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Training

Training for tax preparers and business owners

VSS Financial Group teaches the practical side of the work: how to prepare a return correctly, how to stay current when the law changes, and how to keep clean books in the software you already use.

What VSS teaches

Pricing confirmed at registration
Weekday classes

New Preparer Training

Beginner-focused instruction for people new to tax preparation

Start from the fundamentals: return structure, common forms and schedules, documentation habits and the questions to ask every client. Built for people with no prior tax experience.

  • Weekday class schedule
  • Beginner-focused, step-by-step instruction
  • Practice with demonstration or synthetic information only
Registration Opening SoonFree information session
Weekend classes

Experienced Preparer Updates

Working preparers who need current-year updates

A continuing-education focus on what changed and how it affects the returns you prepare. Designed to fit around a working preparer's weekday schedule.

  • Weekend class schedule
  • Tax law updates for the coming filing season
  • Continuing-education focus
Registration Opening SoonFree information session
Scheduled individually

Varetiq Training

Business owners and staff who keep their own books

VSS Financial Group's hands-on bookkeeping software training. Sessions run in your own file or a sample file and cover the day-to-day tasks you actually need. QuickBooks and other common platforms are supported.

  • Two-hour working sessions, in office or online
  • Your own file or a sample file
  • QuickBooks and other supported platforms

Looking for the self-paced and instructor-supported tax class options? See Tax Preparation Classes.

Class formats

  • In person

    Classroom sessions at the Kilgore office.

  • Live online

    Instructor-led sessions you attend from anywhere.

  • Hybrid

    Mix in-person and live online sessions across a class.

  • Self-study

    A future self-paced option. Details will be announced when available.

    Future option

November classes

New preparer and update classes begin this November

VSS is preparing the next round of tax preparation classes ahead of filing season. Session times, pricing and registration details will be published here once confirmed.

Target start date
November 9, 2026
Registration
Registration Opening Soon

Upcoming Classes

  • Morning sessions

    Times to be announced

    Next Session Dates Coming Soon
  • Evening sessions

    Times to be announced

    Next Session Dates Coming Soon

Registration is not open yet. Contact VSS to be notified when dates and registration details are confirmed.

Important information

  • Training is educational. Participation does not guarantee employment, income, certification, licensing, registration, credentialing or authorization to provide tax services.
  • Completing a class does not, on its own, authorize anyone to prepare tax returns professionally.
  • Participants are responsible for satisfying any federal, state, employer or professional requirements applicable to their intended work.
  • Dates, times, formats and pricing are confirmed by VSS before registration and may change.
  • Real taxpayer information is never used in class exercises.
  • QuickBooks is a trademark of Intuit Inc. VSS Financial Group is not affiliated with or endorsed by Intuit.

Service availability varies by state and service type.

Have a question about training?

Talk through the tracks, formats and upcoming classes with VSS before you commit to anything.