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This session will be a review of the most recent cases, rulings, and tax code changes that impact estate, gift and generation-skipping tax matters, and income taxation of trusts.
The tax environment is fluid and what will occur is uncertain. This session will be updated up until the date of the program to provide practitioners with practical, actionable, tax planning advice that can be given to clients. Depending on the status of tax legislation current proposals and what to do in light of them will be reviewed. If there is actual legislation that will be discussed. in all events the focus will be on specific planning you can guide clients with.
This session will cover case studies, descriptions and explanations of effective and practical estate planning techniques to not only save estate taxes, but also to protect clients and their heirs from future estate taxes, divorce and creditors at the same time.
This session will also show you how to structure basic estate documents, uses of GRATs, sales to grantor trusts, preferred partnership freezes and the like.
Gift tax returns when filed with "adequate disclosure" provide a golden opportunity reduce audit issues and exposure on a federal estate tax return and most likely avoid later-life surprises for increases in gift tax liability. The session provides examples for effective gift tax reporting in addition to review of the applicable law and rules. After reviewing the demands and importance of adequate disclosure, this session will review practical return preparation preliminary actions; how Schedule A of the Form 709 integrates with GST reporting; fixed-dollar formula gift disclosures; engagement agreements with appraisers; informing the appraiser what to value; reporting GRATs; reporting transfers subject to ETIPs and when the ETIP ends; and reporting with Crummey gifts, among other topics.
With more than 500 different profession-specific software products to choose from in at least 30 different categories, building your tech stack is more complicated than ever. Join a panel of tech experts and business consultants as they survey the landscape and provide guidance on your selection process and what to look for in the CPA planner’s tech future.
The presentation is about recent developments regarding federal estate and gift taxes. We will review general procedural and substantive updates regarding estate and gift taxation, including changes in the law that impact the filing of estate and gift tax returns.
This session will cover the best 2021 retirement tax planning strategies, following a year that upended even the best-laid plans. The program will show CPAs how to react to the most recent tax changes, including the SECURE and CARES Act and more. Most clients will need to have their current retirement tax and estate plans revised based on the recent tax rule changes.
What have we learned from the past 15 months of living through a life changing pandemic? How has it changed the world around us in temporary and permanent ways? What does it mean for your firm and practice? Have you thought about what it looks like going forward? How has it impacted your clients and their perspective of their lives, goals, ambitions and future direction?
This session will give you the perspectives on these questions from three of the thought leaders in the CPA Financial Planning Profession. These leaders have been thinking deeply about these issues from Day One of the pandemic through their own firms, study groups, and various webinars and conference presentations. Now, as we hopefully see some light at the end of the COVID tunnel, how do we capture the lessons learned from this experience to make our firms, our clients lives, and us better?
This session will review trusts commonly used by clients such as life insurance trusts, survivorship life insurance trusts, trusts for children and grandchildren, and others.
The much-debated ruling by the US Supreme Court forcing the NCAA to alter long-standing financial policies around collegiate athletics, athletes and teams speaking out on social issues, and the Tokyo Olympics taking place amid a global pandemic has made the intersection of business and sports more apparent and newsworthy than ever.
The role of the trusted, professional financial advisor is critical from the onset of an athlete’s career requiring an understanding of financial literacy, wealth management and compliance. Given the stunningly short, average length of a player’s career, preparing for the day the buzzer sounds should start well before they sign their first professional contract.
This session features lessons learned from three groundbreaking professionals - Amobi Okugo, Jeremy Bloom and Nicole Lynn - each bringing their own unique perspectives on overcoming adversities, maximizing opportunities and navigating an often treacherous business environment on and off the field.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated change in the profession. This panel discussion will provide insights into the trends and issues impacting the profession and how these are creating new opportunities to thrive in the future.