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Monday, December 22, 2025 Live Webcast

Surgent's Handbook for Mastering Basis, Distributions, and Loss Limitation Issues for S Corporations, LLCs, and Partnerships (E2512051)

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Registration: 8:30 AM EST

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8 CPE Credits in TX

OVERVIEW

The most difficult concepts to master when dealing with flow-through business entities are the basis and distribution concepts. Major error and malpractice issues occur if the CPA does not fully understand the impact of these rules. This course is designed to focus on the practical applications of these rules.

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

DESIGNED FOR

CPAs who prepare both individual and flow-through business entity tax returns and need a thorough grasp of these significant issues

BENEFITS

  • Determine initial basis and organizing tax-free under §351 and §721
  • Understand what affects basis and how to treat distributions
  • Pass the four loss limitation hurdles to deduct pass-through losses

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation
  • Applicable coverage of any basis considerations within any recent tax legislation
  • Pass-through basis calculations required as attachments to certain individual returns
  • Executor’s form for disclosing basis in certain distributed property; what about the basis of a property distribution from a trust?
  • How §179 limitations affect basis and how tax-benefit rule is applied
  • Basis implications of personal assets converted to business use
  • How to calculate basis of inherited and joint tenancy property
  • Tax basis capital account reporting requirements
  • S corporations: Beware of final IRS regulations regarding “open debt”; determine how to calculate basis; worksheets are included; understand the effect of stock basis and debt basis and IRS’s recent focus on “at-risk basis” for shareholders; recognize how AAA applies or doesn’t apply to S corporations; learn to apply the complex basis ordering rules and special elections that can have a big tax result; discuss loss limitation rules in depth; when you can have a taxable dividend in an S corporation; understand distributions of cash and property; understand the post-termination transition rules, and temporary new TCJA post-termination rules for eligible corporations, which will be important for S Corps returning to C corps
  • LLCs and partnerships: Learn the detailed rules of §704 for preventing the shifting of tax consequences among partners or members; learn to calculate basis under §704 & for “at-risk” under §465; recognize how recourse, nonrecourse, and qualified nonrecourse debt can create significantly different tax results; learn the difference between basis and “at-risk basis”; review §754 step-up in basis rules; the economic effect equivalence test or “dumb-but-lucky” rule; learn to apply the complex rules of distribution of cash vs. property, TCJA cleans up the basis treatment of charitable contributions and foreign taxes paid

COURSE LEVEL

Intermediate

PREREQUISITES

Experience in business taxation

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

ADDITIONAL NOTES

  • Qualifies for IRS credit

INSTRUCTOR

Joseph Nicola

Joseph P. Nicola, CPA, CVA

Joe Nicola is a Tax Partner with more than thirty-five years of experience in public accounting. Joe has experience in many diverse areas of taxation, including the taxation of and planning for individuals, family offices, and various forms of business entities, such as corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies. Joe is particularly experienced in federal and multi-state tax matters that affect numerous industries and niches, including private equity, investments, natural resources, manufacturing, distribution, high technology, securities, and start-up businesses. He has consulted on technically complex matters, such as retirement planning, succession planning in the context of a family office, securities, partnership and corporate reorganizations and liquidations, and international tax matters. While in public practice, Joe also served for many years as an adjunct member of the faculty with Duquesne University's MBA and Master of Science in Taxation/Accountancy programs, as well as with Robert Morris University's Master of Taxation program. His course load included Corporate Taxation, Advanced Corporate Taxation, Reorganizations (Mergers and Acquisitions), Taxes as a Basis of Managerial Decisions, and Taxation of Derivatives. He is also a published author of CPE/CLE texts and industry articles, and a frequent professional speaker. Mr. Nicola received his BS degree in Business Administration from Robert Morris University and his JD degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

PRICING

$299.00 - Member

$449.00 - Nonmember

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Note: Online pre-registration will close on December 22 at 8:30 AM.

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