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Form 706 Preparation Part 4: GST Schedule R, Form 8971, Payments & Credits 26-27
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
• Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax, Schedule R, including election statements and integration with the marital deduction• Foreign Death Tax Credit, Schedule P and Prior Transfer Credit, Schedule Q• Qualified Conservation Easements, Schedule U• Making Sec. 6166 election and using Graegin loans
Know Your Cost: Double Your Profit 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• Why traditional approaches are inadequate• How superior cost information can double your profit• Make Activity Based Costing spreadsheet easy• Recognize joint and by-products• Add throughput costing to your toolbox• Depreciation• Interest and the cost of capital
Accounting for Income Taxes for Private Companies 26-27
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $175
• Sample Schedule M calculations• Sample work papers for deferred tax computations• Comprehensive two-year example and computations• Review and analysis of recurring temporary differences• Identification of the sources to compute "cumulative temporary differences"• Sample workpapers for analysis of tax positions
Lease Accounting - Making Sense of the Standard 26-27
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $175
• What control of assets constitute a lease• Embedded leases• Fixed and variable consideration• Determining the lease term• Modifications and assessments• Related party leases• Presenting leases on financial statements• Components of calculating liabilities and rights of use
Know Your Cost: Double Your Profit 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• Why traditional approaches are inadequate• How superior cost information can double your profit• Make Activity Based Costing spreadsheet easy• Recognize joint and by-products• Add throughput costing to your toolbox• Depreciation• Interest and the cost of capital
Acquisitions for Business Growth: Strategy, Integration, and Due Diligence 26-27
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
• Valuing businesses• Negotiate the right price• Understand the keys to effective and efficient due diligence• Prepare and review agreements• Plan and execute an effective integration• Key considerations when selling a business
State and Federal Ethics Considerations 26-27
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $175
• Statutory developments• Key cases that impact your client• Administrative and procedural developments" Federal and state standards of tax practice• Return preparer registration (state and federal)• State and federal penalties that apply to tax practice• Conflicts of interest related to flow-through entities• Ethics issues related to operating a virtual tax practice• Application of taxpayer privileges in tax practice• Understand Due Diligence.
The Art of the Interview 26-27
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
• Identify inconsistencies and uncover financial misconduct.• Use psychological and behavioral cues to detect deception.• Build rapport to elicit key details from interview subjects.• Adapt questioning techniques to different personalities and contexts.
Nonprofit A&A Standards Update and New Developments 26-27
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
• Pledges and contributions• Restrictions and conditions• Special concerns with governmental funding• Donated goods and services• Special events• Revenues earned through sales and services to customers
Comprehensive Update: FASB, AICPA (SAS, SQMS, SSARS & Ethics) 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• ASU effective in 2024 and beyond • Recent SAS • Selected ethics interpretations
Federal Tax Update: Business Comprehensive 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• Review of recent federal legislation and administrative rulings• Review of recent modifications to tax forms• Review of small business tax law and administrative update changes• Review of retirement plan changes• Overall review of tax practice and procedures
IRAs—Traditional, Roth, SEP & SIMPLE 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• An emphasis on newly enacted tax legislation affecting IRAs., including the NEW final required minimum distribution (RMD) regulations• Contribution limits to and tax treatment of distributions from Traditional, Roth, SEP and SIMPLE IRAs• Deductible phase-out limits for Traditional IRA contributions for taxpayers who are active participants in qualified retirement plans• Roth IRA contribution phase-out limits, as well as tax-free qualified distributions• Planning opportunities for conversions to ROTH IRAs• Rollover rules to/from different retirement accounts and the one-rollover-per-year limitation• The different options of receiving IRA distributions before age 59 ½ and avoiding the 10% early distribution penalty (including substantially equal periodic payments)• The required minimum distribution (RMD) rules from IRAs needed to avoid the 50% penalty after the account owner turns age 72 or dies• The tax ramifications of spouse and non-spouse beneficiaries and how this affects the RMD calculation after the account owner's death• Overview of health savings account (HSA) eligibility rules, contribution limits and distribution rules
Comprehensive Update: FASB, AICPA (SAS, SQMS, SSARS & Ethics) 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• ASU effective in 2024 and beyond • Recent SAS • Selected ethics interpretations
Federal Tax Update: Business Comprehensive 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• Review of recent federal legislation and administrative rulings• Review of recent modifications to tax forms• Review of small business tax law and administrative update changes• Review of retirement plan changes• Overall review of tax practice and procedures
IRAs—Traditional, Roth, SEP & SIMPLE 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• An emphasis on newly enacted tax legislation affecting IRAs., including the NEW final required minimum distribution (RMD) regulations• Contribution limits to and tax treatment of distributions from Traditional, Roth, SEP and SIMPLE IRAs• Deductible phase-out limits for Traditional IRA contributions for taxpayers who are active participants in qualified retirement plans• Roth IRA contribution phase-out limits, as well as tax-free qualified distributions• Planning opportunities for conversions to ROTH IRAs• Rollover rules to/from different retirement accounts and the one-rollover-per-year limitation• The different options of receiving IRA distributions before age 59 ½ and avoiding the 10% early distribution penalty (including substantially equal periodic payments)• The required minimum distribution (RMD) rules from IRAs needed to avoid the 50% penalty after the account owner turns age 72 or dies• The tax ramifications of spouse and non-spouse beneficiaries and how this affects the RMD calculation after the account owner's death• Overview of health savings account (HSA) eligibility rules, contribution limits and distribution rules
Comprehensive S Corporation Taxation Form 1120S 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• Learn how to qualify and to make the S corporation election• Determine how to calculate initial and annual stock and debt basis amounts and the three reasons why they are maintained• Understand the four loss limitation rules applied on the shareholder's individual income tax return (i.e., basis, at-risk, passive, and excess business loss limitations)• Understand the proper tax treatment and reporting of a distribution from the S corporation to a shareholder• Determine how to calculate AAA and OAA account for an S corporation as well as the 3 potential taxes• Determine the impact of health insurance, the net investment income tax, qualified business income tax deduction and unreasonable compensation issues on the reporting function of the S corporation
How Changes in Business Methods Affects Internal Control 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• How is business changing.• What is driving the change and how long will it last.• How specifically is an organizations control system important.• What steps are needed to "keep up" with the upheaval.
Pension and Profit-Sharing Plan Strategies 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• Types of documents: advantages and disadvantages, where they fit and plan termination issues• Types of retirement plans• Plan selection and design• Contribution and deduction limits and timing• Reporting and disclosure: Form 5500 and participant communications• Legislative environment• In-plan Roth conversions
Vows Made Visible: Ethics and the Call of the Profession 26-27
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $175
• AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, Institute of Management Accountants Standards of Ethical Conduct and T.D. Circular 230• Implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002• Recent, relevant cases on accounting profession ethics and professional responsibility• Areas the partner should pay particular attention to• What it means to be a profession and a professional• Ethical frameworks
Comprehensive S Corporation Taxation Form 1120S 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• Learn how to qualify and to make the S corporation election• Determine how to calculate initial and annual stock and debt basis amounts and the three reasons why they are maintained• Understand the four loss limitation rules applied on the shareholder's individual income tax return (i.e., basis, at-risk, passive, and excess business loss limitations)• Understand the proper tax treatment and reporting of a distribution from the S corporation to a shareholder• Determine how to calculate AAA and OAA account for an S corporation as well as the 3 potential taxes• Determine the impact of health insurance, the net investment income tax, qualified business income tax deduction and unreasonable compensation issues on the reporting function of the S corporation