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Tax Planning for Individuals Quickfinder® Handbook
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2008 Tax Edition

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Expand your practice to include income, estate and gift tax planning services for individual clients!

Tax Planning for Individuals is the perfect companion to the 1040 Quickfinder Handbook.

  • A broad range of tax planning ideas sure to reduce your individual clients’ federal tax burdens.
  • Easy-to-read and to-the-point discussion of each strategy.
  • Tons of quick, at-a-glance tables and charts at your fingertips.
  • Numerous real-life examples explain the planning strategies.
  • A unique 1040 Tax Planning Roadmap that enables you to derive tax planning strategies from any completed Form 1040.

Also includes helpful Client Handouts for use in your practice! View sample Client Handout.

 

Tab 1: Tables, Worksheet, and Handouts
Quick Facts Data Sheet, Tax Worksheets, Client Handouts.

Tab 2: Form 1040 Roadmap
Using Form 1040 as a Planning Roadmap.

Tab 3: Residences and Vacation Homes
Excluding Gain on Sale, Vacation Homes, Timeshares, Converting Residence to Rental, Energy Credits for Homeowners.

Tab 4: Sole Proprietors
Choice of Entity, Avoiding Hobby Loss Trap, Minimizing Self-Employment Tax, Maximizing Health Cost Deductions, Deducting Home Office Costs, Employing Family Members, Maximizing Depreciation, Business Use of Autos.

Tab 5: Compensation
Employer Stock Options, Restricted Stock, Nonqualified Deferred Compensation.

Tab 6: Stocks, Bonds and Mutual Funds
Capital Gain Rules, Mutual Fund Investments, Stocks and Options, Bond Transactions, Securities Traders.

Tab 7: Real Estate
Like-Kind Exchanges, Selling Real Property, Depreciating Real Property, Energy Tax Credits.

Tab 8: Children
Tax Planning for Children, IRAs for Children, Employing a Child.

Tab 9: Education
Financial Aid System, Education Tax Incentives, Qualified Tuition Programs.

Tab 10: Divorce
Alimony and Child Support, Property Transfers, QDROs for Qualified Plan Assets.

Tab 11: Charitable Giving
Donating Cash and Property, Donor-Advised Funds, Other Charitable-Giving Vehicles, Substantiating Charitable Donations.

Tab 12: Retirement Plans
Retirement Plans for the Self-Employed, Maximizing IRA Benefits, Choosing Retirement Plan Beneficiaries, Minimum Required Distributions, Accessing Retirement Funds Before Age 59 1/2.

Tab 13: Alternative Minimum Tax
AMT Traps, Saving Deductions.

Tab 14: Elderly
Maximize Medical and Long-Term Care Deductions, Life Insurance Tax Benefits, Decedent's Final Return, Social Security Benefits.

Tab 15: Estate and Gift Tax
Lifetime Giving Strategies, Credit Shelter Trusts, Life Insurance Trusts, Family Limited Partnerships, Pros and Cons of Avoiding Probate, What to Do When a Client Dies, Reviewing Wills.

Tab 16: Index

Optional Self-Study CPE courses included with Quickfinder CPE Collection. Obtaining CPE credit requires payment of grading fee.

Tax Planning for Individuals and Investors

Course Description:
This interactive selfstudy course summarizes a number of retirement programs that provide tax advantages to both employers and employees.

Publication/Revision Date:
April 2008

Recommended for:
Users of Tax Planning for Individuals Quickfinder® Handbook

Prerequisite/Advance Preparation:
Basic knowledge of income tax preparation

CPE Credit:
8 QAS Hours, 8 Registry Hours

CPAs: Check with the state board of accountancy in the state in which you are licensed to determine if they participate in the QAS program and allow QAS CPE credit hours. This course is based on one CPE credit for each 50 minutes of study time in accordance with standards issued by NASBA. Note that some states require 100-minute contact hours for self study. You may also visit the NASBA website at www.nasba.org for a listing of states that accept QAS hours.

Enrolled Agents: This CPE course is designed to enhance professional knowledge for Enrolled Agents. PPC is a qualified CPE Sponsor for Enrolled Agents as required by Circular 230 Section 10.6(g)(2)(ii).

CTEC Credit:
8 CTEC Federal Hours, 0 CTEC California Hours

Field of Study:
Taxes

Expiration Date:
Postmarked by June 30, 2009

Knowledge Level:
Intermediate

Learning Objectives:

Lesson 1—Roth IRAs
Completion of this lesson will enable you to:

  • Describe how to use Roth IRAs to maximize individual retirement benefits.
  • Explain how to convert traditional IRAs to Roth IRAs.
  • Demonstrate how to maximize retirement benefits with a Roth 401(k).
  • Compare Roth IRAs, traditional IRAs, and Roth 401(k)s.

Lesson 2—Choosing Among Benefit Distribution Options
Completion of this lesson will enable you to:

  • Recognize the optimum benefit distribution option for your client..
  • Describe the tax considerations in selecting a retirement plan and IRA beneficiary.

Lesson 3—Minimum Distribution Rules, Lump Sum Distributions, and Rollover Rules
Completion of this lesson will enable you to:

  • Summarize the minimum distribution rules.
  • Describe the rules used to avoid early distribution taxes on qualified retirement plans.
  • Explain the taxwise strategies for lump sum and rollover distributions.
  • Apply the rollover rules to defer tax on distributions.

To Complete This Learning Process:

Send your completed Examination for CPE Credit Answer Sheet, Course Evaluation and payment to:

Thomson Tax & Accounting
DIPTG08 Self-study CPE
P.O. Box 966
Fort Worth, TX 76101

See the test instructions included with the course materials for more information.

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