Surgent's Preparing C Corporation Tax Returns for New Staff and Paraprofessionals
8.00 Credits
Member Price $279
Non-Member Price $299
Overview
This course is a great foundation to introduce new preparers to tax rules related to business returns. The course provides new staff coverage of tax areas affecting all business entities, providing staff training which they may carry to other business entity returns. Such business tax topics include the sale of assets used in any trade or business (Form 4797), depreciation (Form 4562), deductible vs. non-deductible items, and the basics of uniform capitalization. The objective of this course is to train new staff accountants, data processing employees, paraprofessionals, and bookkeepers to prepare a complicated federal corporate income tax return. It is a hands-on, practical course in filling out most tax forms, with extra emphasis on form changes due to new tax law.
Highlights
- Preparation by hand of a reasonably complicated Form 1120 U.S. corporate income tax return from trial balance to completed return
- The importance of Schedule M-1, including many adjustments in reconciling book income to tax income, and items preparation staff may look for on all business returns. Learn to self-review
- New tax-planning strategies for depreciation deductions, including changes to §179 and first-year depreciation (Section 168(k)) as a result of recent tax legislation
- Methods of accounting -- Application and choices
- In-depth analysis of Form 4797 dealing with depreciation recapture
- Deductible expenses -- including rules on meals and entertainment
- Section 163(j)
- Computation of tax liability
- Overview of many common business deductions; which are deductible and which are M-1 items?
- How to practically handle uniform capitalization and inventory accounting for a small manufacturing concern
- And much more
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
New staff and paraprofessionals involved in return preparation
Objectives
- Develop an understanding of basic preparation principles which affect all business entities
- Learn in detail about the preparation of a Form 1120, and Schedule M-1
- Understand the proper treatment of trial balance entries into Form 1120
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Michael Frost, Shareholder & Tax Partner, MDA Professional Group, P.C.
Mike Frost, CPA, is an associate and shareholder of MDA Professional Group, P.C. and has been with the Albertville office since 1989. Currently a tax partner, he specializes in all areas of income tax and small business consulting including but not limited to: business and individual income tax preparation and planning, estate and retirement planning, estate, gift, and trust tax preparation, small business consulting, Medicare planning and other elder care, audit representation, religious groups and clergy. Frost has conducted CPE engagements and seminars for the Alabama Society of Enrolled Agents and the Childcare Resource Network of Alabama and is an instructor for the Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mike has served as technical advisor for tax articles for the Sand Mountain Reporter newspaper, and has been a regular on the public speaking circuit. Mike graduated with “high honors and distinction” from Jacksonville State University with a major in accounting and a minor in finance and a 4.0 GPA. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Accountants Global Network, International. In addition, he is a graduate of the Tax Planning and Advising for Closely Held Businesses Certificate of Educational Achievement Program sponsored by the AICPA. Mike is an ordained minister and pastor. He enjoys music, and is a vocalist in a local Christian band. He is also active in his community as an Albertville Rotarian. Mike resides in Albertville, Alabama with his wife, Kay, and two children, Dylan and Sarah.
Non-Member Price $299
Member Price $279