Intermediate Individual Taxation - Tax Staff Essentials
8.00 Credits
Member Price $349
Non-Member Price $419
Overview
Tax tips and tax strategies to help your new and existing individual clients.
Highlights
Prerequisites
Working knowledge of individual income taxation and Form 1040 preparation
Designed For
Objectives
- Determine whether an activity is passive or active.
- Determine the allowable deductions for vacation homes.
- Recognize how material participation affects the taxation of an activity.
- Determine the amounts allowable for deducting travel and transportation expenses.
- Identify income categories and entity types that qualify for the qualified business income (QBI) deduction.
- Identify the rules for amortizing and expensing start-up costs, intangible assets, and research and experimentation expenditures.
- Identify property transaction provisions that apply to installment sales, inherited property, and other capital assets.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Deborah Phillips, Discussion Leader, Surgent McCoy CPE, LLC
Deborah A. Phillips, MST, CPA, is a Senior Manager in the Flow Through Issue Practice Group (IPG) in Pre-filing Technical Guidance (PFTG) in the Large Business and International Division (LB&I) of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). This IPG specializes in S corporation and partnership tax issues in LB&I.
Ms. Phillips began her career with the IRS more than 31 years ago and has extensive accounting and taxation knowledge of individual, corporate, and partnership federal tax returns. She was the Operations Executive Assistant to the Deputy Commission International, the Technical Executive Assistant to the Director of PFTG, a Territory Manager in the Retail, Food and Pharmaceuticals Industry, a Team Manager in the Heavy Manufacturing Industry and the IRC Section 263A Technical Advisor. She taught graduate and undergraduate courses in accounting and taxation as an adjunct faculty member at Delaware State University, Wilmington College, and Goldey-Beacom College. She has been a seminar presenter for over 17 years as well as a respected instructor within the IRS.
Ms. Phillips earned her master’s degree in taxation from Widener University.
Non-Member Price $419
Member Price $349