What Does a Tax Specialist Do? 2025 Career Guide
January 15, 2025
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This course is part of Fundamentals of Accounting Specialization
Instructor: Sharon P. Cox, Ph.D.
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Identify expenses and estimate the cost of those expenses.
Determine the appropriate selling price for your product, service, or charitable organization.
Analyze the expected performance of the business and make appropriate internal decisions.
Prepare financial statements that are appropriate for external users and prepare for communication with external decision makers.
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**You should complete all other courses in the Fundamentals of Accounting Specialization before beginning this course.**
The capstone project will be set in the context of a realistic small-business enterprise, and will require you to think deeply and apply the accounting concepts presented in the other courses in the Fundamentals of Accounting. While navigating the daily operations of the business, you will have an opportunity to consider the accounting implications of the economic events encountered, as well as how these economic events should be communicated to decision makers. If you enjoy this business course and are interested in an MBA, consider applying to the iMBA, a flexible, fully-accredited online MBA at an incredibly competitive price offered by the University of Illinois. For more information, please see the Resource page in this course and onlinemba.illinois.edu.
You will get an introduction to the Capstone project and your instructor.
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Choose your business!
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What are the costs associated with your business and how much will you charge for your product or service? In the case of a not-for-profit organization, how much money will the business need to collect from donations or other funding sources?
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What assets do you need to run your business and how will you pay for these assets?
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Evaluate your progress in developing your business.
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How will you use the information that you have gathered and analyzed thus far to make decisions?
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What does the financial future of your business look like?
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