June 21, 2017


In-Person

Spectrum Beach Club
925 Beach Club Trl, Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama 36542-8142


4 CPE

INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RETURN MISTAKES AND HOW TO FIX THEM

June 21, 2017
In-Person
4 CPE

INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RETURN MISTAKES AND HOW TO FIX THEM

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    Instructor

    Mike
    Frost

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Learning Objectives

  • Achieve significant insight into the major mistakes that can be made in individual tax and financial planning
  • Develop strategies that will assist in not only avoiding mistakes but also in providing the best advice to your clients

Major Topics

  • Applicable coverage of recent tax acts and any new legislation enacted before presentation
  • Individual income tax cases regarding income, adjustments, passive activities, and itemized deductions
  • When "gifts" can be taxable
  • Hazy situation, two seemingly similar cases, yet one results in ordinary tax treatment, the other capital treatment (heads they win, tails we lose)
  • When a rollover is not a rollover - the Claim of Right Doctrine
  • I want to protect my identity, but I also need to protect my PTIN
  • Failing alimony's written instrument requirement
  • Failing alimony's same household requirement
  • Trying to carry back a tax loss that has yet to occur
  • No deduction for donating a house to a fire department
  • Failure to report income witnessed by 20 million people
  • Form 8938 for reporting foreign financial assets and updated rules. How much trouble results in not filing a FinCEN Form 114?
  • Financial planning -- Ignoring the future of Social Security; Miscues in rollovers & retirement plan distributions, The bad, the good, and the ugly of early retirement

CPE Credits Available

4 CPE
4
Taxes

Spectrum Beach Club

925 Beach Club Trl, Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama 36542-8142

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Things to Know About This Course

Course Level

  • Intermediate

Professional Area of Focus

  • Tax

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of individual income taxation

Advanced Preparation

None

Intended Audience

CPAs who wish to get a deeper insight into underlying tax law for some common client transactions that many offices have seen, plus some not so common client transactions

Provider

Surgent McCoy CPE

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