Carol Topp, Homeschool CPA & Micro Business for Teens at CHEK

Carol Topp, Homeschool CPA

Is the author of The IRS and Your Homeschool Organization and Homeschool Co-ops: How to Start Them, Run Them and Not Burn Out,as well as several ebooks and magazine articles helping homeschool leaders.

Carol runs a home-based accounting practice specializing in tax preparation, small/micro business accounting, and nonprofit accounting. Carol has presented numerous workshops on money management, business start up, taxes, budgeting, nonprofit management and homeschooling to various community, church and homeschool groups. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband and two daughters, both homeschool graduates.

Carol is a Featured Speaker at the 2012 CHEK Family & Homeschool Conference and a Highlighted Speaker in the "Teen Track"! Her workshops are:

Micro Business for Teens: Starting a Micro Business

Encouragement for teenagers to start and run their own micro business. They will learn a lot while earning some money. A micro business can be started quickly and easily with no debt from home. Presenter Carol Topp, CPA has counseled dozens of teenagers starting a business and will discuss business plans, ideas. Teenagers and their parents are encouraged to attend together!

How You (or Your Child) Can Be a Published Author

It is easier than ever to become a publisher author. If you have something to say, write it down and tell the world. Author, Carol Topp will show you how to do it quickly and inexpensively. As the author of Business Tips and Taxes for Writers, and other titles, Carol will explain the process to become a published author.

Record Keeping, Transcripts and Plans for Homeschool High School

As a homeschool parent approaches the high school years, their direct involvement in teaching may decrease as the student become more independent, but the record keeping increases. Carol Topp will discuss how to make a high school plan, what is required for graduation and for admittance into college, how to keep records and create a transcript. Parents of high school and even junior high students will find this helpful and encouraging that homeschooling in high school is possible.

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