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Carry Forward with Hunter Start here Intern0 XP

Plain-English tax, by a CPA

Tax rules in plain English, checked and dated.

Short lessons from Hunter Nottingham, JD, CPA. Watch a video, try a quiz, play a round at the desk, and carry one sentence forward.

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Pick a door

Four ways in

Watch

Long videos and Shorts, grouped by series, each with chapters and a transcript.

Learn

Paths that put the lessons in order, with the source beside every figure.

Practice

Short quizzes. A wrong answer explains itself and points to the moment in the video.

Play

The Back Office: clear the In-Tray at a small CPA desk. No timer, no losing.

On the desk now

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The first lesson is on its way

Videos appear here the moment they are public on YouTube, and never before, so there are no dates to slip. Subscribe on YouTube to catch the first one.

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Inside every lesson

How a lesson works

The same four beats every time, so you always know where you are.

  1. Watch one idea

    Each video teaches one rule, with chapters, captions and a full transcript.

  2. Check the figures

    Every figure carries a CHECKED stamp: the source, the date I checked it, and when it is due for a re-check.

  3. Pencils down

    Guess before the answer, then take a short quiz. Mistakes never count against you, and each one explains itself.

  4. Carry it forward

    Leave with one sentence worth keeping. That is the takeaway, and the name of the show.

My desk

Points, levels and badges, for the fun of it

Answer, review and play to earn XP and climb from Intern to Partner. Each topic moves through five ledger states as you learn it, and states never drop.

Points and badges are for fun. Nothing is ever won, bought or redeemed. There are no leaderboards, and your progress never leaves this browser.

Open my desk

The career ladder

  1. Intern
  2. Staff
  3. Senior
  4. Supervisor
  5. Manager
  6. Senior Manager
  7. Director
  8. Partner
  1. OpenEvery topic starts here.
  2. DraftedFinish the lesson or answer a few questions.
  3. PostedPass the topic quiz.
  4. ReconciledGet every core question right at least once.
  5. Carried ForwardStill right in review, a week or more later.

Down the hall

Two more rooms

Office Hours

Questions from the YouTube comments, answered on video. Paraphrased, with no names or notice numbers.

Glossary

The words that make tax sound harder than it is, in plain English.