College Credit for IRS Courses – American Council on Education (ACE)

The American Council on Education (ACE) is the major national coordinating business unit for post-secondary education that reviews and makes college credit recommendations for formal educational programs and courses offered by IRS.

The IRS, in partnership with Skillsoft and ACE, established the IRS College Credit Program. This online employee development program provides IRS employees an opportunity to earn academic credit by:

Completing a Skillsoft curricula in ELMS or Learn and Lead 24x7;

Passing a proctored exam at an ACE-authorized IRS testing site or via remote proctoring;

Registering with ACE Credit Registry and Transcript Service to establish, maintain and request an official academic transcript; and

Submitting the ACE official academic transcript to an employer, college or certification group as proof of training.

Courses are free and accessible from employee work or home computers.

Employees must take courses on their own time unless they have a career learning plan approved by their supervisor. For guidance, see Article 30 of the National agreement. These same provisions pass through to non-bargaining unit employees

The IRS College Credit Program website provides additional program information at: http://e-learning.web.irs.gov/collegecredit/index.html.

Some IRS paper-based tax courses are ACE-approved. Following completion of the course, the employee must pass a final exam administered by the instructor and then apply for the ACE credit through the online ACE Registry and Transcript System.