Webcast: Current Federal Tax Developments
8.0 Credits
Member Price $255.00
Non-Member Price $340.00
Overview
This fast-paced, one-day course covers the latest developments in federal taxation, updated bi-weekly, with emphasis on real-world applications. The program offers an in-depth discussion of important items covered during the preceding twelve months on the Current Federal Tax Developments website. Emphasis on current issues, planning and strategy keeps participants interested all day.
Participants will learn how to avoid penalties, how to use IRS Frequently Asked Questions to answer tough questions relating to new laws, and how to plan with regulations. The course will include and offer guidance on other issues such as recently passed legislation and much more.
Highlights
- Tax legislation passed by Congress.
- New Treasury Regulations, Revenue Procedures, Revenue Rulings, Notices and so on.
- Letter Rulings and Technical Advice Memoranda of interest to clients.
- Court decisions that affect average taxpayers who retain the services of a CPA.
- IRS Initiatives, Audit Technique Guides, Office of Professional Responsibility and other targeted programs.
- Practice aids, checklists, examples and new forms.
Prerequisites
General tax knowledge
Designed For
Tax advisors in public practice and corporate tax departments who want an up-to-the minute review of federal tax developments delivered in plain English.
Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Understand and work with tax law changes.
- Analyze court decisions, IRS Notices, Revenue Rulings, and Revenue Procedures for application to clients’ tax planning and compliance.
- Be aware of IRS audit issues.
- Assess pending legislation.
- Anticipate and create opportunities for tax reduction.
- Avoid penalties IRC Sec. 6662 imposes on careless taxpayers.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Edward K. Zollars, CPA, Thomas, Zollars & Lynch, Ltd.
Edward K. Zollars, CPA, is in public practice in Phoenix, Arizona as a partner with the firm of Thomas, Zollars & Lynch, Ltd. He has been in practice for more than 35 years, specializing in tax issues for closely held businesses and individuals. Zollars has been professionally involved with both tax and technology issues, combining the two disciplines in producing the Current Federal Tax Development Update Podcast and website, dealing with current tax issues. He has been a member of AICPA Tax Division Committees focusing on tax and technology issues and was the Tax Section’s representative on three occasions to the AICPA’s Top Ten Technologies project. He is also a member of the Phoenix Tax Workshop’s Advisory Committee and currently serves on the Tax Legislation Liaison Committee for the Arizona Society of CPAs. Zollars was selected as a Life Member by the Arizona Society of CPAs in May, 2010. Along with writing, editing and presenting courses for Loscalzo Institute, Zollars has written articles published in Practical Tax Strategies and the Tax Adviser. He has been a frequent contributor to a number of professional tax discussion groups, and served as systems operator on the AICPA’s Accountants Forum in the mid-1990s. He has spoken regularly on tax and technology topics since 1996, speaking before conferences sponsored by the AICPA and a number of state societies of CPAs.
Non-Member Price $340.00
Member Price $255.00