BUILD U.S. TAX SKILLS.
GROW YOUR PRACTICE.
ANYWHERE.
Start with a specialist track, whether you're entering the field or expanding an existing tax practice. Learn practical workflows in a global learning community.
Two ways in. One learning community.
I'm starting out
New to tax or accounting? Start with a practical specialist skill — ITIN, EIN, or U.S. business formation — and learn real workflows from day one.
Find your pathwayI'm already a tax professional
Accountant, tax preparer, enrolled agent, or CPA? Deepen a specialization in withholding or business formation, and explore what building a practice could look like over time.
Browse specializationsMost Tax Professionals
Never Build the Practice
They Want
Many professionals spend years working for someone else's firm. They learn tax law, they learn compliance, they learn technical skills.
But they never learn:
As a result, many remain trapped between employment and self-employment — working harder but never building a true practice.
We Teach
Later-Stage Curriculum
Most education teaches tax. We teach later-stage practice curriculum. Practice ownership is not currently operating as a student offering.
Credential
XCAPE certificates are internal academy credentials issued by Xcape Tax Academy. They show you completed XCAPE training and assessments. They are not IRS licences, government credentials or accredited qualifications. The Enrolled Agent credential is conferred only by the IRS after passing its Special Enrollment Examination.
Supervised work status
Supervised paid client work for students is not currently offered. Where your roadmap marks an earn-ready point, that is where supervised work may open in future, once XCAPE offers it. We will tell enrolled students directly if that changes.
Earnings
XCAPE provides training. We do not promise or guarantee any income, clients, work or business results. What you do with your training, and any income from it, depends on you, your market and the rules where you work.
CHOOSE A PATHWAY.
Every pathway, price and hour below comes from the live XCAPE Academy catalogue.
Set up and keep compliant the U.S. companies foreign founders own.
Start your route to the IRS Enrolled Agent credential.
Guide U.S. expats through their filings, and through renunciation.
Get foreign payees documented correctly for U.S. withholding.
THE XCAPE
ECOSYSTEM.
Most training programs stop at information. XCAPE connects education to live service brands, operational tools, client demand, and future partner opportunities.
How it works
1. Book an orientation call for the pathway you're interested in. 2. After orientation, we review and approve your enrolment, and your prices are fixed at that point. 3. Pay for each course or class as you go, or pay for your remaining required items together as a bundle at the discount shown. 4. Study each item as it unlocks: recorded lessons, materials and live classes with your instructor. 5. Complete your pathway's required items to earn your XCAPE certificate.
The credential step
XCAPE certificates are internal academy credentials issued by Xcape Tax Academy. They show you completed XCAPE training and assessments. They are not IRS licences, government credentials or accredited qualifications. The Enrolled Agent credential is conferred only by the IRS after passing its Special Enrollment Examination.
SEVEN STAGES OF
PRACTICE CURRICULUM.
XCAPE guides you through later-stage practice-building curriculum.
Learn
Develop technical competence in your chosen specialization.
Deliver
Case-study training with guided workflows. Live client work is not currently operating.
Systemize
Later-stage workflow curriculum.
Grow
Later-stage marketing curriculum.
Lead
Later-stage people-management curriculum.
Scale
Later-stage scale curriculum.
Legacy
Later-stage ownership curriculum.
YOUR PATH FROM
STUDENT TO PARTNER.
Your road to the Enrolled Agent designation
One clear route — bookkeeping foundations first, then individual tax, international & business, your specialist niche, the SEE credential, and practice. Below are the steps and the required modules in each.
Foundations — Bookkeeping & Tax Basics
Zero to employable. The base everything else stands on.
Required bookkeeping & foundations
Keep US books and read a 1040. Supervised paid work is gated and is not currently operating.
Individual Tax & Paid-Work Curriculum
Foundation of SEE Part 1. Paid work, if later offered, is gated and is not currently operating.
Required tax specialization modules
Training in how returns are prepared for compensation. SEE Part 1 (Individuals) territory opens. Not a live book.
International & Business Expansion
Broaden to nonresidents, entities, and partnerships.
Required tax specialization modules
Curriculum covers nonresidents, entities, and businesses — full practice breadth for SEE Part 2 (Businesses).
Specialist Depth & Advisory
Build the niche that makes you indispensable. Premium billing is not a typical or guaranteed result.
Required tax specialization modules
A defensible niche in the curriculum — entertainer CWA, FIRPTA, expat, or e-commerce specialist. Not a live client assignment.
The EA Credential — SEE Parts 1–3
The destination credential — open to any nationality, no US residency required.
Required tax specialization modules
Pass SEE Parts 1–3 → Enrolled Agent designation.
Practice & Representation Authority
Representation training, then the CAA track — not a live practice.
Required tax specialization modules
EFIN, engagement letters, and WISP are curriculum topics. A first book of clients and referral-network deal flow are not currently operating and are not guaranteed.
FOUR HOME BASES.
OPEN TO THE WORLD.
XCAPE operates with an active presence in the United States, the Philippines, Australia, and the United Kingdom — and enrollment is open to students across South Korea, Japan, China, India, New Zealand, Indonesia, and South Africa.
Click a country to enroll · Open markets subject to capacity and review
ENROLLMENT BY MARKET
How enrollment, orientation timing and language support work in each of the 11 markets XCAPE currently serves.
Open markets subject to capacity and review · Local licensing and company-setup requirements are confirmed individually at orientation
THIS IS WHAT
FREEDOM LOOKS LIKE.
From Manila to Mumbai, XCAPE professionals are building client-facing skills and later practice pathways through a global training ecosystem. Live client work is gated and is not currently operating as a student pipeline.
Training toward a remote U.S. tax practice from Manila
Australian specialist training for remote U.S. service work
Indian specialist on the U.S. tax training pathway
London-based advisor training on cross-border service workflows
South African professional on the U.S. business-formation training pathway
U.S.-based XCAPE partner on the later practice-building pathway
Indian tax professional — specialist pathway
XCAPE professionals spanning 6 countries and counting
POWERED BY
REAL BUSINESSES.
XCAPE Academy is backed by live operational businesses — and a growing ecosystem of services launching throughout 2026.
ITINApplications.com
U.S. Tax ID services for individuals
XCAPE Suite
The core technology platform
EINApplications.com
U.S. EIN registration services
Business Formation
U.S. LLC and Corp incorporation
W8Applications.com
Foreign withholding form services
| Compare pathways | Business Formation for Non-Residents | Enrolled Agent Track | Expatriation Specialist | ITIN Specialist | W-8 & Cross-Border Withholding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathway | Business Formation for Non-Residents | Enrolled Agent Track | Expatriation Specialist | ITIN Specialist | W-8 & Cross-Border Withholding |
| Tagline | Set up and keep compliant the U.S. companies foreign founders own. | Start your route to the IRS Enrolled Agent credential. | Guide U.S. expats through their filings, and through renunciation. | Help non-residents get the U.S. tax ID they need. | Get foreign payees documented correctly for U.S. withholding. |
| Who it's for | Accountants, corporate-service providers and advisers whose clients are non-U.S. founders forming U.S. LLCs, typically for e-commerce, SaaS or consulting businesses. | Tax professionals anywhere in the world aiming for the Enrolled Agent credential, which lets them represent taxpayers before the IRS. U.S. citizenship and residency are not required. | Tax professionals serving U.S. citizens and green-card holders living abroad, including those considering giving up U.S. citizenship or long-term residency. | Tax and accounting professionals, bookkeepers and client-service staff outside the U.S. whose clients need an ITIN to file, claim treaty benefits or get paid by U.S. platforms. | Professionals advising freelancers, creators, companies and funds outside the U.S. that receive U.S.-source payments and must complete W-8 forms or answer FATCA status questions. |
| Outcomes | Choose and explain entity classification options for foreign owners · Obtain an EIN for a foreign-owned entity, including when the owner has no SSN or ITIN · Run an LLC formation from state filing to registered agent setup · Prepare Form 5472 with a pro forma Form 1120 for a foreign-owned single-member LLC · Recognise the deadlines and penalty risks that apply to foreign-owned entities | Explain how the Enrolled Agent credential and the three-part Special Enrollment Examination work · Prepare for SEE Part 1 (Individuals) topics · Apply Circular 230 standards for practitioners · Handle residency questions and expat returns that appear on the exam and in practice | Determine residency status and choose between Form 1040 and 1040-NR · Identify FBAR (FinCEN 114) and Form 8938 reporting obligations · Explain the expatriation process and what Form 8854 requires · Apply the covered expatriate tests and explain their consequences · Spot the compliance gaps that must be fixed before someone expatriates | Explain who needs an ITIN and when, and when an SSN or EIN applies instead · Prepare a complete Form W-7 with the right supporting documents for each client type · Spot the errors that get W-7 applications rejected or delayed · Understand how Certifying Acceptance Agents verify identity and documents · Apply Circular 230 standards when handling client tax matters | Choose the right W-8 form for individuals and entities · Complete W-8BEN and W-8BEN-E, including treaty benefit claims · Explain the U.S. default 30% withholding and how treaties can reduce it · Classify an entity's FATCA (Chapter 4) status · Recognise documentation errors that lead to over-withholding |
| Required total | $1,600.00 | $1,400.00 | $1,750.00 | $1,400.00 | $1,200.00 |
| Optional total | $300.00 | — | $350.00 | $300.00 | $120.00 |
| Required hours | 20 hours | 26 hours | 20.5 hours | 19.5 hours | 16.5 hours |
| Items | 3 courses · 2 classes | 3 courses · 1 class | 3 courses · 2 classes | 3 courses · 3 classes | 2 courses · 2 classes |
| Credential | XCAPE Certificate in U.S. Business Formation for Non-Residents | XCAPE EA Part 1 Preparation Certificate | XCAPE Certificate in U.S. Expatriate Tax & Expatriation | XCAPE Certificate in ITIN Practice | XCAPE Certificate in Cross-Border Withholding |
Explore the Academy.
Then enroll.
Pick a guide to understand the classes, specializations, and pathways inside XCAPE Academy — then move toward enrollment when you're ready.
EXPLORE FIRST · UNDERSTAND THE PATHWAY SECOND · ENROLL THIRD
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BUILD SKILLS.
BUILD CAPABILITY.
BUILD YOUR FUTURE.
Join the waitlist for your pathway. Cohorts open in small groups, and your enrolment invitation arrives by email when your cohort opens.
Your pathway's exact fee is confirmed at your orientation session.
BUILD SOMETHING
BIGGER THAN A JOB.
Learn the skills.
Build the systems.
Serve the clients.
Lead the team.
Create the practice.
Start your journey today.
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