Description
Clients want help with present and future business services. Which tax planning strategies will you provide for your corporate and small business clients?
Updated for the latest legislation and IRS guidance on tax reform, this course answers the tough questions and shows you what strategies are best for your clients We use a case-study approach to explore opportunities for businesses and how the tax practitioner can continue to add value for their clients. Discussions will include traditional and new planning opportunities as a result of the latest tax legislation, including the SECURE 2.0 Act, and IRS guidance.
- Qualifies for IRS CE
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Objectives
- Identify important tax considerations for the small business at each stage of its life.
- Calculate the qualified business income (QBI) deduction, built-in gains (BIG) tax, and the deduction for organizational costs and start-up costs.
- Recall the tax treatment of fringe benefits granted to partners and S corporation shareholders.
- Recall the tax implications of contributions by new investors to a corporation and partnership.
- Identify the benefits and structures of buy-sell agreements for small business owners.
Highlights
- Starting a business - choice of entity and the tax life of a business
- Selecting a business entity type
- Section 199A and the Qualified Business Income deduction
- Accounting Methods
- Reasonable compensation issues
- Depreciation, Section 179, and bonus depreciation planning considerations
- Retirement planning
- Buy-Sell and Noncompete agreements
- Tax considerations when selling a business
- Partnership hot assets and other look-through provisions
Advanced Prep
If you need this reported to the IRS for CE credit, email CPE@idcpa.org
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Leaders
William Taylor
William (Bill) F. Taylor, CPA is a professional speaker and a CPA with a small tax and consulting practice. Bill is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Masters of Business Administration program at the University of Mississippi. He recently retired as President of Renasant Bank in Water Valley, MS.
Bill has worked in the Accounting, employee benefit and investment fields for over 25 years, beginning his career as the Employee Benefits Coordinator in the Jackson, MS office of KPMG Peat Marwick and managing his own firm since 1999. A nationally known consultant and speaker, Bill has conducted seminars for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries, more than 40 state CPA and Bar associations and other organizations. He was awarded the AICPA Outstanding Discussion Leader award multiple times and the James L. McCoy Discussion Leader of the Year Award from Surgent CPE . Bill is the author of Taxation of Employee Benefits Volume I and Volume II, and his articles have appeared in numerous publications.