MTAX Program Overview

MTAX is a specialized degree program designed to equip you with the highly technical and demanding skills required to provide tax and business advice in the private sector and to administer the tax laws in the public sector of the economy. The program prepares you for positions in taxation and provides a graduate-level education for tax professionals desiring to enhance your skills.

Completion of this program (along with its accounting prerequisites) will fulfill the upper level accounting coursework requirements for CPA certification.

Download the MACC/MTAX brochure.

Choice of Programs

You can choose either a one-year or two-year program. Both offer courses in the evening.

This is an nine-month program that offers courses three evenings a week, with a day class, Special Topics in Accounting, held on selected Fridays. This is a lockstep program that begins in the fall (August) and concludes the following spring (May) and includes 10 three-credit-hour courses.

This is a full-time program with a full course load, so you are advised to limit other activities to less than 15 to 20 hours a week.

The two-year program offers a part-time schedule designed for working professionals, with classes meeting one or two evenings a week. It also is a lockstep program that begins in the fall and offers the same 10 three-credit courses spread over two academic years with a summer break from May to August.

Cutting-Edge Curriculum

The MTAX program’s cutting-edge curriculum is reviewed and refreshed every year, with input from professionals and alumni. Our faculty includes highly experienced professionals and current practitioners.

Placement of our domestic graduates has been at almost 100 percent for several years, with many national accounting firms recruiting for positions around the country. Representative firms that have hired MTAX graduates include CBIZ Miller Wagener LLC, Mayer Hoffman McCann PC, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Grant Thorton LLP, Hunter Hagan & Company, Inlign Wealth Management, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sarvas King & Coleman PC, Henry & Horne LLP, Moss Adams LLP, and RSM McGladrey Inc. Graduates are typically offered positions such as senior accountant, staff accountant, consultant, tax associate and tax specialist.