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Secure Transaction CPE Credits
3 Credits: Taxes
Course Level
Overview
Format
Self-Study
Course Description
Designing an optimal compensation package for key employees in small to medium-sized businesses can be a complex challenge. Balancing financial incentives with tax efficiency requires a deep understanding of various compensation methods. This course tackles this issue by delving into the intricacies of qualified and non-qualified deferred compensation, fringe benefits, insurance programs, and more. It agitates the need for strategic planning in compensation to ensure maximum net dollar returns for both the employer and employee. The solution offered by this course lies in its comprehensive examination of income types, the distinction between different compensation plans, and the exploration of fringe benefits and insurance options. By attending, participants will gain the knowledge to effectively strategize and implement compensation packages that align with business goals and employee motivation.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify types of income, from a financial and tax perspective, to be budgeted into cash so that income-producing assets can be acquired and managed for an effective investment plan.
- Determine compensation to maximize the net dollar return using strategies that involve all aspects of how the client relates to the company for which they may be an owner, employee, or both.
- Specify the differences between qualified deferred compensation plans and nonqualified deferred compensation plans, and recognize defined contribution plans from defined benefit plans identifying the characteristics of each so that business owners may choose the most suitable plan to accomplish their financial and worker incentive objectives.
- Recognize the scope and variety of excluded fringe benefits including tax treatment, operational details, and level of incentive-based compensation.
- Identify the disallowance of entertainment expenses, determine the tax treatment of reimbursements paid under accountable and unaccountable plans, and recognize deductible travel expenses undertaken for business.
- Specify types of insurance that a company can provide its employees, denies the various types of equity participation available from which companies may choose, and identify the basic types of buy-sell agreements.
Course Specifics
8202740
April 2, 2024
There are no prerequisites.
None
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Compliance Information
IRS Provider Number: 0MYXB
IRS Course Number: 0MYXB-T-02591-24-S
IRS Federal Tax Law Credits: 3
CTEC Course Number: 2071-CE-1552
CTEC Federal Tax Law Credits: 3
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.
CTEC Notice: California Tax Education Council DOES NOT allow partial credit, course must be taken in entirety. Western CPE has been approved by the California Tax Education Council to offer continuing education courses that count as credit towards the annual “continuing education” requirement imposed by the State of California for CTEC Registered Tax Preparers. A listing of additional requirements to register as a tax preparer may be obtained by contacting CTEC at P.O. Box 2890, Sacramento, CA, 95812-2890, by phone toll-free at (877) 850-2832, or on the Internet at www.ctec.org.
Meet The Experts
Danny Santucci, BA, JD, is a prolific author of tax and financial books and articles. His legal career started with the business and litigation firm of Edwards, Edwards, and Ashton. Later he joined the Century City entertainment firm of Bushkin, Gaims, Gaines, and Jonas working for many well-known celebrities. In 1980, Danny established the law firm of Santucci, Potter, and Leanders in Irvine, California. With increasing lecture and writing commitments, Danny went into sole practice in 1995. His practice emphasizes business taxation, real estate law, and estate planning. Speaking to more than 100 groups nationally each year, he is known …
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