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Monday, December 30, 2024 Live Webcast

Getting Ready for Busy Season: Key Changes Every Tax Practitioner Should Know (E2412172)

9:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST

Registration: 8:30 AM EST

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4 CPE Credits in TX

OVERVIEW

Getting ready for busy season involves not only knowing what’s new for the current year, but also understanding how the changing limits, phaseouts and other rules apply to current-year returns. With major legislation enacted over the past few years, the present course will constitute a one-stop "shop" that brings you the essential individual tax information. In addition, this course provides an up-to-date review of important tax form changes, new tax forms, new limitations, key developments as they are reflected in the IRS forms, and IRS filing issues and deadlines that will be invaluable to attendees who prepare tax returns during busy season.

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

DESIGNED FOR

Any tax practitioner preparing or reviewing individual income tax returns for the current tax year

BENEFITS

  • Understand which income tax returns and schedules have changed for individuals and pass-through entities
  • Identify the legislative, administrative, and judicial developments that affect the income tax returns and schedules of individuals and pass-through entities

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation
  • A tour of the most recent changes starting from gross income and ending with alternative minimum tax (AMT) and selected credits including the latest IRS guidance on recent tax legislation
  • Hot, hidden, or miscellaneous developments affecting the upcoming tax season
  • Review of new laws and changes in old forms to provide a familiarity for the upcoming tax season
  • Key new tax and practice developments and how they impact the current-year tax forms for individuals

COURSE LEVEL

Intermediate

PREREQUISITES

Basic familiarity with tax rules relating to individual and pass-through entity taxation for the current tax year

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

ADDITIONAL NOTES

  • Qualifies for IRS credit

INSTRUCTOR

Pamela Davis-Vaugh

Pamela Davis-Vaugh, CPA
(4.5)

Surgent Professional Education

Pamela (Pam) J. Davis-Vaughn, sometimes known as the Fabulous Tax Babe, loves providing accounting, tax, and consulting services to clients across the United States from her office in Dallas, Texas. Her experience as an entrepreneur covers organic farming in upstate New York, a direct mail and printing business in Dallas, and working in the oil fields in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas. She has also worked as a CFO in the Telecom industry, a tax and accounting manager for a large independent oil and gas company, and a CFO of a direct mail and printing company. Pam has taught CPE for several years as well as designed and taught multi-state tax classes for Division 1 schools in Texas. She has also authored books and articles on multi-state tax. She worked at KPMG in Multi-State Tax as well as the M&A Department and another regional public accounting firm in Dallas. She holds a BS degree in Business and Accounting from the University of Kansas and an MBA from Wichita State University. Pam has also completed post-graduate work in international tax at New York University. She holds a license to practice in Kansas, Texas, and New York.