Lambo Tax Preparation AcademyProgram Map
From first principles to any software package
The full path is about 185 hours of tax content plus 10 hours of software core and 4–18 hours per software track. A part-time cohort meeting 12–14 hours a week finishes Levels 1–4 in roughly 14 weeks; an individual-only preparer can stop after Level 2 (about 100 hours) and go straight to software.
Tax law on paper
Level 1
Foundations
about 30 hours
Level 2
Individual
about 70 hours
Level 3
Business
about 60 hours
Level 4
Exempt Organizations
about 25 hours
Level 5
Universal Software Core
about 10 hours · required once
then any software track
ProSeries
14 h
Lacerte
18 h
ProConnect
14 h
TurboTax
4 h
Drake
16 h
TaxSlayer
14 h
TaxWise
14 h
Electives
12–18 h
Levels run in order because each builds on the last; Level 4 relies on the accounting module in Level 3. Software tracks can be taken in any order and any number once the core is done.
Separate path · for your own return
File Your Own Taxes
Independent of Levels 1–5: no prerequisites, and it doesn't unlock or replace the professional path. Many self-preparers later continue to Level 1.
Modules S1–S7
Step-by-step core
about 10.5 hours · practice returns with answer keys
Choose one
Consumer software lab
2–2.5 hours · then your own return
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