Thriving with Less IRS: Smart Self-Help Strategies for Tax Pros
The IRS continues to face significant staffing reductions, leaving tax professionals and taxpayers to rely increasingly on self-help tools and digital services. This session explores practical ways to navigate IRS resource constraints by leveraging online accounts, secure communication platforms, and other technology-driven solutions. Participants will gain strategies to streamline compliance, improve client outcomes, and reduce frustration while maintaining high professional standards. The presentation also highlights external resources — from advocacy groups to professional networks — that can strengthen tax practice in an era of limited IRS capacity.
Planes, Yachts & Automobiles: Depreciation Rules for Listed Property Under IRC §280F
Is that business jet, RV, yacht or luxury automobile really deductible? This course tackles the tricky terrain of listed property depreciation, helping tax professionals navigate IRC §280F with confidence and clarity. Whether your client is flying high, cruising the coast, or hitting the highway, this session will help you determine what qualifies, what doesn’t, and how to keep the IRS at bay.
BBA Partnership Audits: A Practitioner’s Guide to Rules, Risk, and Strategy
The Bipartisan Budget Act (“BBA”) was signed into law on November 2, 2015, replacing the partnership audit procedures for partnerships under the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (“TEFRA”) for tax years generally beginning in 2018. BBA represents a major change in the way adjustments are made to partnerships are audited and how partnerships make changes to their prior year returns. Although the BBA is now over 10 years old, it is still relatively new when it comes to audits, cases, and overall procedures. BBA audits have been on the rise with revenue agents and tax professionals working together to navigate filing and notice requirements, imputed underpayment computations and adjustments, push out elections, and litigation of BBA matters in court. This course will provide an overview of the complex rules contained in the centralized partnership audit regime and provide practitioners with the information they need to know to accurately spot issues and advise their clients for both filing and in the event of a BBA audit.
Crypto 101: Demystifying Digital Assets
Digital assets are no longer a niche topic reserved for technologists and early adopters. Understanding how cryptocurrency and blockchain technology function at a foundational level is now essential for tax professionals, advisors, attorneys, and financial practitioners navigating today’s digital economy.
NIL Income: Tax Playbook for College Athlete Compensation
Name, Image, and Likeness compensation has changed the financial landscape for college athletes, and with that money comes real tax exposure. In this course, Thad Madden draws on 38 years of IRS experience and two years in private practice specializing in NIL tax issues to give tax professionals an inside look at how NIL income is earned, reported, and taxed.
Tax Traps in Divorce: Navigating Joint Liabilities, IRS Relief, and Financial Fallout
Divorce often uncovers or creates serious tax issues, yet many tax professionals are unaware of the traps lurking in joint returns, IRS collections, and refund offsets. This CPE provides tax professionals with a practical guide to spotting and mitigating IRS-related risks in divorce and support cases. Learn how to protect your clients and prevent long-term financial damage by understanding how the IRS operates behind the scenes.
Education Tax Credits Rewritten: Understanding the New Federal Scholarship Tax Credit
The new federal scholarship tax credit creates significant planning, compliance, and advisory opportunities for tax professionals working with families, education providers, donors, and scholarship-granting organizations. This course provides a practical overview of the new credit, including its purpose, eligibility rules, contribution and scholarship mechanics, reporting requirements, and the key issues practitioners should watch as implementation guidance develops.
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