07.28.10

Tax Staff Training Advanced – Reno, NV (July 28, 29 2010)

Posted in Nevada Society of CPAs at 7:14 am by Ed Zollars, CPA

Below are links to items discussed in the Tax Staff Training Advanced session held in Reno, Nevada on July 28 and 29, 2010:

• Circular 230 – Treasury standards governing practice before the IRS
• Statements on Standards for Tax Services – AICPA standards, recently revised
• Listed Transactions – IRS web page containing list of items considered listed transactions
• IRS Form 1120-UTP – Draft version of uncertain tax position reporting form
• Internal Revenue Manual
• United States Tax Court – Today’s Opinions (posted at 3:30 pm Eastern time daily).  Historical opinion search page
• IRS open “public directory” – contains many IRS documents, but in a rather cryptic interface.  Information in the directories include private letter rulings and the like, IRS Revenue Rulings, Revenue Procedures, etc., and draft forms.
• TIGTA 2010 Report on Problems With IRS Lien Processing – 28% failure to notify representative of lien filings.
• Partnership Audit Technique Guide
• Arizona Society CPAs Blog
• Tax Talk – discussion group

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07.26.10

Tax Practice Ethics and Quality Control: The New Imperative (July 26, 2010)

Posted in Arizona Society CPAs at 1:00 am by Ed Zollars, CPA

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07.19.10

Financial, Estate and Tax Planning for Individuals Over 55 (July 19, 2010)

Posted in Nevada Society of CPAs at 1:00 am by Ed Zollars, CPA

Materials and links referenced in November 12, 2009 presentation in Las Vegas, Nevada

• Immediate Annuities – resource for getting the price of giving retiree an assured (or at least as assured as insurance can be) lifetime income stream.  Good for a “reality check” for retirement planning.
• AARP Reverse Mortgage resource page – resource page provided by AARP for retirees thinking about a reverse mortgage
• Analyze Now website – retirement issue site by Henry Heeled
• Social Security Administration Early or Late Retirement Calculator
• Social Security My Statement Page – page for information on annual statements and to request a statement
• Social Security Benefits Estimator – allows us to do “what if” simulations on social security benefits
• IRS Notice 2009-82 – Relief for individuals that received required distributions from plans in 2009
• IRS Life Expectancy Tables – the Appendix of Publication 590, containing the life expectancy tables for IRA and plan distributions
• Life and Death Planning for Retirement Benefits – link for purchase of Natalie Choate’s volume that is considered the key work on use of trusts for distributions from retirement plans.
• Medicare Premiums 2010 – revised 2010 limits and deductibles
• Part B Premiums Based on Income – 2010 premiums tied to 2008 adjusted gross income
• Medicare & You Handbook – produced by Center for Medicare Services to explain Medicare
• Physician Directory – Medicare provided physician directory, including information on participation
• Medicare Part D Information – Medicare page for Part D information
• Chosing a Medigap Policy – Publication of Medicare on standard Medigap policies

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07.16.10

Passthrough Entities – Advanced Issues (July 16, 2010)

Posted in Arizona Society CPAs, tax at 6:07 am by Ed Zollars, CPA

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