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8-Tax CPE Credits
Get full coverage of the latest pending and enacted tax law changes. Hear strategies and techniques for individuals to use in light of tax reform. Review current cases and rulings affecting individuals and businesses. Highlights
Update on proposed and potential tax law changes from the new presidential administration and Congress
Update on major enacted tax law changes, including the status of DOL overtime rule changes, the new partnership audit rules, the PATH Act, and Social Security
Advanced practitioner issues
Health care reform: Where are we and where may we be going?
Review of pertinent cases and rulings regarding exclusions, character issues, retirement plans, travel, and other items affecting individual taxpayers
Practice aids, including all the numbers applicable for the current year: Inflation-adjusted amounts, mileage rates, and retirement contributions
Recent developments with business entities, including C corporations, S corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies; proposed changes to family-limited-partnership valuations
The latest on depreciation and safe harbor expensing options, including the $2,500 de minimis expense item
The latest issues related to passive activities, substantiation, and late-breaking tax law changes
Registration
PICPA Member: $315 Nonmember: $415
More Information
Course No.
616500
Level:
Update
Prerequisites:
None
Speaker(s)
Susan Smith
Smith & Associates
Susan Smith, CPA
Susan Smith manages her own firm specializing in tax planning for individuals
and business owners and is also a frequent speaker at tax conferences.
Smith spent 14 years as a Senior Manager in the tax departments of Price
Waterhouse and Peat Marwick (the predecessor of KPMG). While at Price
Waterhouse, she also held the national specialist designation for the real
estate and partnership tax practices locally. During her time at Peat Marwick,
Smith led the real estate and tax practices locally. She has been an associate
adjunct professor at Widener University in the master’s in taxation program. Her
ratings have consistently exceeded 4.7 on a scale of 5.0. Also, she recently
received the James L. McCoy 2008 Discussion Leader of the Year Award for
excellence in teaching.
Smith earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree, with an
accounting concentration, in 1978.