Fraud Case Studies: Schemes and Controls
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Virtual
4.00 Credits
Member Price $219.00
Non-Member Price $309.00
Overview
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This highly informative course comprehensively covers all the latest tax law developments. The focus is on individual taxation and discussion of the planning opportunities practitioners need to understand to help clients respond effectively. You will come away from the course with the up-to-date knowledge to educate your individual tax clients and implement tax-saving ideas that will serve their ever-evolving needs. This course is continually updated to reflect enacted legislation. Please Note: Due to content overlap, it is recommended that this course NOT be taken together with BFTU.
Firms/companies with fewer than 50 staff can be reimbursed up to 100% of the cost of training and firms/companies with 50-100 employees can be reimbursed up to 50% of the cost of training. You must register for the course and apply for reimbursement through the Workforce Training Express Fund website a minimum of three weeks prior to the start of the course to be eligible. The course code for this program is C-8751. To learn more, click here or contact Julia Ekelund at jekelund@masscpas.org.
Highlights
Comprehensive coverage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Review of key components of President Trump’s tax bill, including a tip income exemption, overtime pay relief, Social Security tax exemption, auto loan interest deductibility, SALT deduction modifications, a lower corporate tax rate, restoration of 100% bonus depreciation, immediate R&D expensing, and permanent extension of select TCJA provisions Tariff policy and implementation - analyze the use of tariffs as a fiscal and trade policy tool Digital assets and tax implications - understand the new Form 1099-DA for reporting digital asset transactions, along with updated IRS guidance on cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and broker responsibilities Artificial intelligence - discover how AI and generative tools are transforming tax practices, as well as how the IRS is leveraging AI to enhance audit selection Form 1099-K reporting requirements - understand the evolving IRS thresholds and rules for third-party payment platforms The Gig Economy - examine key tax implications for gig workers, including Independent Contractor vs. Employee classification challenges, reporting responsibilities, and the impact of the 2024 Department of Labor Final Rule on worker status Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation Real Estate professional requirements Review of pertinent cases and rulings affecting taxpayers Practice aids, including all the numbers applicable for the current year – inflation-adjusted amounts, mileage rates, retirement contributions, and more Advanced practice, reporting, and other issues intertwined with advanced planning and discussion ideas
Designed For
All tax practitioners, both those working in public accounting as well as those in private industry, who need the latest information on tax changes affecting their individual clients
Objectives
Understand strategies and tactics to use in light of new legislation Understand the most current guidance on retirement planning Understand how to nail down valuable deductions and other reductions to the tax base
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Renee Rampulla, American Institute of CPAs
Renee Rampulla has over twenty years of professional experience. She writes, lectures, and consults on technical accounting and auditing issues. Renee has extensive experience in the auditing of public and privately held entities ranging from the manufacturing and service sectors, to financial services. Previously she was a partner in a regional accounting firm in the northeast in charge of the firm’s accounting and auditing practice and their quality control group. Renee is the president and founder of Rampulla Advisory Services, LLC. Her clients include nationally recognized professional organizations, accounting firms, companies, publishers and others. By devoting several years of her career at both regional and Big Four accounting firms Renee accumulated a wealth of technical and practical knowledge. In addition, she was a senior staff member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). At the AICPA Renee worked closely with senior technical committees, presented technical guidance before standard setters, and authored and updated several authoritative and non-authoritative publications. For several years Renee was an adjunct lecturer at a university in New York City where she taught numerous undergraduate accounting and auditing courses. Renee enjoys teaching and is an instructor and author of several continuing professional education courses for the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants’ (NYSSCPA) Foundation for Accounting Education (FAE) and other organizations, covering a variety of accounting and auditing topics. Renee holds a BBA in Public Accounting from Bernard M. Baruch College. She is a member of the AICPA, the NYSSCPA, the New Jersey State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJSCPA), the Institute of Management Accountants, the American Woman’s Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Renee serves as a committee member of the NYSSCPA’s Professional Ethics committee. She is currently the vice-leader of the NJSCPA’s Accounting and Auditing Standards Interest Group, becoming leader in June 2012. Previously she served as co-chair of the NJSCPA Accounting Standards and IFRS sub-committee interest groups.
Non-Member Price $309.00
Member Price $219.00