Social Security & Medicare
2024-05-14 08:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Zoom
This course is the answer for any and all Social Security questions. Beginning with an overview of facts, taxability and benefits, the instructor then examines the individual rules to calculate benefits, when to draw, how to qualify and the tax inter-related aspects of these decisions. We then specifically and carefully discuss survivor and divorce benefits, children and other dependents, and disability. We then conclude with an in-depth and up-to-date explanation of Medicare. In prior years this course was sold to the general public as an Amazon best-seller on Social Security.

Upon completion of this course you will be able to explain the basic structure of the system to clients and provide them with additional resources they can use to find out more information. You will be able to guide clients through the process of applying for Social Security benefits and inform them about the various health insurance benefits they are eligible for under Medicare.
Participants will be able to provide married couples with strategies to receive the maximum benefit as well as planning advice on when clients should begin to withdraw their benefits. You will be able to explain divorce issues to clients, as well as when they are eligible for benefits, how their benefit amount is determined, and when they will qualify for survivors benefits. You will be able to walk clients through various scenarios of how adjusting their earnings will affect their benefits. In addition, you will be able to inform clients of any changes to social security in 2022, including terminology, when and how to sign up, dependent’s benefits and survivor benefits. You will obtain a general knowledge of the reduction, taxability, categories, and qualifications of benefits. The course will give you the ability to calculate benefits, as well as understand the effects of divorce or death on social security benefits.

Nexus - Sales & Income Tax Webinar
2024-05-15 11:00 - 12:00
State income and sales tax have a direct impact upon federal income tax and itemized deductions. This course examines how states utilize federal guidelines to impose local tax.
The objective of this course is for the student to understand and apply nexus rules for determining when state sales tax and state income tax applies to their clients. It includes explanation of the tax effects Wayfair Supreme Court case, the Multistate Tax Commission guidelines of 2021 and nexus rules in general. We also provide a current chart as of publication date of state-by-state nexus requirements for sales tax.

Healthcare and Other Fringe Benefits
2024-05-15 14:00 - 16:00
A complete review of employer requirements to provide, comply, deduct and subject to tax all major qualified fringe benefits.

Congress has established many qualified fringe benefits in the last 70 years. This course provides the student with an explanation of each, discusses compliance and reporting rules and employer deductions for all of them including health care, education, child care, cafeteria plans and more.

Security Webinar
2024-05-16 11:00 - 14:00
Beginning with an eye-opening presentation of the security risks present in computer operating systems, browsers and search engines, we illustrate the risks and then present solutions. The discussion is team taught by a 45+ year practicing CPA as well as Taxspeaker’s own security expert and IT Director Ryan Jennings. Wait, we’re not done with security though as we then discuss the risks and use of artificial intelligence in a tax office and then enter the security world of the IRS, discussing WISP’s, and providing a WISP plan template as well as remote work policies, computer & internet use policies and other useful policies. The final portion of security then address physical risks of theft, disaster and day to day operations.
This complete guide to IRS and business security issues provides written WISP plans and appendices, checklists, policies and letters for compliance. It also discusses various exposures from internet, physical and catastrophic issues and then provides clear guidance for eliminating or mitigating those losses, whether from hackers, thieves, solar storms, EMP, fires, floods, employees and many other situations.

Health Savings Accounts Webinar
2024-05-16 14:00 - 16:00
A complete review of requirements to have health savings accounts, contribution rules and limits, withdrawal rules, penalties, deposits and reporting.

Our 2024 Health Savings Accounts course will guide you through HSA’s. With complete discussion of the qualification requirements (including Medicare recipients) we explain how to open, when to open, who can deposit, tax deductions and savings account choices. We then explain withdrawal limits and penalties and conclude with completed forms reflecting reporting guidance.

Medicare Webinar
2024-05-17 11:00 - 13:00
Medicare premiums have a complex relationship with the income tax system as deductions vary for itemized deductions, self-employed individuals, and IRMAA penalties for high prior year AGI. This course defines the types of Medicare coverage, their premiums and penalties, their tax deductions and coverage.
We will discuss qualifying for and when and how to sign up for Medicare, types of coverage and choices, penalties for late signup, IRMAA penalties based on AGI, premium deductions. We will also go over non-covered items and Medicare supplemental policies, costs and deductions.

Intro to Social Security
2024-05-17 14:00 - 16:00
This course provides an overview of Social Security and Medicare benefits and taxability. Because Social Security benefits are such an important piece of a retiree’s income tax situation we make sure that the student has a rudimentary understanding of benefit types for workers, spouses, widows/widowers, ex-spouses and dependents as well as clarifying income tax related issues.
This course introduces the student to the Social Security system, explains what it takes to qualify, taxability, types of benefits (worker, spouse, dependent, widow) and walks through when and how to sign up for benefits. It is an incredibly valuable “overview” of the system, as well as an introduction to deeper study of Social Security and Medicare.

IRAs, ROTHs, & Conversions
2024-05-20 13:00 - 16:00
Become an expert in knowledge and practice of retirement investment taxes, including changes from Secure Act 2.0 legislation with the 3-credit-hour IRA’s, Roths, and Conversions course! During this 3-hour course, attendees will learn strategies and methods for investing in an IRA account, including the comparisons between different types of retirement accounts and how to withdraw funds from and convert to Roth IRA’s. In addition, key learning points will cover navigating the life of your client’s IRA funds: where to report rollovers, deductible and nondeductible IRA’s, rollovers and transfers, prohibited transactions and investments, general tax planning, and saver’s credit.
Building upon the above-mentioned foundational knowledge, we are including key updates for consideration amid 2023-2024 legislative changes affecting all things financial. During this course, you’ll receive a run-down of the history of IRA’s, changes in the last few years, and problem areas such as self-dealing. We will also take care to think critically together about future possibilities to prepare for, such as what Roth IRA withdrawals and conversions may look like, as well as whether or not we’ll see Roth IRA’s becoming taxable.
This course reviews all rules for contributions, qualifications, allowable uses, deductions, phaseouts and rollovers for traditional and Roth IRAs.

Estate & Gift Tax Update Webinar
2024-05-21 11:00 - 12:00
We review 2024 rules for estate and gift tax including exemptions, 709 & 706 filing requirements, gift splitting and the unused exemption deceased spouse election

Depreciation & Amortization Webinar
2024-05-21 13:00 - 15:00
The course reviews depreciation in general and then explains basis, lives and methods. It is followed by detailed discussions of Sec. 179, bonus and luxury property and the related qualification rules and limits. It concludes with similar examinations of amortization, depletion and fixing errors.

Disaster Losses Webinar
2024-05-22 11:00 - 13:00
The program begins by defining a federal disaster loss, then provides guidance on losses, gains and deferrals, as well as amended returns and reinvestment of gains within qualified time periods.
Upon completion of this course you should have a greater understanding of gains and losses in the event of a qualified disaster, specifically as they pertain to personal residences and livestock. Participants should be able to define theft and casualty loss, in addition to obtaining an awareness of deferred gains, grants and loans, as well as postponed deadlines. This course will inform you of the process to claiming a loss on prior returns.

Installment Sales Webinar
2024-05-22 14:00 - 16:00
This course defines the terms used in installment sales and explains the tax effects, including depreciation recapture, of reporting an installment sale. It defines the types of sales which do and do not qualify and how to report a sale, a recapture and a renegotiated sales price.

At the conclusion of this class the student should understand sales that do and do not qualify for installment tax treatment. We discuss, with over a dozen example completed forms, repossessions, renegotiations and contingent installment sales. We show the student how and when to elect out of installment treatment and discuss related party sales as well as their subsequent resales. The course ends with a comprehensive example and discussion of structured installment sales.

Step Up Basis Election-754 Webinar
2024-05-23 11:00 - 13:00
When a partner buys out another partner, or a partnership interest is inherited or bought by the partnership itself one of the single best tax maneuvers in the Internal Revenue Code is making the Sec. 754 step up basis election. This election allows the new owner to allocate the purchase price to the assets of the partnership rather than to the capital interest piece of paper. In this course we show you how to make the election, why to make the election and how to allocate the purchase price.

1041s for Trusts and Estates Webinar
2024-05-29 10:00 - 18:00
Beginning with a discussion of when returns are required, he guides participants through the 1041 tax preparation maze with hands-on guidance regarding types of trusts, return preparation, compliance, allocations, and distributions. In addition, we’ve taken care to update this course with 2023 and 2024 changes to estate planning rules, administration, and accounting in 1041’s, plus practical tips to plan throughout the workday.
During this course, we will define estates, a short tax year, distributions in kind, discretionary income distributions, and irrevocable and revocable living trusts. The instruction also includes identification of the duties of the fiduciary, characteristics of other types of trusts, purpose of the probate court and income distribution deduction, and options for IRA’s inherited by a spouse. Upon completion, attendees will also have thorough competence to determine qualifiers of a grantor trust, how to compute amortization allowances, what qualifies as IRD, and the advantages of revocable living trusts.

Business Pension Plans Webinar
2024-05-29 11:00 - 14:00
We explain how to handle qualified domestic relations order distributions and identify the five rules for withdrawals from qualified plans,as well as the characteristics for Profit-Sharing Plans. You will receive an overview of various retirement plans and their top heavy rules, rollovers, vesting, and Safe Harbors. In addition, you shouldl be able to define Money Purchase Plan and SEP-IRAs as well as identify the properties of SIMPLE plans and determine who should benefit from SIMPLE plans. Participants should gain an understanding of defined contribution plans, including such topics as profit sharing, money purchase, and single, solo, or Roth 401k’s. The course will cover comparison tables, new pension plan credits, defined benefit plans, creditor protection, and rollovers as business startups (ROBS).
