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Bukers Academy: Tax Return Analysis Training for Today’s Lenders
Whether you’re new to tax return analysis or looking to strengthen existing skills, Bukers Academy provides a structured, self-paced learning experience that helps lenders develop confidence in analyzing tax returns, evaluating borrower cash flow, and making informed lending decisions.
Fundamentals of Tax Return Analysis
Learn a standardized approach to analyzing individual tax returns, identifying cash flow, and understanding the relationship between a borrower’s various financial activities. Build the foundation needed to confidently evaluate borrower repayment capacity and support sound lending decisions.
Advanced Topics & Real-World Application
Explore complex tax return scenarios including pass-through entities, Schedule K-1 analysis, recurring versus nonrecurring income, capital gains and losses, passive activity rules, and many other topics encountered in commercial lending.
Flexible Online Learning
Access course content from virtually anywhere and learn at your own pace. Interactive lessons, detailed explanations, hundreds of exercises, and comprehensive case studies help reinforce key concepts.
Why Bukers Academy?
Learn From the Industry Leader
For more than 40 years, Bukers has helped lenders improve the accuracy and consistency of tax return analysis. More than 45,000 lenders and over 4,000 federal and state bank examiners have participated in Bukers training programs.
The Academy combines that experience with a modern online learning platform that allows participants to:
- Learn at their own pace
- Study from any location
- Practice with real-world exercises
- Build a consistent approach to tax return analysis
- Earn a certificate of completion
Course Highlights
- Online learning environment accessed from any computer
- Interactive and engaging user interface
- Self-paced and flexible to meet your timeline
- Visual walk-throughs of a relevant tax forms and schedules
- 30 different learning modules
- Hundreds of real-life tax return exercises
- Line-by-line detailed solutions
- 6 comprehensive tax return case studies
- Updated annually for all tax law and tax form changes to keep you up-to-date
Ready to Advance your Tax Return Analysis Skills?
Whether you’re new to tax return analysis or looking to strengthen existing skills, Bukers Academy provides the knowledge and practical experience needed to analyze even the most complex returns with confidence.