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(SSTX330/27) Surgent’s Weekly Expert Hour (Original Air Date: 6/30/22)
As financial and tax professionals well know, information overload is a constant struggle we face because things change quickly, and the sheer number of changes being made on a daily basis is enormous. Of great importance to small and medium tax and advisory firms is differentiating between changes that are relevant to our practice and...
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(SSTX261/27) Surgent’s Form 1120-S Boot Camp: Step-by-Step Preparation With Completed Forms
The objective of this course is to train new, rusty, or returning-to-practice staff to prepare complicated federal subchapter S corporation tax returns. The course utilizes a chapter-by-chapter, hands-on approach. As more details are discussed in each chapter, participants are provided with the information needed to prepare an intricate Form 1120-S. The course and instruction delivery...
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(LITX53/27) Understanding Partnership Taxation: Advanced Basis, Contributions & Distributions
Partnership distributions of cash to the partners are generally straightforward to handle. However, when partnerships begin to distribute property, things can get tough! When do we need to recognize gain? What type of gain do we recognize? When does a disproportionate distribution result in ordinary income? And what about 704(c)? When these situations come up,...
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(LITX22/27) Exploring Client Advisory Services – Hiring New Workers & Payroll Taxes
When a new employee is hired, there are a lot of things the employer needs to take care of. Aside from getting employment contracts signed, training lined up, and the new hire breakfast planned, employers are tasked with making sure all of the payroll forms are filled out. For many small business owners, this can...
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(SSTX235/27) Surgent’s Top 20 Effective Strategies for Avoiding RMD Mistakes and Penalties: Updated for the NEW Proposed RMD Regulations
Required minimum distributions (RMD) must begin for the year in which the account owner reaches age 72 unless an exception applies. RMDs must also be taken from inherited accounts, and the process for determining RMDs for these accounts is more complex than those that apply to RMDs for non-inherited accounts. Failure to comply with the...
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(SSTX159/27) Surgent’s A Guide to Gig Economy Tax Issues
The IRS defines the "gig economy" as people earning income providing on-demand work, services, or goods on either a part-time or full-time basis. The economic times we live in are changing, and accounting and finance professionals must learn how the rules apply in this new gig economy. The tax rules that apply to gig workers...
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(SSTX177/27) Surgent’s Taking Advantage of Installment Sales and Like-Kind Exchanges
When real property is sold for a gain, we always try to find ways to defer recognizing income so it won't be necessary to send a check to Uncle Sam. There are two provisions within the Internal Revenue Code that allow the taxpayer to defer recognition of immediate taxable gain in the year of sale:...
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(SSTX351/27) Surgent’s Weekly Expert Hour (Original Air Date: 9/5/24)
As financial and tax professionals well know, information overload is a constant struggle we face because things change quickly, and the sheer number of changes being made on a daily basis is enormous. Of great importance to small and medium tax and advisory firms is differentiating between changes that are relevant to our practice and...
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(SSOT136/27) Surgent’s Marijuana: A Generalized Business Viewpoint
Each year, more states legalize cannabis (i.e., marijuana) for medical or recreational purposes. As legalization grows, so too does the cannabis industry. While some financial professionals have stayed away from this growing sector of the economy, others have embraced the opportunities the cannabis industry has to offer. The legalization of cannabis brings with it a...
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(SSTX146/27) Surgent’s Employee vs. Independent Contractor: Achieving Success in a Worker Classification Audit
The IRS believes, perhaps with some justification, that many workers classified as independent contractors are actually employees and should be treated as such for tax purposes. The result is that worker classification audits are frequent and often costly for business clients, both in terms of time as well as money expended. This program prepares accounting...
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