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Guide to 1041 Preparation of Estates & Trusts - 4 Hours


Total Credits: 4.2 including 4.2 Taxes - Technical

Average Rating:
   19
Categories:
Accounting and Auditing |  Industry |  Tax |  ACPEN Tax Institute |  IRS Approved
Speaker:
Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, JD
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
4 Hours
Product Type:
Live Webcast Replay
License:

Dates


Description

This program examines the critical issues, rules, and special opportunities when preparing your clients' Form 1041 US Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts. Learn what is considered taxable income; filing requirements and deadlines; impact of the 3.8 percent Medicare surtax on net investment income; and the 10 principles of tax accounting for trust income.

**Please Note:  If you need credit reported to the IRS for this IRS approved program, please download the IRS CE request form on the Course Materials Tab and submit to leighanne.conroy@acpen.com.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Provide a working knowledge of tax rules and guidelines of estates and trusts returns Discuss planning and potential pitfalls

Major Subjects
  • 2020-21 rates and brackets
  • Calculating a trust's AGI * Filing requirements, deadlines, and penalties
  • 3.8 percent Medicare surtax on net investment income (NII)
  • Simple vs. complex trusts
  • Grantor Trusts—Four options to report activity
  • Fiduciary Accounting and the 10 Principles of tax accounting for trust income Section 643 (g) Election
  • Taxable income of trusts, estate, and beneficiaries
  • Deductions
  • Distributions

Course Materials

Speaker

Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, JD's Profile

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Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, JD, is a lively and energetic speaker on the subject of taxes and ethics, and has extensive experience in leading discussions for conferences, seminars and webinars. He is a highly rated speaker and seminar leader for state CPA societies and other organizations throughout the country.

Van Der Aa has more than 25 years of experience, including tax practice in CPA firms and the practice of transactional business and real estate law as an attorney. His practice concentrated on the tax needs of closely held businesses, with their related pass-through entities, complex individual returns, estates and trusts.

Van Der Aa taught for 10 years as an adjunct instructor and for one year as assistant professor of accounting and taxation for Grand Valley State University’s Seidman College of Business, where he taught in both the undergraduate and MST programs.


Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Advanced Preparation

None


Course Developer

Van Der Aa Tax Ed, LLC


Designed For

Experienced CPAs working with estates and trusts


Yellow Book

No


Original Recording Date

04/01/2021


Prerequisites

A basic working knowledge of Form 1041 and estates and trusts


Date Added to Catalog

04/01/2021


Additional Information

Complaint Resolution Policy

Please contact Anne Taylor for any complaints.  anne.taylor@acpen.com, (972-377-8199).


Course Registration Requirements

Online Registration


Instructional Delivery Method

Group Internet Based


Official Registry Statement

Business Professionals' Network, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org


Refund/Cancellation Policy

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Overall:      4.4

Total Reviews: 19

Comments

JOHN M - UPPER MARLBORO, Maryland

"This course was very rewarding"

Sandra J

"Webinar was easy to access"