CPE Catalog & Events

Payroll tax requirements for wages, including wages subject to the .9 percent tax, employee benefits and reimbursements, nonqualified deferred compensation, stock options, and tips Fringe benefits issues, such as health insurance, life insurance, cafeteria plan benefits, accountable and non-accountable plans, standard mileage rates, and per diem rates Special issues -- Using a common paymaster, how to file W-2s after a takeover, merger, or acquisition, and state and local tax withholding Statutory employees, independent contractors, and possible changes to 530 relief Penalties -- Who is a responsible person? Expenses and gross-up calculations Pension issues and payroll taxes including SIMPLE plans, and 401(k) and pension distributions The Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) Forms I-9, W-9, W-2, 1099, 1099-NEC, SS-8, and 940 Understanding payroll tax responsibilities in the gig economy

Issues involved when settling an estate - marshaling of assets, payment of creditors, & distribution and accounting to beneficiaries Explaining the needs and limitations of durable powers of attorney, health care directives, and living wills Why a will is probated, and on what grounds it may be challenged Comprehensive checklists on how to read a will, duties of an executor and trustee, and much more Identification and report of estate assets What to do and what not to do as a fiduciary, executor, or trustee - duty of care, investment, informing, payment of debts and taxes, & defending a will contest How executors and trustees interact with beneficiaries Elective shares, and when a spouse might make that choice What a trustee needs to know about incompetents and minors Rights of creditors, third parties, and beneficiaries Key issues in transferring property to a trust and from a trust or estate to a beneficiary Identifying income, estate, and inheritance taxes Fiduciary accounting - principal and income concepts An introduction to drafting an account, and why it is relevant Administration of revocable trusts Estate basis reporting

• Financial statement disclosures for small and medium-sized businesses • Balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows presentation and disclosure issues • Disclosure examples from all sized entities which you can use to base your disclosures on • Developing disclosure issues, including disclosures related to the adoption of Topic 606

• Retirement planning using variables such as desired lifestyle, travel plans, housing plans, medical needs, and family needs to customize a retirement plan unique to the client • Using the residence and other real estate as retirement assets through equity and rent • Using the small business as a retirement resource through creative retirement plans, non-qualified deferred compensation, and converting the value of the business through sales within the family or to an outside party • An overview of portfolio management for retirees, including: sustainable portfolio withdrawal rates; balancing investments between income and equity, and taxable and nontaxable; and asset liquidation and distribution timing to minimize the tax impact of retirement distributions and maximize cash flow from retirement vehicles and Social Security • Developing a three-legged retirement stool of employer retirement, savings, and Social Security, and timing the use of the legs of the stool to maximize after tax retirement benefits • Analysis of the most current/important research on retirement planning and sustaining retirement income levels and lifestyles and the impact of the most recent tax laws, regulations, and rulings • Planning with the new retirement provisions of SECURE Act 2.0

• Building change into the planning process • Sales/income plan • Intermediate planning • Technology plan • Capital equipment planning • One-year operating plan • Monthly planning • Cash plan • Risk plan

Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation A review of like-kind exchange transactions under section 1031 Guidance on the impact of recent legislation on S corporations and partnership entities Form 1099-K reporting requirements Thinking beyond section 163(j) - Interest Allocation Rules, Original Issue Discount, Applicable High Yield DiscountObligations, Convertible Corporate Debt Instruments, and Debt-Financed Distributions Bonus depreciation in 2024 Section 174 Research and Experimental Expenditures FinCEN reporting requirements in 2024 A review of the key cases, rulings, and tax law changes affecting S corporations, partnerships, limited liabilitycompanies, and limited liability partnerships

• Recently issued FASB Accounting Standards Updates, the PCC Update, and items on the FASB's Technical Agenda • Leases - Topic 842 • Review of SAS No. 142 - Audit Evidence • Recently issued SASs and other AICPA activity • Detailed review of SAS No. 145 • Other important A&A practice matters

Common errors made involving the following tax topics: • Section 199A qualified business income deduction • Home office • Hobby losses • Self-employment health insurance • Business start-up costs • Depreciation • Unreported income • Schedule C issues • Like-kind exchanges • Self-employment tax • Sections 1202 and 1244 stock • Charitable contributions of property

• The CPA's role in today's economy • The similarities and differences between individual and business ethics • The link between ethics, integrity and scruples • The basic attributes of ethics and professional conduct • The history of the CPA profession and the CPA's requirement to adhere to ethics policies and codes of conduct • The AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct and a CPA's responsibility to the public, clients, and colleagues • The common rules and statutes faced daily in the CPA profession. Case studies may also be utilized to present potential ethical dilemmas CPAs may face during their careerson

• Coverage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 • Criteria that the IRS uses to select returns for examination • Vehicles, meals, and virtual currency considerations • Worker classification determinations on who is an employee and who is an independent contractor • S corporation officer's reasonable compensation issues • Responsibilities to pay the employment taxes when the business defaults • Tax-related identity theft procedures

• Private company standard setting activities • Recent FASB Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs) • Topic 842, Leases • ASC 326: CECL

Common errors made involving the following tax forms: • Form 1065 • Schedules K and K-1 • Schedules M-1 and M-2 • Form 4562 • Form 4797

• Review of the different aspects of forensic accounting • The civil litigation process as it relates to forensic accounting • Litigation services provided by forensic accountants • Fraud detection and prevention • Various types of fraud • Training and certifications in forensic accounting • Forensic accounting in bankruptcy proceedings • Forensic accounting in family law proceedings • Calculating damages for use in litigation • Valuations • Ethical issues pertinent to forensic accounting

Common errors made involving the following tax forms: • Form 1120-S • Schedule K-1 • Schedule L • Schedules M-1 and M-2 • Form 4562 • Form 4797

• Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation • A tour of the most recent changes starting from gross income and ending with alternative minimum tax (AMT) and selected credits including the latest IRS guidance on recent tax legislation • Hot, hidden, or miscellaneous developments affecting the upcoming tax season • Review of new laws and changes in old forms to provide a familiarity for the upcoming tax season • Key new tax and practice developments and how they impact the current-year tax forms for individuals

Ethics and ethical behavior The core principles of professional conduct The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct