TIME | TOPIC | LENGTH |
7:45a – 8:25a | Registration | 40 minutes |
8:25a – 9:15a | Federal Developments This course provides a review of new tax laws, court cases, IRS rulings, and other developments as we examine their impact on your business clients. Plus, some strategic planning ideas that you can use with your tax clients.
| 50 minutes |
9:15a – 10:05a | Retirement Plans for Business Owners This session will provide tax practitioners with the information needed to assist business owners in determining which plan option best meets their business needs. | 50 minutes |
10:05a -10:15a | Break | 15 minutes |
10:20a – 12p | Small Business Health insurance Options This session will include a review of the various health insurance options available to the owners of various business entities – proprietorships, partnerships, S corporations and C corporations. | 100 minutes |
12p – 1p | Lunch | 60 minutes |
1p – 2:40p | Sale of a Business This session offers a comprehensive analysis of the business and tax aspects of buying and selling a business. We will offer an in-depth study of Form 4797, Sales of Business Property, in addition to Form 8949, Asset Acquisition Statement Under Section 1060, to report the sale of goodwill. | 100 minutes |
2:40p – 2:55p | Break | 15 minutes |
2:55p – 4:35p | Installment Sales and Buy Sell Agreements This session will address the mechanics of how to report gain under the installment method, interest charges applicable to certain large installment sales, contingent payment installment sales and the consequences of pledging or transferring installment notes. We will review how buy-sell agreements work and analyze the income tax considerations and strategies associated with buy-sell agreements used by partners, LLC members, S corporation shareholders, and C corporation shareholders. | 100 minutes |
Total Time: | 400 minutes |
CPE Credit Information
Business Issues Update and Review
TIME | TOPIC | LENGTH |
7:45a – 8:25a | Registration | 40 minutes |
8:25a – 10:05aa | Recent Developments / Taxing Topics We will review the provisions of new tax laws, court cases, IRS rulings, and other developments as we examine their impact on your individual clients. Taxing Topics Includes various tax topics including a compilation of the most popular tax questions from our seminar participants. This session has become one of our more popular as we address common tax issues practitioners face during tax season. | 100 minutes |
10:05a – 10:20a | Break | 15 minutes |
10:20a -11:10a | Tax Treatment for Investments Annuities, Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, ETFs, Puts and Calls, Net Unrealized Appreciation (NUA), and Worthless securities. How they work and how they are reported for tax purposes. | 50 minutes |
11:10a -12:00p | Ethics This session will review how preparer penalties under Circular 230 have been applied for tax professionals who did not follow the rules, and how you can avoid those issues in your tax practice. | 50 minutes |
12p – 1p | Lunch | 60 minutes |
1p – 2:40p | Tax Planning for Later Years in Life Planning for those taxpayers who are approaching retirement involves a great deal of consideration. Distributions from retirement plans, individual retirement accounts, and income from Social Security benefits have tax consequences. Not only does this course define and explain various forms of retirement income, but it also discusses the tax effects. | 100 minutes |
2:40p – 2:55p | Break | 15 minutes |
2:55p – 4:35p | Gift Tax and Estate Tax Issues This course will enable practitioners to understand the critical issues of preparing the gift tax Form 709. This course covers the disclosure requirements and the information necessary to properly prepare the form. In addition, we will address the tax treatment of a gift with a life estate interest and the related tax consequences for the person creating the life estate as they may unknowingly exceed their annual gift tax exemption. This course addresses the preparation of IRS Form 706, the U.S. Federal Estate Tax Return. Most essential for your practice, you should be prepared to properly explain the deceased spouse unused exclusion (DSUE) portability rules and why you should document those conversations to avoid future problems when clients choose not to file a Form 706. | 100 minutes |
Total Time: | 400 minutes |
CPE Credit Information
CE/CPE Credits for Part 1 Individual Issues Update and Review
TIME | TOPIC | LENGTH |
7:45a – 8:25a | Registration | 40 minutes |
8:25a – 10:05a | Federal Update – New Legislation An in-depth discussion of the new tax bills passed in late 2024 and any additional IRS guidance that will affect the 2024 income tax return, as well as tax planning ideas for your clients. | 100 minutes |
10:05a – 10:20a | Brea | 15 minutes |
10:20a -12p | Federal Forms Update A complete review of the IRS form changes for 2024 tax returns, with a line-by-line explanation and analysis of the more difficult areas. | 100 minutes |
12p – 1p | Lunch | 60 minutes |
1p – 2:40p | Federal Forms Update – Continued A closer look at charitable contributions for those taxpayers who can itemize deductions. In addition, we will review the rules of Form 8962, Premium Tax Credit, which must be filed if a taxpayer received an advanced premium tax credit through the Marketplace during the year. | 100 minutes |
2:40p – 2:55p | Break | 15 minutes |
2:55p – 3:45p | Federal Forms Update – Continued A detailed explanation of taking a tax credit for the repayment of an amount included in income from earlier years. Plus, a review of the underpayment exceptions on Form 2210 using the safe harbor method and the annualization method. | 50 minutes |
3:45p-4:35p | Ethics This session will explore key Circular 230 concepts and provide practical takeaways that face all tax professionals. | 50 minutes |
Total Time: | 400 minutes |
CPE Credit Information
CE/CPE Credits for Part 2 Individual Issues Update and Review