Surgent's Individual and Financial-Planning Tax Camp
8.00 Credits
Member Price $299
Non-Member Price $319
Overview
Each year brings its own set of tax planning challenges, and this year is no exception. This course aims to arm tax planners with planning strategies and ideas that all clients, but in particular, wealthy clients, middle-income clients, and closely held business owners need to consider right now to take advantage of present opportunities and plan for future tax advantages. Learn strategies that can really have an impact on client lives, while also bringing value to you and your firm. Please Note: 2026 returns are not covered in this course. They will be covered after their issuance, as part of our spring 2027 course release.
Highlights
- Comprehensive coverage of the One Big Beautiful Tax Bill Act
- Reading a tax return for developing client-specific tax strategies
- Changes to the lifetime estate tax exemption considering proposed regulations
- The net investment income tax: planning for compliance
- Family income-splitting strategies that need to be considered
- Income tax issues: impact on timing of other income
- Selling a principal residence
- Two principal residences at the same time
- Use of life insurance to protect families: Whole Life Insurance, Term Life Insurance, Universal Life Insurance, and Variable Life Insurance
- Using Roth IRAs and Roth contribution programs to best advantage
- Conversions: do they still make sense?
- Taking distributions: matching timing to client requirements
- Qualified plan contributions to reduce current income and Social Security tax: implications for business owners and self-employed
- Social Security - the latest on the looming solvency crisis
- Incentive Stock Options and Employee Stock Purchase Plan considerations
- What to do about itemized deductions
- Trans-generational planning: conversions, income, and gain-splitting
- Tax benefits of HSAs and other tax-advantaged accounts
- Identifying tax opportunities: reviewing the prior-year return to develop a plan for the future
- Planning for middle-income taxpayers: financial planning for the young, the working, and those approaching or in retirement
- Best financial planning ideas for young people
Prerequisites
Experience in individual income tax planning and income tax return preparation
Designed For
Those involved in tax planning for individuals, including those who may be partners or shareholders
Objectives
- Mine a tax return for tax planning with a client
- Understand the planning implications of the current environment
- Determine the best tax strategies for retirement
- Understand tax planning for the middle-income client
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
David Peters, CPA Crossings, LLC Two Commerce Square
David R. Peters, CPA, CFP, CPCU, MST, MBA Peters Tax Preparation & Consulting, Richmond, VA & Rock Hill, SC David Peters is an independent tax preparer for Peters Tax Preparation & Consulting, and a financial advisor and outside representative for Carroll Financial Associates. He has over fourteen years of experience in financial services, including three years in the hedge fund industry and six years in the insurance industry. David was the first-ever Chief Financial Officer of Compare.com, an insurance price comparison company - a position he held for over three years. He was also instrumental in the early success of Elephant Auto Insurance, a six state auto insurance carrier, located in Glen Allen, VA. He holds four masters degrees, and is currently pursuing his PhD in Financial Planning. He regularly teaches courses in accounting, finance, insurance, financial planning, and ethics in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. He is an Adjunct Professor in Finance and Accounting at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC, and teaches regularly for Kaplan Test Preparation. He contributes regularly to various CPA publications, including NCACPA’s Interim Report, SCACPA’s CPA Report, and VSCPA’s Disclosures.
Non-Member Price $319
Member Price $299