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 covered in this class include:
- Defining Federal Income Taxes
- Computing federal income tax liability
- Calculating adjusted gross income
- Defining Qualifying Child
- Determining filing status
- Calculating the Kiddie Tax
- Standard deduction
- Tax Rates for ordinary income, capital gains, and qualified dividend income
- Cash v. Accrual Method
- Filing deadlines and obtaining extensions
