Financial Tax Planning CPE course

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Course Description

Financial Tax Planning – 2.5 hrs. CPE

This course integrates federal taxation with overall financial planning. The course explores 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.

Course Information

Price: $30
This course is included in our Mega CPE Special and our Unlimited Tax Bundle

Course No. M010
Format: Online pdf (61 pages). Printed book available.
Instructional Delivery Method: QAS Self-Study
Prerequisites: General understanding of federal income taxation
Advance Preparation: None
Level: Overview
CPE Credit: 2.5 hrs.
Field of Study: Taxes: Technical
Course expiration: You have one year from date of purchase to complete the course.
Course Revision Date: January 2024

Objectives

Upon completion of this course participants should be able to:

Identify investment purposes and retirement misconceptions, the multi-step retirement process, and the elements of investment planning.
Determine income types, from a tax perspective, to be budgeted into cash so that income-producing assets can be acquired and managed for an effective investment plan.
Recognize the means of achieving tax deferral through retirement plans and installment sales, and specify the double financial benefit of exchanging through tax postponement and possible tax elimination.
Determine how to use tax credits, estimated taxes, and basic deductions to effectively reduce federal income tax and thereby increase discretionary income for investment purposes.
Specify formats for income splitting that can benefit taxpayers by lowering overall taxes as a unit and permitting wealth and tax allocation among individuals or entities.
Identify the tax benefits of the $500,000 home sales exclusion, municipal bonds, divorce and separation settlements, gifts and inheritances, life insurance, fringe benefits, and Social Security to eliminate tax on realized gain and ordinary income.