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Tuesday, October 24, 2017 Live

Slashing Taxes for Your Small Business Clients: Corporations, Partnerships, & LLCs (E1710261)

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

Registration: 8:00 AM EDT

NJCPA Education Center

425 Eagle Rock Avenue,
Roseland , NJ 07068

8 CPE Credits in TX

OVERVIEW

Solid tax planning strategies are essential for your corporate and small business clients. Join us as we explore state-of-the-art planning ideas and tax-saving strategies to keep more of your client's money in their pockets. We'll answer the tough questions and show you what strategies are best for your clients as a result of the most recent tax reform. Course materials include the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) tax reform law.

DESIGNED FOR

CPAs looking for innovative tax planning and savings techniques to solve client problems.

BENEFITS

  • Identify important tax considerations for the small business at each stage of its life
  • Differentiate entity type options available for small businesses
  • Select an appropriate strategy for compliance with the Affordable Care Act employer provisions
  • Differentiate the various ways in which LLC owners may be subject to self-employment taxes
  • Choose the correct tax treatment for fringe benefits granted to partners and S corporation shareholders
  • Choose the most effective strategy for depreciation of business tangible property
  • Identify opportunities for timing of section 1231 losses
  • Compare tax impacts of various methods of leaving a partnership
  • Recognize tax issues involved in the exit of a shareholder from a corporation
  • Select among ways to dispose of or liquidate a business in a tax-efficient manner

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Starting a business – the tax life of a business
  • Selecting a business entity type
  • Retirement plan options
  • Complying with the Affordable Care Act
  • Compensation of owners – hiring family members
  • Reasonable compensation
  • Tangible property regulations
  • Managing section 1231 losses
  • Transactions with owners
  • Buy-Sell and noncompete agreements
  • Exiting the business – special exit techniques

COURSE LEVEL

Intermediate

PREREQUISITES

Basic knowledge of business taxation.

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

ADDITIONAL NOTES

  • *AICPA members deduct an additional $30 from applicable price.

Course materials are distributed electronically and we’ve passed the savings along to you - registrants save $20 on all 8-hour seminar pricing. To access the materials visit My Events. Download to your laptop or tablet prior to the seminar, handouts are added as received.

Help Feed Those in Need
  • The NJCPA Emerging Leaders Council is hosting a Food Drive to benefit the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. Please bring your nonperishable items and canned goods to this event. Peanut butter and tuna fish are always needed.

INSTRUCTOR

Deborah Phillips

Deborah A. Phillips, CPA, MST

Surgent Professional Education

Debbie operates her own tax controversy practice, specializing in partnership and S corporation tax law as well as IRS audits and procedures. She has been successful petitioning and resolving tax issues under the jurisdiction of the United States Tax Court. She is proficient in Section 199A provisions and computations as well as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. She prepares all types of tax returns and utilizes her forensic accounting skills for potential IRS criminal prosecution. Having spent more than 32 years at the IRS, Debbie retired from its Large Business and International Division, where she was a senior manager in the Flow-Through Issue Practice Group, which specialized in S corporation and partnership tax. She was the operations and technical assistant to the Deputy Commissioner International; the technical assistant to the Director of PFTG; a territory manager in the retail, food and pharmaceuticals industries; a team manager in the heavy manufacturing industry; and the IRC Section 263A Technical Advisor. Debbie taught accounting and taxation as an adjunct at Delaware State University, Wilmington College and Goldey-Beacom College. She has been a seminar presenter for over 24 years and a textbook author. She regularly receives the Surgent Outstanding Discussion Leader Award.

PRICING

$299.00 - Member

$399.00 - Nonmember

AICPA members receive a discount of $30 for this event.

Pre-Registration Closed

Online pre-registration for this event is now closed.

ADDITIONAL OPTIONS

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COURSE DEVELOPER

American Institute of CPAs