowledge and skills to improve their tax knowledge and filing competency.
CE Requirements
Depending on whether you are exempt from the AFTR, you must take 15 or 18 hours of continuing education to obtain the IRS AFSP Record of Completion. MyCECentral is an IRS-Approved CE Provider (ID # NBOAN).
If You’re Thinking of Becoming an AFSP participant, here’s how
Becoming an AFSP participant and obtaining an IRS Annual Filing Season Program Record of Completion requires that you take the following steps:
- Click on Are You Exempt to determine if you are exempt from the need to complete the 6-hour AFTR course.
- Buy our 15-hour AFTR-Exempt Bundle for $35.85 or our 18-hour AFTR Bundle for $43.02
- Immerse yourself in the text for each of the required courses and take the final exams all on our easy to use learning system.
We will:
- Immediately grade your exams (You may download the Certificate of Completion after passing each exam with at least 70%)
- Report your CE credits to the IRS
The IRS will:
Taxpros@ptin.irs.gov will then send an email to your online secure mailbox with instructions on how to consent to the Circular 230 practice requirements and receive your certificate. Tax return preparers without an online PTIN account will receive a letter with instructions for completing the application process and obtaining their certificates.
Although some tax preparers (described below) don’t need to complete the 6-hour Annual Federal Tax Refresher (AFTR) course to qualify for the Annual Filing Season Program (AFSP) Record of Completion, they still need to complete 15 hours of approved continuing education to qualify for the program.
Return preparers who can obtain the AFTR – Record of Completion—without taking the AFTR course are:
- Anyone who passed the Registered Tax Return Preparer test administered by the IRS between November 2011 and January 2013
- Established state-based return preparer program participants currently with testing requirements—
- Return preparers who are active registrants of the Oregon Board of Tax Practitioners,
- Return preparers who are active registrants of the California Tax Education Council, and/or
- Return preparers who are active registrants of the Maryland State Board of Individual Tax Preparers
- SEE Part I Test-Passers: Tax practitioners who have passed the Special Enrollment Exam Part I within the past two years
- VITA volunteers: Quality reviewers and instructors with active PTINs
- Other accredited tax-focused credential-holders: The Accreditation Council for Accountancy and Taxation’s Accredited Business Accountant/Advisor (ABA) and Accredited Tax Preparer (ATP) programs
To view detailed requirement descriptions for all preparer categories, please click here.
NOTE: The Annual Filing Season Program is for unenrolled preparers, therefore attorneys, certified public accountants (CPA), enrolled agents (EA), enrolled retirement plan agents (ERPA), and enrolled actuaries do not need to take continuing education for this program.