Each year, various limits affecting income tax return preparation and tax planning are affected by inflation-related changes. In addition, various laws passed to address the financial consequences of the coronavirus pandemic significantly affect tax planning and may also affect taxpayers’ income tax liability. This course will examine many of those changes.
The Annual Tax Filing Season Update course discusses new tax law and recent updates for the 2023 filing season, provides a general tax review, and examines important rules governing tax return preparer ethics, practices and procedures.
No advance preparation needed
Program Level – Basic
Program prerequisites – None
Delivery method – QAS self-study
Recommended CPE credits – 8
Recommended field of study – Taxes
Course Learning Objectives
- Identify the principal individual income tax changes brought about by recent legislation;
- Apply the inflation-adjusted and other limits to the proper preparation of taxpayers’ income tax returns;
- Recognize the federal income tax filing statuses and the criteria for their use;
- Describe the current status of tax extenders;
- Identify the types of income that must be recognized;
- Apply the tax rules to the various credits and adjustments to income that are available to taxpayers;
- Recognize the penalties that may be imposed on a preparer for failing to meet ethical and practice standards in preparing tax returns; and
- Identify the duties and restrictions imposed on tax preparers under Circular 230.
Copyright 2023 by Winn Publications ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS COURSE MAY BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER. All materials relating to this course are copyrighted by Winn Publications. Purchase of a course includes a license for one person to use the course materials. Absent specific written permission from the copyright holder, it is not permissible to distribute files containing course materials or printed versions of course materials to individuals who have not purchased the course. It is also not permissible to make the course materials available to others over a computer network, Intranet, Internet, or any other storage, transmittal, or retrieval system. This document is designed to provide general information and is not a substitute for professional advice in specific situations. It is not intended to be, and should not be construed as, legal or accounting advice which should be provided only by professional advisers. No advance preparation needed Program Level - Basic Program prerequisites - None Delivery method - QAS self-study Recommended CPE credits - 8 Recommended field of study - Taxes
