DRAKE E-TRAINING CENTER

Drake's e-Training Center (ETC) is an interactive site offering tax courses, videos, tutorials and practice returns, all designed to enhance knowledge of tax preparation and Drake Software. It’s a great resource for all Drake customers.

In offices where many students are taking courses, administrators can easily set up student accounts, track students' progress, view electronic report cards, and print CPE certificates when all certification requirements have been met.

Tax Courses

ETC's training materials benefit single preparers as well as offices with multiple preparers and accommodate any skill level. Included are basic and intermediate individual tax courses, a basic corporate tax course, a basic S Corporation tax course, and a partnership tax course. All courses have CPE credits available.

See Earning CPE Credits for a detailed course list.

Tutorials and Practice Returns

ETC's tutorials teach the basics of Drake Software through step-by-step movies. Practice returns provide hands-on experience entering various scenarios into the software. Electronic filing and banking exercises allow students to e-file returns and print bank products.

Videos

The following videos are also available on ETC:

Drake 101 - Program Settings and Tools
helps Drake users set up the software and use the features within the Tools menu.
Drake 101 – Data Entry
familiarizes users with navigating data entry and preparing a return with Drake.
Drake 101 – Electronic Filing
covers required Drake setup and how to successfully e-file a return.
Drake Quick Start
is for users new to Drake and covers the steps that are required to get started using the software. This includes basic setup and return preparation information.