An investigation into the status of public community college tax curricula

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the current status of tax instruction in U.S. public community colleges. Based on responses to questionnaires sent to public community colleges, a summary of selected findings is as follows: (a) Of the 281 schools responding, 182 schools offer a single tax course, 83 schools offer two tax courses, and only 16 schools offer three tax courses; (b) Textbooks from three publishers (Southwestern, West, and Prentice-Hall) are predominant in public community colleges; (c) Although one tax course is generally required for the associate degree in accounting and public community college tax courses are typically offered for credit, they generally will not transfer to public four-year colleges in the same state.