While the nuclear family remains the center point of society, today it is under tremendous economic and social pressure. This mini-course is designed to cover “hot” topics having a direct impact on the practitioner who represents any client with family issues. The emphasis is on using tax solutions to ease family economic concerns permitting the practitioner to be a real tax hero.

Assignment
At the start of the materials, participants should identify the following topics for study:
* Filing status & exemptions
* Divorce costs
* Child, dependent care & adoption credits
* Education expenses, credits & deductions
* Medical costs
* Charitable contributions
* Casualty & theft losses
* Home sales & mortgage interest
* Property rights
* Elderly, disabled & estate planning

Learning Objectives
After reading the materials, participants will be able to:
1. Recognize the effect of marital status on filing status, identify the advisability of filing a joint return enlight of the innocent spouse rules, specify available exemptions, and determine the differences between deductible and nondeductible divorce costs.
2. Identify the costs and fees that qualify for the tax credit for adoption expenses and cite the requirements for educational expenses, dependent care assistance and Coverdell ESAs.
3. Determine medical cost deductions available to individuals under §213, specify items qualifying as deductible §163 home mortgage interest, and recognize the taxation of §1041 interspousal transfers particularly as to property settlements.

To complete this course participants need to: Read the material provided and answer chapter review questions, successfully complete the qualified assessment with a minimum of 70% accuracy to receive your certificate. In Addition, no correct or incorrect feedback for any exam question will be provided.

Upon course completion A course evaluation form is provided for your feedback.

Participants have 1 year from the date of purchase/enrollment to complete this course

CPE Prime 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

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