Combining the real-life experience of a practicing CPA with essential down-to-earth tax materials in a high-tech format, this powerful presentation will enable participants to quickly grasp recent tax changes. You'll receive the most complete and up-to-date reference manual, written by renowned tax experts, Karen Brosi and Sharon Kreider. The digital PDF manual is hyperlinked to the Internal Revenue Code, tax court decisions, and other primary authorities, making it extremely convenient. Join these world-class tax instructors as they share cutting-edge tax planning strategies in a high energy, often humorous presentation style using real-life experiences, which make complicated tax topics easily understandable. Specific course topics will be announced and updated through year-end.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to: • Discuss business tax reform developments.
• Enumerate planning ideas for business tax reform.
• Convey details of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) “employer mandate."
• Accurately prepare returns for business taxpayers.
• Understand and apply the various rules and regulations on the QBI deduction.
• Identify tax issues and apply regulations related to real estate as a qualified business for the QBI deduction.
• Identify considerations for selection an entity after enactment of the QBI deduction.
• Apply the many other business tax changes applicable for 2019 returns (these will be updated throughout the year)
Major Topics
• Updates on the latest business tax reform developments
• Planning ideas and examples implementing business tax reform
• Changes to depreciation and update on technical corrections to QIP
• Review of several 2019 clarifications to the QBI deduction including new 2019 Forms 8995 and 8995-A
• Details on the aggregation election on the individual return and the RPE
• Changes to the information required on the RPE’s return regarding QBI
• Factors for classifying a real estate rental as a “business” for the QBI deduction
• Updates on payroll tax issues including the new Form 1099-NEC
• News on hot audit targets for S corporations and LLCs
• Reminders on the streamlined audit provisions for partnerships and LLCs
• Decision making on choice of entity after the QBI deduction
• Review of the section 163(j) rules on interest deductions
• Updates on ACA and its “employer mandate” including the Cadillac tax
• Plus what the IRS is planning for 2019 business return examinations New York State:
• Includes a section updating conformity between Federal tax changes and New York State tax law and a discussion of NY’s extremely successful residency audit program.