Investment Scam Losses: How to Get Deductions
Overview
This program addresses the many issues impacting investment scams. The unique challenges facing practitioners in finding deductions for the horrendous losses many clients experience due to these scams are related to actual practice situations – and then analyzed for their deduction implications. The situations are based on real life experiences of practitioner clients.
Highlights
- Categorization of various scams
- The keys to deductibility
- Review of the client's required actions to allow deductibility
- Disclosures and forms reporting required for deductibility
- “Tales from the Front” – practice issues CPAs are dealing with in these extraordinary situations
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
CPAs in public practices and members in industry
Objectives
- Identify key components of the deductibility of investment scams perpetrated on vulnerable clients
- Apply action steps for deductibility allowance
- Identify planning strategies and potential pitfalls
Preparation
None
Notice
This course is offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible in the My CPE Tracker section of the ISCPA website. Course access information will be emailed directly to you by Accounting Continuing Professional Education Network (ACPEN).
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Steven Dilley PhD, Federal Tax Workshops Inc
Steven C. Dilley is a professor at Michigan State University where he teaches tax accounting. He obtained his PhD in accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1972. In 1969 he also received a law degree and an undergraduate accounting degree from UW-Madison. He is a member of the Wisconsin Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Wisconsin Institute of CPAs, the Michigan Association of CPAs, the American Accounting Association, the American Institute of CPAs, the American Taxation Association, and the Hawaii Association of Public Accountants. Steve is the President of the Federal Tax Workshops, Inc. This organization prepares continuing education materials and presents continuing education programs for accountants and attorneys throughout the United States. Steve is nationally known for his knowledge of taxation in general and especially for his knowledge of the financial, accounting, and tax problems of the closely held business. He has published numerous articles on those topics.
Non-Member Price $59.00
Member Price $39.00