Important Class Rules

1. The class is conducted assuming that all reading assignments have been completed PRIOR to the class date. Students are responsible for adequate preparation and past experience has shown that failure keep up in the reading assignments has a detrimental effect on classroom discussion and your course outcome.
2. No make up exams or assignments are available!
3. All assignments must be transmitted electronically in ".pdf", or ".doc" formats. No credit will be given for any assignment turned in using any other format.
4. Any assignment that is not on time will receive a zero grade.
5. There are no extra credit projects or assignments in this class!!  
6. All work must be independently submitted!

Life's Realities

1. Truism:  In tax the only check figure you get is a  letter from the IRS.
2. Truism: The classroom is the lowest cost environment you will ever operate in.  You cannot lose a client, a million dollars, or your job.  If you are willing to learn from your mistakes, the worst that can happen is that your score on one assignment may be low.  If you choose not to learn from your mistakes, then be prepared to enter the high cost environment of "on the job" with little to earn and a lot to lose.
3. Truism: The classroom environment is also an easy place to practice your professional and ethical conduct. Ethically challenging situations which arise in the work place are more easily handled when the standard of proper behavior is already deeply ingrained. You are entering a profession where the expectation for ethical conduct is one of the highest, even your profession defines the minimum ethical behavior level and expects you to do better. Remember ethically correct behavior is only truly observed when confronted with a difficult situation and ethical choice is made. While you make think that a behavior is justified by time limits, difficulty, family problems, your future employer may not. A less than enthusiastic or no reference cannot help you achieve your goals.
4. Truism:  In life the answer to almost every multiple choice question is: "e" some other answer and someone always asks that you provide your answer here____________.  Be sure to show YOUR work so that proper credit can be given.