In a surprise twist, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was passed in short order after secret negotiations were revealed in late July 2022. Seismic changes in tax legislation are currently taking place, and the well-informed tax practitioner will want to attend this two-hour program in order to stay abreast of these developments! This course will provide a concise look at these hot topics. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics covered in this course include:

• Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
  • The new 15% corporate AMT
  • Electric Vehicle Credits
  • Clean Commercial Vehicle Credits
  • 1% tax on the repurchase of corporate stock
  • Excess Business Losses
  • Clean Energy Tax Credits
  • Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit
  • Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction (Section 179D)
  • New Credits
  • Research Credits for Small Businesses
  • Excise Taxes on Fossil Fuels
  • Green Property Depreciation
  • Additional Funding for the IRS
  • Transfers of certain credits to an unrelated transferee
• Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act of 2022

Who will benefit: Who should Attend: This course is suitable for corporate tax and finance executives, directors, managers and staff, CPAs, CAs Enrolled Agents, accountants, attorneys and business/financial advisors who work with and advise businesses that have these tax implications.

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Most review techniques developed by professionals are self-taught and fine-tuned via experience. Yet how does one start? The purpose of this course is to give both new and seasoned reviewers additional and advanced procedures via a multitude of checklists to more thoroughly review S corporation and partnership tax returns. Its emphasis is not planning; rather, it is to develop a strategy to properly review a return effectively and thoroughly. The course includes dozens of practice tips for new reviewers and is updated for impacts of newly enacted legislation.

Major Topics

• Reviews of portions of error-prone staff-prepared Forms 1120S and 1065 from client-provided information
• What are common errors preparers make and what are the areas generating malpractice claims?
• Initial administrative groundwork
• The importance of Schedule M-1
• Reporting requirements for Schedules K-2 and K-3
• Dont fall prey to reporting oddities
• When can seemingly separately stated Schedule K items actually be trade or business items to report on Forms 1120S or 1065, page 1?
• Form 1120S  What exactly is terminating S elections today? How do I recognize a second class of stock? Maintaining shareholder basis schedules; beware of final IRS regulations regarding open debt; the default method of calculating basis versus the election under 1367; can an S corporation distribute earnings and profits from C corporation years?
• Form 1065  Why use 704(b) to maintain capital accounts; 704(c) regulations for preventing the shifting of tax consequences among partners or members; allocating recourse, nonrecourse, and qualified nonrecourse debt; a review of 754 step-up in basis rules
• Multiple checklists of efficient procedures to identify potential issues on an 1120S or 1065 tax return

Learning Objectives

• Expand the process involved in reviewing applicable tax returns
• Identify the most common areas that result in errors
• Document a review, including consideration of risk management

In the course of legal actions, payments may be made pursuant to a final disposition of a court case or a mutually agreed-upon settlement. This course will cover the tax implications for payments made for personal injury, emotional distress, lost wages, punitive awards, pre- and post-judgement interest, contract claims, among other damages. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics covered in this class include:

• Types of damages or remedies that can be awarded or agreed upon pursuant to litigation
• Review of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations governing the taxation of various types of litigation payments
• Suggestions for drafting pleadings or settlement agreements

Who will benefit: This course is suitable for Corporate tax and finance personnel, CPAs, CAs EAs, accountants, attorneys and business/financial advisors. All in-house and public practice tax professionals will benefit from this timely and insightful seminar.

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This session comprises one of four Form 990 Master Classes available to those wanting intermediate-to-advanced training on topics that comprise the 990's most difficulty arenas. The two public support tests have been utilized since the finalization of Regulations to the 1969 statutory changes that subdivided the 501(c)(3) world into “private foundations” and “public charities.” The tests’ application remains murky to most preparers (even though they have been in existence, virtually unchanged, for decades). This session has two key goals: first, ensuring that participants understand the design, reach, and purpose of each test; and second, making practitioners conversant (with the materials as back-up) h of each test's line-by-line inputs. While it is impossible "to have fun" with these tests, participants will walk away knowing where pressure points exist and how those vary depending on an organization's specific successes or gaps in achieving diversity of so-called "public support." What is possible and achievable from this session is that these tests can be mastered! Although this course is categorized as "Basic", the content is also suitable for those seeking advanced-level training. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics that will be covered in this class include:

• Intro to the two public support tests (PSTs), including the various common misconceptions about each test's application
• Review of each test, focusing first on the relative ease of PST #1 (that calculated on Schedule A, Part II) which employs a bifurcated test (i.e., an automatic %-age versus a 'facts and circumstance' %-age “in”); thereafter, emphasizing the demands and challenges of PST #2 (calculated on Schedule A, Part III) with its restrictive parameters and dual tests each of which must be passed to be “in”
• Practical tips (and materials on same) translating revenue presentation from the Core Form 990 at Part VIII to the line inputs for both PSTs via Schedule A's Parts II and III
• Discussion of how to assist organizations who are in danger of flunking one or both PSTs
• Analyzing anomalies: explanation of both what comprises an unusual grant and when a filer's PST 1 "facts and circumstances test" argument ages out

Who will benefit: Public accounting tax and audit staff, and nonprofit organization's Treasurers, CFOs and finance/compliance advisors

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This program reviews the various tax crimes, and what the government looks for when determining to prosecute a taxpayer or preparer. The emphasis is on reviewing the privileges, including 5th amendment, attorney-client and accountant-client. Also included is a discussion of the accountant’s role in helping the attorneys prepare analysis, recreating records and looking at tax loss calculations for sentencing. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics that will be covered in this class include:

• Basic tax crimes
• Investigatory techniques 
• Privilege issues 
• Tax loss issues

Who will benefit: CPAs

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Fringe benefits are just another way of paying your employees. Do you know how to correctly track fringe benefits, as well as apply and report the various withholding tax rules for those fringe benefits? The IRS says fringe benefits must be included in and reported as a part of employee pay, but with any good tax law, there are always exclusions to that rule. Knowing how to handle fringe benefits can be complicated, especially in an area that changes on an annual basis. Attendees will leave with an understanding of what the requirements are around fringe benefits, what constitutes a fringe benefit, and whether it is taxable or not. We will also explore the evergreen areas of reporting S-Corp Shareholder Health, HSA, and when cash is not taxable compensation. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics covered in this class include:

• What is and what is not a fringe benefit
• Payroll tax withholding rules on taxable fringe benefits
• Payroll reporting on employee checks, payroll returns, and W-2s
• What to watch for at year end and where to go to get resources

Who will benefit: Appropriate for professionals at all organization levels, including seasoned professionals. This includes CPAs in public practice, as well as tax professionals working in industry, including those in Controller and CFO roles with limited exposure to payroll.

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This program reviews the statutory and regulatory guidance as they relate to fringe benefits. There will be an emphasis on entertainment, meals and business transportation expenses, including qualified employer-provided parking, with a focus on planning opportunities. Recent federal tax legislation, cases and rulings will also be addressed. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics that will be covered in this class include:

• Definition of what qualifies as an entertainment expense
• Strategies to deduct business entertainment expenses
• Deductibility of meals
• Situations not subject to the 50% meals and entertainment reduction
• How to handle automobile issues related to employer-provided parking
• Proper accounting for deductible vs. non-deductible expenditures
• The four steps to analyze business expenses
• The latest federal legislation, cases and rulings

Who will benefit: CPAs in public practice and industry seeking the latest developments on reporting entertainment and business transportation expenses.

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Once you’ve been involved in fraud case work, you’ll never prepare a tax return the same again. So says an experienced CPA and fraud investigator who will run down the top ways to keep your clients on the right side of IRS trouble. Technology has changed how we approach a tax return as we fill out the forms based on information that may not be as accurate as we think. Learn how to help your clients implement some basic technology in order for you to provide trusted advisory service to minimize the exposure to potential tax audit issues. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event. The major topics that will be covered in this class include:

• Overview of available technology and resources to help provide attendees tools to assist their clients minimize exposure to tax audit issues. 
• The focus of the IRS is during audits, record-keeping and vital conversations to have with your clients.

Who will benefit: CPAs and Accountants

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Seismic changes in tax legislation is currently taking place, and the well-informed tax practitioner will want to attend this two hour monthly program in order to stay abreast of these developments! Approximately one-half of the program is devoted to individual tax issues, and the remaining time is spend on business entity taxation, IRS procedure, tax legislation and other issues. Due to the changing nature of the topic, learning objectives, course descriptions and program content will vary and will be provided in more specificity closer to presentation time. This course provides a concise look at the hottest topics affecting every tax practitioner. The first presentation of this course each month will be delivered live. Subsequent presentations during the month will be a rebroadcast of the live presentation.

The major topics covered in this class include:

• Current individual tax issues
• Current business entity tax issues
• Any current tax legislation occurring during the period
• Other issues affecting the profession, including IRS procedure, current cases, payroll, and other federal tax issues

Who will benefit: This course is suitable for corporate tax and finance executives, directors, managers and staff, CPAs, CAs Enrolled Agents, accountants, attorneys and business/financial advisors who work with and advise businesses that have tax implications.

THIS WEBCAST IS HOSTED ON CPA CROSSINGS PLATFORM. ATTENDEES WILL RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO ATTEND THE WEBCAST VIA E-MAIL.

Introductory Session of Borenstein's Form 990 Foundational Series: This "initiation and introduction to" the Form 990's mechanics and importance will prevent you from drowning in the Form 990's force-field! More than 80% of the Form’s inputs and relevant definitions are NOT found in the statutes and Regulations that apply to the exempt sector, a reality that can be overwhelming for both novices and more advanced preparers. This session provides an easy-to-digest synopsis of the entirety of the Form’s key definitions as well as the mechanics that preparers need embrace from the moment they first approach preparing a 990. Packed with practical tips and perspectives on data gathering, this class is a "must" gateway for beginning (and even more experienced) preparers to learn “how to befriend Form 990 preparation.” This webinar will vault preparers past all the initially confounding problems of the Form 990, providing baseline info on the critical nuances the form uses. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics that will be covered in this class include:

• Overview of the Form 990's design and goals in play upon the Core Form and tack-on Schedules
• Address of the definition's key factors that make a third-party organization a "related organization"
• Exploring the definitions of parties who are to be disclosed as managers at Part VII-A (i.e., as a TDOKE -- a Trustee/Director (TD)/Officer (O)/Key Employee (KE) – or as a High 5) and understanding what is the definition and measure of "reportable compensation"
• Working with the definitions of "family member" and "independence" as same are used in Parts VI and Schedule L
• Applying the definition of "business relationship" as same is used in Part VI
• Sequencing of the form's preparation tasks and who to go to for information
• Working with the Board of Directors to have them understand what the completed Form 990 conveys to the public/regulators

Who will benefit: Public accounting tax and audit staff, and nonprofit organization's Treasurers, CFOs and other finance/compliance advisors

THIS WEBCAST IS HOSTED ON CPA CROSSINGS PLATFORM. ATTENDEES WILL RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO ATTEND THE WEBCAST VIA E-MAIL.