Individual Filing Requirements
SKU: 09-011-01-CPE
Credit Hours: 3
CPE Category: Taxes
CE Category: Federal Tax
Delivery Method: Online Group/Internet based
Instructor: Andrew Clark, EA
Course Description:
Due to the inclusion of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law, filing requirements for individual taxpayers have been drastically altered. This webinar will focus on the updated filing requirements surrounding individual taxpayers across all filing types. Additionally, this webinar will go into detail regarding the updated basic standard deduction, additional standard deduction, personal deduction, and penalty amounts. Finally, this webinar will go over the filing of a deceased taxpayer’s federal income tax return and the treatment of decedent income.
This course will cover the following topics:
- Recognize the new standard deduction amounts across all filing statuses,
- Identify the requirements that must be met to file as any of the five filing statuses,
- Identify the new standard deduction and additional standard deduction amounts,
- Recognize the circumstances that will disallow taxpayers from taking the standard deduction,
- Identify when a taxpayer is required to file their federal income tax return,
- Recognize the various penalties associated with filing a return or paying taxes late, and
- Identify the tax responsibilities and treatment of income associated with a recently deceased taxpayer.