Complete Guide to Estate & Gift Taxation ON DEMAND

Overview

This presentation integrates federal taxation with overall financial planning. The course will explore tax strategies relating to the central financial tactics of wealth building, capital preservation, and estate distribution. The result is a unified explanation of tax economics that will permit the tax professional to locate, analyze, and solve financial concerns. Designed to improve the quality of services to clients and the profitability of engagements, this program projects the accountant into the world of financial planning. This course will give the participant practice in analyzing problems, developing solutions, and presenting final personal financial plans to clients. The emphasis is on practical simplicity in dealing with the self-employed and highly compensated individual.

Highlights

Financial Tax Planning. Building an Estate. Preservation of Wealth. Deferral. Reduction. Income Splitting. Elimination. Asset Protection. Estate Planning. Estate and Gift Taxes. Wills and Probate. Trusts. Entities and Title. Life Insurance, Annuities and Buy-Sell Agreements. Special Business Issues. Estate Freeze Rules. Elderly and Disabled Planning. Post-Mortem Planning and Tax Return Requirements.

Prerequisites

None.

Designed For

CPAs, financial professionals, enrolled agents and attorneys.

Objectives

Identify short-term financial goals and investment purposes, recognize the importance of defining, listing, and prioritizing realistic goals specifying how investing allocation changes with age. Determine the tax consequences of title holding methods. Identify money management specifying income types, recognize causes of increased taxable income for itemizing taxpayers, and specify taxable income types and their proper reporting. Determine the distinctions between tax-free municipal bonds from fringe benefits in generating tax-free income, cite the benefits of tax deferral, and identify tax-deferred investments. Specify ways to shelter income stating how income sheltering amplifies investment return. Recognize the budgeting of income into cash by containing expenditures with the author’s step process and discretionary income development, identify a client’s negative outlook on budgeting and counter strategies, determine how to convert income into assets by purchasing investments, and specify asset acquisition rules. Specify tax-advantaged investments citing management rules, and determine the economic impact of accelerating deductions, postponing tax liability, and leveraging, and more.

Preparation

None.

Notice

None.