Social Security & Medicare - VIRTUAL
8.00 Credits
Member Price $300
Non-Member Price $350
Overview
Upon completion of this course you will be able to explain the basic structure of the system to clients and provide them with additional resources they can use to find out more information. You will be able to guide clients through the process of applying for Social Security benefits and inform them about the various health insurance benefits they are eligible for under Medicare.
Participants will be able to provide married couples with strategies to receive the maximum benefit as well as planning advice on when clients should begin to withdraw their benefits. You will be able to explain divorce issues to clients, as well as when they are eligible for benefits, how their benefit amount is determined, and when they will qualify for survivors benefits. You will be able to walk clients through various scenarios of how adjusting their earnings will affect their benefits. In addition, you will be able to inform clients of any changes to social security in 2022, including terminology, when and how to sign up, dependent’s benefits and survivor benefits. You will obtain a general knowledge of the reduction, taxability, categories, and qualifications of benefits. The course will give you the ability to calculate benefits, as well as understand the effects of divorce or death on social security benefits.
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
CPAs working in accounting and audting
Objectives
This course is the answer for any and all Social Security questions. Beginning with an overview of facts, taxability and benefits, the instructor then examines the individual rules to calculate benefits, when to draw, how to qualify and the tax inter-related aspects of these decisions. We then specifically and carefully discuss survivor and divorce benefits, children and other dependents, and disability. We then conclude with an in-depth and up-to-date explanation of Medicare. In prior years this course was sold to the general public as an Amazon best-seller on Social Security.
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 $350
Member Price $300