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CCH CPE Podcast: A Personal Tax Shelter-Your Primary Residence and Vacation Home

This is a CCH Podcast Course. For more information, please visit the CCH Podcast Center.

Author: Sidney Kess and Barbara Weltman

Description:

This CCH CPE Podcast focuses on how a primary residence and a vacation home can be a personal tax shelter. This podcast reviews the benefits of home ownership as well as the tax breaks that can be claimed upon the sale of a home. Planning pointers are integrated throughout the course the help you use the tax law to your clients' best advantage. Examples illustrate course concepts.

Course topics covered include:

  • Tax Breaks on the Purchase of a Home
  • Tax Breaks During the Period of Home Ownership
  • Home Sales
  • Tax Benefit Without Selling the Home

The course also covers important cases, regulations, rulings and other IRS pronouncements that can be useful for your clients and help you in your practice.
Course Details:
Field of Study:  Taxes
Prerequisites:  None
Level:  Update
CTEC course number:  1075-CE-5943
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Library:
Learning Center Core

Technical Requirements:
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Credit Available For: Units
CPE 2.0 CPE
QAS 2.0 CPE
Enrolled Agent (Accepted by the IRS) 2.0 CPE
Law (Accepted by the State Bar of California) 2.0 CPE
CTEC Federal 1.0 CE

Note: Recommended CPE credit is based on a 50-minute hour. Participants earning credits for states that require self-study to be based on a 100-minute hour will receive half the recommended CPE credits for successful completion of this course.

Since Continuing Professional Education requirements vary from state to state and are subject to change without notice, please contact your state board of accountancy for information on your CPE requirements and the applicability of this course to meet those specifications.

CCH has been approved by the California Tax Education Council to offer courses that provide federal and state credit towards the annual "continuing education" requirement imposed by the State of California. A listing of additional requirements to register as a tax preparer may be obtained by contacting CTEC at P.O. Box 2890, Sacramento, CA, 95812-2890, toll-free by phone at (877) 850-2832, or on the Internet at www.ctec.org.

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