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2026-27 OSCPA-Select™ CPE - 2 catalog options:
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Eliminating Busy Season: Transforming Your Practice to Year- Round Advisory Services
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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This course provides tax and accounting professionals with a comprehensive framework for transitioning from a compliance-driven busy season model to a sustainable, year-round advisory practice. Participants will explore strategies for expanding services into tax, financial, and estate planning. The course addresses both transitioning existing clients and attracting new, higher-value clients while improving efficiency, client value, and revenue stability.
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Estate and Financial Planning for the Older Client
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Online
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
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Enter the complex world of elder planning with this comprehensive course tailored for financial professionals. Gain invaluable insights into estate and financial strategies designed specifically for older clients, equipping you with the knowledge and skills to address their unique needs and challenges. Throughout the course, participants will explore a wide range of topics, from understanding the complexities of Medicare and various life insurance types to navigating Social Security considerations and exploring Medicaid planning details. With a focus on practical application, attendees will learn to customize estate planning strategies, explore housing and care alternatives, and address gifting complexities relevant to older clients. By the end of the program, you'll develop expertise in executing specialized planning requirements for mature clients, ensuring you're well-prepared to provide informed counsel and support in this important aspect of financial practice. Join us and enhance your knowledge in estate and financial planning for the older client today. *Please Note: If you need credit reported to the IRS for this IRS approved program, please download the IRS CE request form on the Handouts Tab and submit to kori.herrera@acpen.com
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Retirement Planning Issues: Where We Stand Now (4 hours)
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Online
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
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This course is designed to equip CPAs, EAs, attorneys, and tax professionals with the essential knowledge and strategies needed to navigate the latest developments. Explore innovative approaches to maximize retirement savings, discuss tax- efficient retirement plan options, and align estate planning techniques with current trends. Gain a thorough understanding of altered rules for Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) and discover how to optimize estate plans in response to changing regulations. This update is tailored for professionals seeking practical insights in the realm of contemporary retirement planning. **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 kori.herrera@acpen.com.
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The Preparation of Form 709 – Line-by-Line (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Gift taxation is a critical component of estate planning, and Form 709 serves as the key reporting tool. This course provides a comprehensive line-by-line guide to preparing Form 709, ensuring accuracy and compliance. Participants will learn how to determine taxable gifts, apply exclusions, and utilize available deductions. Special attention will be given to valuation techniques, gift-splitting, and generation-skipping transfer tax (GSTT) considerations. Additionally, this course will examine any new legislative changes from the current administration and how they may impact gift tax planning and reporting. *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 kori.herrera@acpen.com
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LLC's & S Corps -- A Comparative Analysis (4.5 hours)
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Online
4.5 Credits
Member Price: $169
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This course provides an in-depth comparative analysis of Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) and S Corporations, focusing on their tax implications, compliance requirements, and operational structures. Participants will explore key aspects of entity formation, tax treatment, and compliance with corporate formalities. Topics include electing Subchapter S status, mechanics of Form 2553, and relief options for late filings under Rev. Proc. 2022-19. The course also highlights entity-specific tax forms, accountable plans, taxable fringe benefits, officer reasonable compensation, estate planning, business continuation planning, and audit strategies. Additionally, participants will review Schedules K-1, K-2, K-3, and effectively connected income for both entity types. *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 kori.herrera@acpen.com
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Designing a Work Program for Your Financial Planning Practice (2 hours) [NT] - OnDemand Webcast
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On-Demand
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $69
Build a financial planning playbook that works. This course shows you how to design a turnkey system for tackling real client challenges'from insurance and investments to taxes, retirement, and estate planning. You'll learn how to navigate tough decisions, develop practical solutions, and deliver high-impact PFP services across major accounting areas. Walk away with a ready-to-use framework tailored for business owners, high earners, Boomers, new retirees, and clients facing major life shifts.
Navigating Art Assets: Investment, Valuation, and Estate Planning (2 hours) - OnDemand Webcast
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $69
Accountants advising clients with valuable art collections must navigate the complexities of the evolving art market to optimize financial outcomes, ensure proper estate planning, and mitigate risks. Wendy Battleson, Private Banker at Bank of America, explains key strategies for managing art assets, focusing on the importance of provenance and clear title, effective use of auction guarantees, and leveraging art collections to minimize capital gains taxes through mechanisms like step-up in basis. She also emphasizes the critical role of open communication between accountants and clients about art assets, addressing the unregulated nature of the art market, and the necessity of proper documentation and appraisal to safeguard investments.
Pre/Post-mortem Income, Estate Planning for the Terminally Ill (4 hours) - OnDemand Webcast
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Your client just informed you of their terminal illness. What do you do from a tax, financial, insurance, investment, retirement, and estate planning point of view? Decisions you make before death lay the groundwork for planning choices after death. Randy Gardner discusses the strategies that will prepare you for the best post-mortem outcomes and help you put your client's mind at ease.
Retirement Plan Distributions (1 hour) - OnDemand Download
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $49
Big changes are here for retirement plan distributions. On July 19, 2024, t he IRS dropped new Final and Proposed Regulations'and they're a major shift from what we saw in 2022. Join Michael Gray, CPA, as he breaks down what's new, what's changed under SECURE 2.0, and how it all impacts estate planning and post-death retirement account management'especially for surviving spouses and other beneficiaries.
Top 10 Things to Know About Estate Taxation & Planning - OnDemand Webcast
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $199
Estate planning remains a vital component of personal and business tax strategy, even for families that may never incur estate tax. With the exemption equivalent to nearly $14 million in 2025 and scheduled to rise to $15 million in 2026, fewer estates will face federal estate tax; yet, planning remains essential. This course highlights the top issues practitioners need to understand, including portability, annual and lifetime exclusions, charitable and retirement plan considerations, valuation, trusts, and basis step-up rules. Through real-world examples, you'll gain practical guidance on helping clients preserve wealth, coordinate beneficiary designations, and create meaningful legacies. Estate planning is not just for the wealthy'it affects all clients.