With over 50% of marriages ending in divorce, forensic accountants are frequently used in uncovering hidden income and assets. It is not uncommon for one spouse to hide money from another, sometimes for nefarious reasons. As a CPA, your services are valued by high-net-worth individuals who hire attorneys in their divorce proceedings. In this course, you will learn the art of financial investigations and how to uncover the truth in divorce cases, whether from offshore accounts to lifestyle analysis. Step by step, the course will teach you the valuable skills necessary in finding, analyzing, evaluating, and presenting your findings to your client and if needed, ultimately in divorce court. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Learning Objectives
After attending this course, you will be able to...
- Distinguish the relationship of ethics to supervisory/managerial responsibilities
- Identify ethical traps of supervision/management
- Recognize how to set job standards and analyze performance
- Recognize the importance of fairness in managing unconscious bias
- Strengthen or develop communication skills
Major Topics
The major topics covered in this course include:
- The authority of the IRS in assessing tax penalties.
- The types of penalties that can be removed.
- The process the IRS uses to evaluate penalty abatements.
- How to request penalty abatements.
- Best practices in asking for penalty abatement, including using appeals.
