Surgent's S Corporation Taxation: Advanced Issues
4.00 Credits
Member Price $159
Non-Member Price $179
Overview
This course goes beyond the basics and addresses important practical issues that an experienced practitioner must know about S corporations.
Highlights
- Detailed rules governing basis in the shareholder’s debt and stock
- AAA
- Built-in gains incurred from the sale of assets
- Redemptions and liquidations
- Compensation planning for shareholders, including planning strategies under the SECURE Act
- Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and the various stimulus acts, as applicable
Prerequisites
Experience in S corporation tax return preparation
Designed For
Accounting and Financial Professionals whose practices include S corporations and their shareholders
Objectives
- Examine operational issues, keeping track of AAA, and how to calculate basis, apply distribution rules, and avoid loss limitations
- Describe corporate level taxes
- Describe the rules governing the redemption and liquidation of an S corporation
- Examine the issues in compensation planning in S corporations, including limitations in a family-controlled business, in particular after criticism of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration of the IRS efforts to address underreporting of S corporation officer compensation
- Be familiar with the results of the case studies that reinforce key learning points
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 $179
Member Price $159