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Discuss the most recent tax legislation, rulings and developments. Section 163(j) interest expense deduction. 21% corporate tax rate. Medicare tax on high income wages and SE income. Tax provision and 2025 extensions. Timing income and deductions. Alternative minimum tax (AMT) issues. 3.8% net investment income tax. Rediscovering Section 1202 QSBS. Reconsidering choice of entity.

Special and targeted allocations. Proper calculation of outside and inside tax basis. Tax consequences of distributions including the impact of hot assets. Transfer of partnership interests. Issuance of partnership interests to service partners.

Divorce and ongoing payment issues dealing with alimony and child support. Documents protecting a client going forward, including pre-nuptials, cohabitation agreements, post-nuptials and many others. Advanced income tax issues, including like-kind exchanges, filing status issues, credits and asset sales. Advanced retirement issues, including dissecting qualified, personal retirement, and nonqualified plans, QDROs, past and defunct plans, and using retirement assets to equalize assets. High-level valuation issues, including closely held business, stock redemptions, partnership redemptions and stock options.

Properly assessing inherent, control, and fraud risk on an engagement, and linking the results to an appropriately tailored detailed audit plan based on risk assessment and client service goals, regardless of entity type (for-profit, nonprofit, governmental). Leveraging strong substantive analytic procedures as audit evidence to cut back on tests of details. The most common efficiency opportunities for tailoring your audit approach based on risk. How to use the workpaper review process as a tool for producing a more effective and efficient engagement. Using audit documentation to enhance audit quality, while ensuring every workpaper has a purpose. How to use the client to your advantage in planning and performing the audit. Learn how to get the engagement out the door on time and on budget.

Understanding why internal fraud occurs. Policies, procedures, and control measures designed to fight fraud.

Overview of small business accounting solutions. Strengths and shortfalls of various accounting and add-on solutions.

Data preparation and cleansing. Pivot table creation. Pivot table customization. Navigating Excel's PivotTable Analyze tab.

Emerging trends like changes in client expectations, supplier strategies, and competitive dynamics. AI and advanced software innovations with tailored solutions for service lines like tax, audit, advisory, and niche industries. Next-gen automation tools, including the role of machine learning, RPA, and advanced analytics in streamlining operations. Optimal technology stacks to enhance firm productivity, efficiency, and profitability. Cybersecurity advancements. Proactive approaches to safeguarding client and firm data.

2025 Tax Provision Sunsets. Proposed individual tax provisions. Recent legislative developments, cases and rulings impacting individual taxpayers. ACA premium tax credit. Inflation Reduction Act update. 2026 inflation rates. FBAR update. Virtual currency and enforcement. Property transactions. Gross income and deductions.

Using the FDD to gather pertinent financial information to begin the analysis. Using a franchisor-provided or other template to form the basis of a proforma. Techniques for interviewing franchisees to glean critical financial data in order to complete the proforma.

Fund types. Budgetary accounting. Financial reporting requirements. Single Audit Act. Audit standards and procedures. Best practices in governmental accounting.

ChatGPT and generative AI technology primer. Building your generative AI vocabulary. Dig deeper into your engagement research to develop a higher quality advisory service. Polish your client reporting with the help of ChatGPT. Developing your ChatGPT client advisory services. Start with client education. You don't need to be a technical expert to be an educator. Use AI to help your clients automate their workflows and business processes. Build better spreadsheets with ChatGPT and Excel. Help your clients identify, evaluate and select applications for their business.

When are distributions taxable? Miscellaneous issues, including the critical difference between Schedule 736(a) and Schedule 736(b) payments. Sales of an LLC interest.

Traditional individual retirement accounts. Roth individual retirement accounts. Individual retirement account funding. Education IRAs (Coverdell Education Savings Accounts). Simplified employee pension IRAs. SIMPLE IRAs.

Deciphering Balance Sheet Accounting Issues: Through practical analysis and case discussions, we will highlight essential tools for understanding the balance sheet, ensuring it is exemplary and grasping the key drivers of accounting issues. Lease or Buy, Debt or Equity: Is there an ideal financing mix that we should aim to achieve? What does financial theory recommend? What are the hidden costs of our financing decisions? Should we lease or buy an asset, and how do we analyze this decision? How can we handle financial distress? These crucial topics will be addressed, blending theory and practice to help solve these dilemmas. Dealing with Ever Changing Accounting Standards: GAAP is changing rapidly, posing challenges for leaders who must adapt to new accounting standards while steering their organizations toward sustainable growth. SALT for CFOs: The changes to state and local taxation (SALT) are significant. New methods are continuously being introduced to raise taxes, as states strive to increase their revenue. How have the regulations changed, and what tools are useful for compliance? Many organizations may not fully comply with SALT regulations, which pose real risks. Leaders should be aware of these compliance risks and explore ways to minimize them to avoid penalties

Understand the four loss limitation rules applied on the owner s individual income tax return (i.e., basis, at-risk, passive, and excess business loss limitations). Determine how to calculate an owner's initial tax basis of his pass-through entity. Learn how to correctly make annual adjustments to a pass-through owner's tax basis. Identify what constitutes a debt basis for an S corporation shareholder. Learn the tax ramifications of repaying loans to S corporation shareholders.

Personal residence and vacation home advantages and traps. Depreciation, credits, passive losses, qualified business income (QBI). Installment sales. Involuntary conversions. Like-kind exchanges. Real estate investment trusts (REITs).

Valuation methods for business interests. Stock purchase versus asset purchase. Estate transfer and tax considerations. Gifting strategies for business interests. Trusts and partnerships in business transfers. Self-canceling installment notes in transactions. Transferring S corporation stock to trusts. Business interest transfer with Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

Budget allocation and negotiation techniques. Compensation and benefits structuring. Managing financial performance and layoffs. Financial and HR aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Regulatory compliance and ethical financial practices. Strategies for financial crisis management. Effective performance management systems.

Recent tax legislation and developments related to choice of entity - such as sole proprietorships, single member LLCs, partnership/LLCs, S corporations, and C corporations. Impact of the Section 199A deduction. Ramifications of the C to S election and the S to C election; Corporate tax rate to individual tax rate comparison examples. Other related topics.