The Best Individual Income Tax Update Course by Surgent

Overview

This highly informative course comprehensively covers all the latest tax law developments. The focus is on individual taxation and discussion of the planning opportunities practitioners need to understand to help clients respond effectively. You will come away from the course with the up-to-date knowledge to educate your individual tax clients and implement tax-saving ideas that will serve their ever-evolving needs. This course is continually updated to reflect enacted legislation. Please Note: Due to content overlap, it is recommended that this course NOT be taken together with BFTU.

Major Topics

Comprehensive coverage of the Inflation Reduction Act, including:
- The Clean Vehicle Credit, Credit for Previously Owned Clean Vehicles, Credit for Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicles, Residential Clean Energy Credit, Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit, Premium Tax Credit, Elective Payment, Transferability, and Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Requirements
Comprehensive coverage of the SECURE 2.0 Act, including:
- Expanding Enrollment in Retirement Plans, Increase in Age for Required Beginning Date for Mandatory Distributions, New Exceptions to Penalty-Free Withdrawal from Retirement Plans, and recent IRS guidance
Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation
Detailed analysis and examples of Sale of Passthrough Entity Interest and Net Investment Income Tax
The Gig Economy -- Tax implications, Independent Contractor vs. Employee Classification, and the 2024 DOL Final Rule
Real Estate professional requirements
Review of pertinent cases and rulings affecting taxpayers
Practice aids, including all the numbers applicable for the current year -- inflation-adjusted amounts, mileage rates, retirement contributions, and more
Advanced practice, reporting, and other issues intertwined with advanced planning and discussion ideas

Learning Objectives

Understand strategies and tactics to use in light of new legislation
Understand the most current guidance on retirement planning
Understand how to nail down valuable deductions and other reductions to the tax base

Designed for

All tax practitioners, both those working in public accounting as well as those in private industry, who need the latest information on tax changes affecting their individual clients

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Leader(s):

Randy Newton

Leader Bios

Randy Newton

Randy C. Newton, CPA, CVA, licensed as a CPA in North Carolina and South Carolina, is president and founder of NewtonCPA, PLLC. Randy’s area of expertise is in Corporate, Partnership, and Individual Income Tax Preparation – utilizing a proactive tax planning model that streamlines, simplifies, and works to reduce tax liabilities for small taxpayers. In addition, he specializes in IRS representation work plus tax planning and research. He also has specialty areas in Business Valuation, as well as Financial Planning. Prior to the creation of his own firm, Randy worked with First Union National Bank (now Wells Fargo) in the Corporate Accounting and Capital Markets Divisions. Randy received his Accounting degree, Cum Laude, from Appalachian State University in 1992 and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society. As a CVA, Randy can place a certified value on closely held businesses for business owners seeking to sell, buy, or merge, or going through an ownership change. Randy is a member of the North Carolina Association of CPAs (NCACPA), former twotime president of the Charlotte Chapter of the NCACPA, and an active member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA).

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