As the digital asset market continues to mature, more taxpayers may be contemplating blessing their favorite charitable organizations with gifts of cryptocurrency. Beneficiaries unfamiliar with digital assets may find it challenging to properly report any of these types of donations. Likewise, taxpayers will need to ensure that they properly value and substantiate any contributions or potentially risk their charitable deductions being denied. This course will provide a brief overview of digital assets. This will be followed by a discussion of the rules regarding the documentation required when claiming a charitable contribution of digital assets. This course will also cover recent IRS publications and cases discussing taxpayers whose deductions of digital assets charitable gifts was scrutinized. 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 the presentation you will be able to...
- Define the elements of negligence, the common law cause of action.
- Explain what constitutes reasonable practitioner behavior with reference to practice standards and common law.
- Ascertain how to avoid common pitfalls that could lead to the practitioner being sued.
Major Topics
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:
- How accountant liability is a very real threat in today's litigious society.
- A discussion of scenarios in which accounting professionals can find themselves inadvertently involved in a lawsuit.
- Pitfalls in which the accountant may find him- or her- self while dealing with clients.
- Real-life examples from the speaker's extensive experience as a practitioner and as an expert witness in accounting malpractice cases.
