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Reviewing Individual Tax Returns

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2.00 Credits

Member Price $118.00

Non-Member Price $142.00

Overview

The volume of individual tax returns requiring preparation can create an environment that leads to errors or omissions. Identify common errors practitioners make on individual tax returns for single filers.

The sheer mass of Internal Revenue Code provisions affecting individual taxpayers presents a considerable challenge for CPAs and tax professionals. These provisions combined with the potential for input error when utilizing the array of income tax software available, create the potential for a multitude of errors that can occur when preparing your client’s tax return. Join us as we discuss the common mistakes practitioners make when preparing individual tax returns that are often missed by review staff. Refresh and hone your skills with interactive case studies that examine individual tax returns. Learn about issues that may warrant additional client information and about areas of tax law that require deeper analysis. This course follows a highly illustrative case study format to increase participant comprehension and retention.

  • Course Instructor: William Harden
  • Highlights

  • Passive-activity losses
  • Qualified business income deduction
  • Home office
  • Schedule C activity and hobby losses
  • Business startups and deductions
  • Alimony
  • Discharge of debt

    Prerequisites

    Basic knowledge of individual income taxation

    Designed For

  • CPAs working with clients requiring up-to-date expertise in individual income taxation for the current tax season

    Objectives

    • Identify potential errors or omissions of information on tax returns.
    • Recognize planning opportunities for your clients based upon information reported on a tax return.
    • Determine the proper tax treatment for certain rental property activities.
    • Determine the proper tax treatment for various start-up costs by a new business.

    Notice

    This course is provided by a third-party vendor. Please note that login instructions will not be available in the ‘My Upcoming CPE’ section of the NESCPA website. Instead, the login instructions will be sent directly to you via email by AICPA. Upon completing the course, your hours will be recorded in the ‘My CPE Tracker’ section of the NESCPA website.

  • Non-Member Price $142.00

    Member Price $118.00