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Level |
Price |
1040 Preparation and Planning 2: Gross Income (2010 Edition)
The second course in the series covers gross income and different inclusions and exclusions. Topics examined include how to report wages and benefits; which benefits are taxable and which are excludable from income; how to report different kinds of interest; miscellaneous exclusions and inclusions, as well as how to recognize excludable and includable types of income.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Basic |
$64.00 |
Alternative Minimum Tax for Individuals (Fourth Edition)
The focus of this course is on the alternative minimum tax for individuals.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Basic |
$32.00 |
Alternative Minimum Tax: A Growing Problem (Second Edition)
This course reviews the basic structure and current rules of the alternative minimum tax (AMT), the impact the AMT has on individuals, and the future of the AMT.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Intermediate |
$32.00 |
Bankruptcy Act of 2005
Free Preview Available
The focus of this course is on the new federal bankruptcy law and how it affects tax payments.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Basic |
$45.00 |
Buying and Selling a Home
This course focuses on the tax aspects of buying or selling a home.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Basic |
$30.00 |
Cancellation of Indebtedness Income: Rules and Exclusions
This course discusses the impact on the borrower of a cancellation of indebtedness (COI): when cancellation is taxable, when it is excludible, and what offsetting adjustments have to be made. The course also examines a provision enacted in 2009 that defers COI income realized from the forgiveness of certain business debt.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Update |
$48.00 |
Capital Gains, Dividends and Income Brackets: Impact of the Reduced Tax Rates (Second Edition)
Free Preview Available
This course reviews the impact of recent tax rate changes on capital gains, dividends and income brackets.
Credit available for CFPTM, CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Update |
$45.00 |
Circular 230: Staying Compliant (Second Edition)
This course explores Circular 230, the IRS’s rules of practice.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Basic |
$30.00 |
Divorce and Taxes: Child-Related Issues (Second Edition)
This course reviews the child-related tax aspects of divorce, with specific emphasis on child support payments, dependency exemptions, medical deductions, and credits available for divorced or separated parents.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Overview |
$36.00 |
Divorce and Taxes: Innocent Spouse and Filing Status
This course has been prepared to provide an overview of the tax aspects of innocent spouse and filing status issues related to divorce.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Overview |
$45.00 |
Divorce and Taxes: Property Transfers During Marriage or Incident to Divorce
This course has been prepared to provide an overview of the tax aspects of divorce, with specific emphasis on minimizing the overall tax liability of property transfers related to a divorce. It is designed to orient you with the latest changes in the field of taxation.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Overview |
$60.00 |
Divorce and Taxes: Tax Consequences of Alimony and Separate Maintenance Course
This course enables participants to attain a basic level of knowledge of the fundamental tax principles related to alimony or separate maintenance payments.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Overview |
$45.00 |
Economic Distress: Tax Rules for Alleviation
This course focuses on tax pathways out of economic distress for both individuals and businesses.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Overview |
$30.00 |
Education Tax Incentives: Opportunities and Strategies (Fifth Edition)
This course explains the 11 major tax incentives available for higher education. Changes implemented by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 are covered.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Basic |
$32.00 |
Funding a Grandchild's College Education
There are several ways for grandparents to help finance their grandchildren’s college expenses, with markedly different financial consequences for the parties involved. This course discusses these alternatives and consequences, and also explains the Medicaid implications for the grandparents and the impact of these choices on a grandchild's eligibility for needs-based financial aid.
Credit available for CFPTM, Enrolled Agent.
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Overview |
$32.00 |
Home Office: Expenses and Deductions (2009 Edition)
This course will guide you through the ins and outs of maximizing business deductions for home offices.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Intermediate |
$96.00 |
Home Sales and Foreclosures: Tax Breaks and Alternatives
This course deals with tax incentives for selling a home, other ways to use homes to generate cash or income without selling, and relief for those who lose their homes.
It looks at key provisions, developments, and potential changes on the horizon that will affect individuals and businesses.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Update |
$32.00 |
IRS Audit Process (Second Edition)
This course provides an overview of IRS audit programs. It provides both a "big picture", and reviews the activities of particular IRS offices.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Overview |
$45.00 |
IRS Tax Enforcement: Crackdown on Abuse
Free Preview Available
This course reviews IRS's renewed emphasis on enforcement and the various techniques the agency is using to combat tax evasion, tax shelters, and abusive transactions.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Update |
$24.00 |
Innocent Spouse Tax Issues
This course addresses recent developments that have helped expand and revise the rules for innocent spouse relief.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Basic |
$32.00 |
Itemized Deductions: What Is and Is Not Deductible (Third Edition)
This CPE course provides a detailed explanation of the six types of itemized deductions that individual taxpayers may use.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Basic |
$48.00 |
Kess on the 2004 Tax Legislation: Insights and Strategies
Free Preview Available
In Kess on the 2004 Tax Legislation: Insights and Strategies, noted tax experts Sidney Kess, J.D., CPA, and Barbara Weltman, J.D., take a straightforward and practical look at the 2004 tax acts -- the Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004 and the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent, Personal Financial Specialist.
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Update |
$90.00 |
Kiddie Tax: New Provisions Change Tax Planning
This course provides a detailed explanation of the tax on unearned income of the taxpayer’s children, often referred to as the so-called "kiddie tax."
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Basic |
$30.00 |
Mortgage Workouts and Foreclosures: Tax Alternatives and Consequences
This course looks at the most common mortgage workout and foreclosure scenarios and explains their tax consequences to the homeowner, as well as alternative strategies to minimize taxpayer’s tax liability.
Credit available for CFPTM, CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Intermediate |
$45.00 |
Passive Activity Loss Limitations
Free Preview Available
This course provides an overview of the passive activity loss rules.
Credit available for CFPTM, CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Overview |
$45.00 |
Recent Tax Developments (January - February 2010)
This CPE Course, developed by noted tax authorities Sidney Kess and Barbara Weltman, provides you with an overview of recent tax developments.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Update |
$32.00 |
Recent Tax Developments (July-August 2009)
This course focuses on recent tax developments that will affect both individuals and businesses. It also covers how to help clients who were victims of the Madoff Ponzi scheme or other recent similar financial schemes.
It includes all of the IRS guidance that has followed enactment of the new law and looks at key provisions, developments, and potential changes on the horizon.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Update |
$32.00 |
Recent Tax Developments (November-December 2009)
This CPE Course, developed by noted tax authorities Sidney Kess and Barbara Weltman, provides you with an overview of recent tax developments.
This series reviews what is happening or is about to happen on the tax scene and highlights planning tips and techniques to help you in your practice.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Update |
$32.00 |
Same-Sex Marriage/Domestic Partner Tax Issues
This course addresses tax issues of increasing concern arising out of the growing recognition of domestic partners and same-sex couples under state laws.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Overview |
$32.00 |
Tax Accounting Methods (Third Edition)
Tax Accounting Methods (Third Edition) reviews the tax law that governs accounting methods, and the affect of changing accounting methods on taxpayers.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Basic |
$48.00 |
Tax Accounting Periods (Third Edition)
This CPE course provides an overview of the basic rules for tax accounting periods and concepts.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Basic |
$32.00 |
Tax Breaks for Going Green (Second Edition)
This course describes tax breaks available for going "green" for both individuals and businesses.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Overview |
$32.00 |
Tax Considerations in Closing a Business
The focus of this course is the tax considerations in closing a business.
It looks at key provisions, developments, and potential changes on the horizon that will affect individuals and businesses.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Update |
$32.00 |
Tax Issues For Owners of Commercial Property
This course discusses tax rules for owners of commercial property, which covers realty held in a business context—residential and commercial.
It will cover rules that apply to owners, as landlords during their period of ownership. It will also discuss tax rules that apply to sales, exchanges, and foreclosures of commercial property.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Overview |
$32.00 |
Tax Penalties: A Developing Danger (Second Edition)
This course explores the recent changes to the Code Sec. 6694 preparer penalty standards, with particular emphasis on the first tier penalty under Code Sec. 6694(a).
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Basic |
$32.00 |
Tax Relief and Incentives for Individuals
This course covers the individual tax incentives included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (2009 Recovery Act) which was passed to help jump start the U.S. economy. It also discusses the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (WRERA), Michelle’s Law, and the Cars Act, all of which provide additional relief to individuals.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Update |
$32.00 |
Tax Strategies for Employees and Business Owners in a Tough Economy
This course focuses on the tax breaks and other rules that affect employees who are laid off or are in fear of being laid off. It also focuses on business owners who go out of business.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Overview |
$32.00 |
Tax Treatment and Strategies for Windfalls
This course discusses the tax results of receiving a windfall.
It also covers the effect of a windfall on estimated taxes, and tax planning that may reduce the tax impact from a windfall.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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$32.00 |
Understanding Sources of Federal Tax Authority
This course examines key IRS documents and their application to tax compliance and controversy resolution. It also reviews the fundamental authorities in the federal tax system which directly influence the content and scope of IRS organizational structure and IRS positions.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Intermediate |
$128.00 |
Working with Tax Losses
This course explores special rules related to net operating losses (NOLs), losses from taxpayers’ passive participation in a trade or business, sales of stock, theft, abandonment and wagering. It also covers special rules for reporting loss deductions related to exchanges or involuntary conversions of property used in a trade or business.
Credit available for CPA, Enrolled Agent.
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Overview |
$48.00 |
