Surgent's Advanced Individual Income Tax Return Issues
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Virtual
8.00 Credits
Member Price $309.00
Non-Member Price $459.00
Overview
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This course qualifies for EA/IRS and CFP credit. If you need EA/IRS credit, please contact Tyler Dion (tdion@masscpas.org) after you have registered and provide him your PTIN number.
Most accounting and financial professionals have been preparing individual income tax returns for years, and while many of the returns are easy, there are always a number of issues that come up in busy season of which experienced practitioners wish they had more knowledge. This course is designed to explore the tough tax issues for experienced practitioners and help them provide better planning strategies and results for their higher income clients.This course qualifies for reimbursement through the state’s Workforce Training Express Fund. Firms/companies with fewer than 50 staff can be reimbursed up to 100% of the cost of training and firms/companies with 50-100 employees can be reimbursed up to 50% of the cost of training. You must register for the course and apply for reimbursement through the Workforce Training Express Fund website a minimum of three weeks prior to the start of the course. The course code for this program is C-13033. To learn more, click here or contact Julia Ekelund at jekelund@masscpas.org.
Highlights
New issues for the current year tax return and 199A Installment sales - understanding the complicated issues Form 8582: Passive losses with carryovers - Complicated case with filled-in forms Puts, calls, straddling, and unusual investments - Understanding the tax laws and reporting them correctly on the tax return Capital gain and loss issues - The problem with proper reporting of installment sales issues; capital gains and losses; when is a stock worthless; and much more… At-risk rules: What a return preparer really needs to know Passive loss issues - You cannot just trust your software. What to watch out for and the questions you need your clients to answer in order to do it right! Incentive and nonqualified stock options - Reporting; key strategies for planning; dealing with the alternative minimum tax Alternative minimum tax - Understanding it; planning strategies to avoid it; using the minimum tax credit; explaining it to a client Form 6251: Detailed calculation example
Prerequisites
Extensive experience in preparation of individual income tax returns
Designed For
Experienced Accounting and Financial Professionals who want and need an in-depth knowledge of the most difficult individual-income-tax-return issues
Objectives
Understand the basics of 199A Understand how to properly report advanced transactions in financial instruments and investments Understand the special problems and new issues for the current return Identify the causes of alternative minimum tax liability and what can be done to reduce or eliminate it
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Michael Frost, Surgent McCoy CPE LLC
Mike Frost, CPA, of Jacksonville, Alabama, provides tax consulting, continuing education, and motivational speaking services through his company, Mike Frost Enterprises. Mike is a former shareholder of MDA Professional Group, PC, where he managed the tax department of the Albertville office. Mike has 31 years of experience in public accounting, including but not limited to: Business and individual income tax preparation and planning; mergers and acquisitions; estate, gift, and trust tax preparation; small business consulting; Medicare planning and other elder care; audit representation; and religious groups and clergy. Mike has conducted CPE engagements and seminars throughout the United States and has served as technical advisor for tax articles in The Sand Mountain Reporter, a local newspaper. Mike has been a featured presenter at the Alabama Society of CPAs Annual Meeting and the Federal Tax Clinic held annually at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Mike graduated with “high honors and distinction” from Jacksonville State University with a major in accounting, a minor in finance, and a 4.0 GPA. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants. In addition, he is a graduate of the Tax Planning and Advising for Closely Held Businesses Certificate of Educational Achievement Program sponsored by the AICPA.
Non-Member Price $459.00
Member Price $309.00