Surgent's Advanced Individual Income Tax Return Issues

Description

Most Accounting and Financial Professionals have been preparing individual income tax returns for years, and while many of the returns are easy, there are always a number of issues that come up in busy season of which experienced practitioners wish they had more knowledge. This course is designed to explore the tough tax issues for experienced practitioners and help them provide better planning strategies and results for their higher income clients.

Highlights

  • New issues for the current year tax return and §199A
  • Installment sales — understanding the complicated issues
  • Form 8582: Passive losses with carryovers — Complicated case with filled-in forms
  • Puts, calls, straddling, and unusual investments — Understanding the tax laws and reporting them correctly on the tax return
  • Capital gain and loss issues — The problem with proper reporting of installment sales issues; capital gains and losses; when is a stock worthless; and much more…
  • At-risk rules: What a return preparer really needs to know
  • Passive loss issues — You can't just trust your software. What to watch out for and the questions you need your clients to answer in order to do it right!
  • Incentive and nonqualified stock options — Reporting; key strategies for planning; dealing with the alternative minimum tax
  • Alternative minimum tax — Understanding it; planning strategies to avoid it; using the minimum tax credit; explaining it to a client
  • Form 6251: Detailed calculation example

Objectives

  • Understand the basics of §199A
  • Understand how to properly report advanced transactions in financial instruments and investments
  • Understand the special problems and new issues for the current return
  • Identify the causes of alternative minimum tax liability and what can be done to reduce or eliminate it

Designed For

Experienced Accounting and Financial Professionals who want and need an in-depth knowledge of the most difficult individual-income-tax-return issues

Leaders

Inibehe Adesanya

Dr. Inibehe (Ini) Adesanya is the president of INI ADESANYA CPA, PLLC, and also owns Global Tax Lady LLC. Dr. Adesanya has worked in various countries with conglomerates and multinationals, including banks and the entertainment industry. She also worked in public accounting before starting her practice. With 20 years of combined experience in accounting, business, and taxation, Dr. Adesanya’s expertise covers complex domestic and international tax issues for both individuals and businesses. Dr. Adesanya works with clients as a subject matter expert (SME) on tax cases and tax issues where she justifies her clients’ tax position based on tax law, treasury regulations, revenue procedures, and other related regulatory publications. Dr. Adesanya has developed and taught courses on business taxation, for which she has received awards. She has also written and presented papers at various forums, organizations, and radio stations focusing on business, accounting, and U.S. and international tax issues. Dr. Adesanya is a Chartered Accountant (ACA), a Fellow Chartered Tax Practitioner (FCIT), and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in the states of Colorado and Texas. She is also a Certified Global Management Accountant (CGMA). She holds a B.S. in human anatomy and a Professional Degree in accounting from Nigeria, as well as a Master of Science in taxation from Golden Gate University, San Francisco. She received her Ph.D. in business administration with a concentration in accounting and finance at Trident at American Intercontinental University, Chandler, AZ; her dissertation focus was on taxation.