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This mini-course describes and compares sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability companies, C corporations, and S corporations. It examines their advantages and disadvantages, permitting the participant to properly select the right business entity for their tax and liability needs. As a result of studying the assigned materials, you should be able to meet the objectives listed below.ASSIGNMENTAt the start of the materials, participants should identify the following topics for study:* Advantages and disadvantages of sole proprietorships* Taxes for self-employed individuals* Definition of partnership* Partnership tax return & year taxable* Contributed property, assets & services* Sales & exchanges of partnership interests* Limited liability companies* C corporations & PSC corporations* Inventories* S corporationsLearning ObjectivesAfter reading the materials, participants will be able to:1. Cite the central differences among business entities and the advantages and disadvantages associated with basic business entity types.2. Recognize the tax attributes of sole proprietorships, partnerships, LLCs, S corporations, and C corporations and how each entity can be used to enhance tax and financial purposes and objectives.3. Specify the unique (e.g., self-employment) and general taxes applicable to particular entities and the tax forms that may be required.4. Identify the basic deductions that are permissible for each entity type and the conditions under which they are allowed.5. Determine the tax years, accounting methods, and valuation methods that each entity type may use, and how the entities can be terminated.6. Specify for different entity types the basis and the tax effect of sales, exchanges, transfers, contributions, and distributions.

This course is designed to apprise the participant of relevant U.S. Laws, research, and best practices for prevention and remediation of sexual harassment in the workplace. There will be a focus on defining sexual harassment, description of the prevalence of sexual harassment, and understanding the causes and consequences thereof. An emphasis will be placed on understanding sexual harassment in accounting settings, predictors of sexual harassment, and actions that can be taken to prevent and remediate unacceptable behavior. Course Outline Introduction Definition and History of Sexual Harassment Prevalence of Sexual Harassment Federal and State Laws Consequences of Sexual Harassment Predictors of Sexual Harassment Prevention and Intervention Conclusion and Case Scenarios Course Objectives After course completion, the participant will be able to: Define sexual harassment Describe the prevalence of sexual harassment in the United States Understand both Federal and some exemplar state laws pertaining to sexual harassment in the workplace Identify kinds of sexual harassment from vignettes, identify potential risk and liability in the vignettes, and brainstorm actions that could prevent or intervene in the scenario Understand the negative consequences of sexual harassment at the individual and organizational levels Target Audience This course is designed for accounting professionals who desire to better understand and address sexual harassment in the workplace. It also meets the yearly sexual harassment training guidelines for the State of Illinois. Course Summary This course will provide accountants with the knowledge, awareness, and skills to prevent and remediate sexual harassment in the workplace with an intent to improve working conditions for all and limit legal liability. To complete this course participants need to: Answer polling questions to meet NASBA / IRS / State Board of Accountancies requirements for attendance verification. 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

Accounts Payable Best Practices for Finance and Accounting Professionals In the complex world of finance and accounting, the significance of mastering accounts payable best practices cannot be overstated. As the financial backbone of any organization, the efficient management of accounts payable plays a pivotal role in safeguarding its fiscal health. Sadly, many companies ignore these best practices and the impact is felt on your bottom line. The accounts payable function is changing at a dizzying pace. Unfortunately, keeping up to speed these days can be like herding cats. While some best practices remain steadfast, others simply no longer work and are being replaced by new practices just now appearing. The talk will include a discussion of the newest best practice every organization should implement to ensure crooks don't get their hands-on money or sensitive information. Learning Objectives: After this session you will be able to: • Improve your invoice processing; • Implement effective payment technologies; • Create effective accounts payable policies; • Avoid costly master vendor file practices; and • Deter fraud (both internal and external) To complete this course participants need to: Answer polling questions to meet NASBA / IRS / State Board of Accountancies requirements for attendance verification. 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

The Earned Income Credit (EIC) is a refundable tax credit that has a significant impact on United States revenue. It is also the source of a disproportionately large number of errors in tax returns in which a claim for it is made. In a recent year, 150.3 million individual federal tax returns were filed, and more than 27.4 million18.2% claimed the Earned Income Credit1. Based on that percentage, it would not be unexpected that, in the years ahead, approximately one taxpayer in every five will claim the EIC. Approximately 70% of federal income returns claiming the earned income credit are prepared by professional tax return preparers. This course briefly summarizes the earned income credit rules, examines the common errors committed when claiming the credit, discusses the EIC due diligence requirements imposed on professional tax return preparers, and identifies the sanctions to which preparers and their employers may be subject for a failure to meet expected due diligence requirements.

The annual global cost of cybercrime is high and getting higher all the time. In fact, cyber criminals reap a windfall from their activities that is estimated to have been $450 billion in 2015 and is anticipated to climb to an annual $ 10.5 trillion average by 2025. In the United States alone, the FBI received reports of 847,376 complaints involving $6.9 billion in 2021. Almost all of that cybercrime began with and continues to start with a social engineering concept known as phishing. Certain business organizations, among which are those referred to as financial institutions, are charged by the FTC with taking particular steps to protect their customers' financial information. Included in the category of financial institutions are professional tax preparers. Professional tax preparers normally maintain a significant amount of taxpayer information in various files electronic and paper that would be a treasure trove for cybercriminals. In this course, tax preparers are introduced to the problem of cybercrime and its costs, offered methods that can be expected to reduce the chances of becoming a cybercrime victim, and informed of proper steps to take if they do become victims of cybercrime. Accordingly, it will examine cybercrime and will discuss:

The Internal Revenue Service routinely processes more than 200 million tax returns each year, many of them prepared by tax professionals. Not surprisingly, as tax law becomes increasingly complex, taxpayers often seek for the knowledgeable assistance of attorneys, CPAs, enrolled agents and other qualified tax return preparers. To help ensure such professionals understand their ethical responsibilities in representing their clients before the IRS and in preparing their tax returns, the IRS has published Treasury Department Circular No. 230.

Health insurance is so central to the health and well-being of people that it may be hard for many Americans to believe it could ever have been a less important factor in helping to promote good health than it is today. In fact, health insurance as it is recognized today is a relatively recent development. Since the early development of health insurance coverage, many changes have occurred in the manner in which health care services are delivered and paid for. Among those changes is the emergence of various tax-favored health plans. This course will examine many of those tax-favored health plans.

Auditing and assurance services are important services provided by CPAs. Auditing and Other Assurance Services is a course that will describe auditing and assurance services. This course will identify the different types of audits and the different types of assurance services. This course will define the importance of ethics in the CPA and auditing professions. This course will describe the different organizations that create and enforce ethical guidelines. Finally, this course will describe the importance of independence for auditors.

Individual retirement accounts are investing tools that permit individuals to set aside money for retirement in a way that is preferential from a tax standpoint. This course will review the following types of IRA accounts: Traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs and SEP IRAs. This course will describe who is allowed to open and contribute to an IRA account during the taxable year. This course will identify when contributions are deductible and when they are not deductible. This course will describe the time allowed to rollover distributions and the ramifications of not completing rollovers within the alloted time. Finally, this course will describe when taxpayers are permited to take distributions from an IRA account.

Accountants and business decision makers who wants to understand concepts related to measuring and tracking company performance could benefit from this course. The course allows participants to become familiar with tracking performance of a decentralized organization as well as understanding the benefits and key pieces of both a Master budget and a Flexible budget. Below is a listing of the items covered within the course.