Intro to Social Security - VIRTUAL
2.00 Credits
Member Price $135
Non-Member Price $185
Overview
This course provides an overview of Social Security and Medicare benefits and taxability. Because Social Security benefits are such an important piece of a retiree’s income tax situation we make sure that the student has a rudimentary understanding of benefit types for workers, spouses, widows/widowers, ex-spouses and dependents as well as clarifying income tax related issues.
Prerequisites
1 year tax preparation experience
Designed For
CPAs working in Tax
Objectives
This course introduces the student to the Social Security system, explains what it takes to qualify, taxability, types of benefits (worker, spouse, dependent, widow) and walks through when and how to sign up for benefits. It is an incredibly valuable “overview” of the system, as well as an introduction to deeper study of Social Security and Medicare.
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Bob Jennings, Owner, TaxSpeaker
Bob Jennings, CPA, EA, CFP®, is a nationally renowned author and speaker, presenting continuing education classes to over 100,000 tax professionals over the last 20 years all over the world. Jennings is a licensed CPA (Indiana) and an IRS Enrolled Agent. He is also a prolific author and has published over 60 professional articles in such magazines as the Journal of Accountancy as well as many other professional and consumer publications. Jennings annually authors several tax, accounting and technology manuals and is a regular columnist for FoxBusiness.com. As the founder of his own regional CPA firm in 1984, Jennings has dealt exclusively with individual and small business financial issues for over 30 years. Jennings appears regularly in the media and has been quoted extensively by numerous publications. He has recorded an extensive number of information videos, DVD’s and instructional clips available on his website at TaxSpeaker.com.
Non-Member Price $185
Member Price $135