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Monday, August 17, 2020 Webcast

The Best Individual Income Tax Update Course by Surgent (E2008031)

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

Registration: 8:00 AM EDT

Webcast


8 CPE Credits in TX

OVERVIEW

This highly informative course comprehensively covers all the latest tax law developments. The focus is on individual taxation and discussion of the planning opportunities practitioners need to understand to help clients respond effectively. You will come away from the course with the up-to-date knowledge to educate your individual tax clients and implement tax-saving ideas that will serve their ever-evolving needs.

This course features a live instructor and has been specifically designed for the NJCPA.

DESIGNED FOR

All tax practitioners, both those working in public accounting as well as those in private industry, who need the latest information on tax changes affecting their individual clients

BENEFITS

  • Understand strategies and tactics to use in light of new legislation
  • Understand the most current guidance on retirement planning
  • Understand how to nail down valuable deductions and other reductions to the tax base

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Congressional Budget Reconciliation Process - explore how this powerful legislative tool allows Congress to fast track tax law changes and how it could be used to enact significant tax reforms in the current political climate
  • President Trump's tax proposals - review key components of President Trump's tax agenda, including a tip income exemption, overtime pay relief, Social Security tax exemption, auto loan interest deductibility, SALT deduction modifications, a lower corporate tax rate, restoration of 100% bonus depreciation, immediate R&D expensing, and permanent extension of select TCJA provisions
  • Potential expiration of select TCJA provisions - understand the implications for individual and business taxpayers as key provisions of the TCJA approach sunset dates
  • Tariff policy and implementation - analyze the use of tariffs as a fiscal and trade policy tool
  • Digital assets and tax implications - understand the new Form 1099-DA for reporting digital asset transactions, along with updated IRS guidance on cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and broker responsibilities
  • Artificial intelligence - discover how AI and generative tools are transforming tax practices, as well as how the IRS is leveraging AI to enhance audit selection
  • Form 1099-K reporting requirements - understand the evolving IRS thresholds and rules for third-party payment platforms
  • The Gig Economy - examine key tax implications for gig workers, including Independent Contractor versus Employee classification challenges, reporting responsibilities, and the impact of the 2024 Department of Labor Final Rule on worker status
  • Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation
  • Real Estate professional requirements
  • Review of pertinent cases and rulings affecting taxpayers
  • Practice aids, including all the numbers applicable for the current year -- inflation-adjusted amounts, mileage rates, retirement contributions, and more
  • Advanced practice, reporting, and other issues intertwined with advanced planning and discussion ideas

COURSE LEVEL

Update

PREREQUISITES

Experience in individual tax planning

ADVANCE PREPARATION

Please Note: Due to content overlap, it is recommended that this course NOT be taken together with The Best Federal Tax Update Course by Surgent.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

  • Qualifies for CFP credit
  • Qualifies for IRS credit

INSTRUCTOR

Charles Borek

Charles A. Borek, CPA, J.D., M.B.A.
(4.7)

Surgent Professional Education

Charles A. (“Chuck”) Borek, CPA, J.D., M.B.A., Chuck Borek is the founder of the Borek Group, LLC, a professional education and consulting firm located in Columbia, Maryland, where he serves as CEO and chief counsel. In addition to his professional education and consulting activities, he continues to practice tax and business law as Of Counsel to the law firm of Davis, Agnor, Rapaport, & Skalny, LLC and regularly appears before the IRS and in U.S. Tax Court. He is an attorney, CPA, author, and frequent lecturer on a variety of topics associated with law, accounting, and taxation. Borek served as editor-in-chief of law review and was awarded the 1993 Law Faculty Award for outstanding scholarship, leadership, and service at the University of Baltimore. After practicing law for several years in Baltimore, he was appointed associate professor of accounting and business law at Prince George’s Community College and later served as a visiting assistant professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law and, following the conclusion of his visitorship, he practiced public accounting as a principal in a Washington D.C.-area CPA firm for five years. In 2015 and 2016, he received the Surgent Outstanding Discussion Leader Award because of his consistently high evaluations for knowledge and presentation skills. He currently holds an appointment as adjunct professor of law at American University’s Washington College of Law. Borek received his joint law degree and MBA summa cum laude from the University of Baltimore School of Law and Merrick School of Business.