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2024 Federal Tax Update (Complete Edition)
Credits: Taxes
$464.00 Original price was: $464.00.$349.00Current price is: $349.00.
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2024 Federal Tax Update (Complete Edition)
Format
Self-Study
Course Level
Update
CPE Credits
Credits: Taxes
Course Description
America’s #1 Federal Tax Update – Focused on combining the real-life experience of practicing CPAs with all the latest legislative developments enabling participants to quickly understand and implement tax reform changes for their client’s Individual preparations. Western CPE provides you the essential knowledge by reviewing IRS, Congressional, and Judicial actions over the past year in a high-energy, often humorous presentation style. By using real-life experiences to break down complicated tax topics, Western CPE’s Federal Tax Update proves you can get smart explanations without dying of boredom or getting lost in overly-complicated explanations. You’ll receive the most complete and up-to-date reference manual, written by our renowned tax experts including Western CPE’s very own Sharon Kreider. In addition, the digital PDF manual is hyperlinked to the Internal Revenue Code, tax court decisions, and other primary authorities, making it extremely convenient. Join us as our world-class tax instructors share cutting-edge tax planning strategies.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Cite the timing and impact of key provisions of new legislation; and
- Identify key provisions of TCJA and impacts on key provisions by other more recent legislation; and
- Cite current thresholds and phase-outs for key provisions for 2024; and
- Identify requirements for various tax credits applicable to individual taxpayers; and
- Cite the key requirements and thresholds related to foreign financial asset reporting; and
- Identify relevant provisions of ACA applicable to taxpayers in the current year; and
- Identify key provisions of new legislation including Consolidated Appropriations Acts, CARES Act, SECURE Act, and other issuances as well as proposals; and
- Identify rules and issues for IRAs, Roth IRAs, and qualified retirement plans; and
- Cite limitations for contributions, distributions, and conversions; and
- Identify issues with unique retirement plan situations such as self-directed IRAs, loans to participants, and prohibited transactions and the impacts on taxation and assessment of penalties; and
- Identify key rules and regulations including tax issues for online rentals, vacation rentals, and like-kind exchanges; and
- Cite the requirements for real estate rentals for both small investors and real estate professionals; and
- Identify the rules for dealers versus investors in real estate; and
- Cite estate and gift tax exemptions, tax rates, and limitations; and
- Cite current rules and regulations from current and proposed legislation; and
- Cite benefits and drawbacks of Family Limited Partnerships (FLPs) and Limited Liability Companies (LLCs).
- Identify characteristics of new legislation which impacts businesses.
- Cite general rules and regulations for the preparation of business returns.
- Cite details and identify new legislation including CARES, IRA, ARPA, ACA, BBA, and CAA2021.
- Identify opportunities to use business credits.
- Identify implications of new legislation for tax returns.
- Cite the general rules and regulations related to payroll and payroll taxes.
- Cite the rules and amounts of late filing penalties.
- Identify pros and cons of various entity choices in different situations.
- Cite rules and regulations related to partnerships including issues related to partnership audits and the new rules.
- Cite important deadlines related to partnership filings and partner notifications.
- Identify the impact of new legislation such as The Taxpayer’s First Act, the 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act, American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), and other proposed legislation.
Course Specifics
24FTU-SS
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Compliance Information
CFP Notice: Not all courses that qualify for CFP® credit are registered by Western CPE. If a course does not have a CFP registration number in the compliance section, the continuing education will need to be individually reported with the CFP Board. For more information on the reporting process, required documentation, processing fee, etc., contact the CFP Board. CFP Professionals must take each course in it’s entirety, the CFP Board DOES NOT accept partial credits for courses.
Meet The Experts
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Mark Seid, EA, CPA has over 25 years of experience in field of taxation focused on tax controversy. A National Tax Practice Institute graduate, Mark is admitted to practice before the U.S. Tax Court. He has served as an Internal Revenue Agent with the IRS in San Jose and San Luis Obispo, California, a state director for the California Society of Enrolled Agents, and the chair for the society’s Finance and Budget committee. He regularly presents courses to tax professionals on issues affecting small businesses.
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Sharon Kreider, CPA, has helped more than 15,000 California tax preparers annually get ready for tax season. She also presents regularly for the AICPA, the California Society of Enrolled Agents, CCH Audio, and Western CPE. You’ll benefit from the detailed, hands-on tax knowledge Sharon will share with you—knowledge she gained through her extremely busy, high-income tax practice in Silicon Valley. With her dynamic presentation style, Sharon will demystify complex individual and business tax legislation. She’s a national lecturer for business and professional groups and consistently receives outstanding evaluations. In 2014, she was awarded the prestigious AICPA 2014 Sidney Kess Award …