Tax practice and the resolution of tax problems with the Internal Revenue Service can be tedious and outright challenging. This course will show practitioners how to navigate through the confusing IRS system, help them save time, and enable them to avail their clients of all the rights to which they are entitled. The techniques and tools this course provides will make tax practice less “taxing.”
Major Topics:
Collection:
• Mistakes in handling IRS liens, levies, and installment agreements
• Statutes of limitation on collection
• Audit reconsideration after assessment
• Innocent spouse relief
• Offers in compromise
• Preparing IRS financial statements for clients
• Collection due process hearings
• Claims for refund
Examination:
• Return selection process for examination: how to avoid unnecessary audits
• Burden of proof : substantiation and use of oral testimony to substantiate expenses
• Setting the scope of examination with the IRS examiner: how to determine what the IRS is looking for
• Dealing with IRS correspondence exams
• Partnership/S corporation/LLC audits
• Failure to file situations
• IRS summonses and enforcement procedures
• Statute of limitations issues
• Circular 230 guidelines for practice before the Internal Revenue Service
• Tax shelters: avoiding abusive tax shelters and pre-filing notification letters
Self-Study Course Instructions: FOR DOCUMENT-BASED COURSES Download the course document(s) (below) and follow prompts contained in the document. FOR RECORDED COURSES WITH VIDEO Download any course document(s) (below) which may include handouts, glossary, transcripts, etc. Follow any prompts contained in the documents to help you complete the course. Most documents are searchable. |
Gain a better understanding of IRS procedures.
Understand how to avoid major mistakes in dealing with the Internal Revenue Service.
Find out how to provide the best advice for clients.
Stuart Sobel Consulting Inc
President
sobel@taxmedianetwork.com
(317) 581-1827
Stuart “Stu” Sobel combines an in-depth knowledge of taxation and nonprofits with an ability to communicate clearly. A dynamic speaker, Stu seeks to help people understand the very complex world of taxation in every day terms. And he’s just the person to do it — Stu has been in the industry for 48 years. He worked in examination and high level positions at the IRS for 30 years. Following that, Stu spent nine years as the producer and host of his own nationally syndicated radio program called Wise Choices: Taxes and Charity Today. He also ran his own tax and nonprofit consulting firm for 12 years (Stuart Sobel Consulting, Inc.). He has helped create over 2,500 nonprofit organizations worldwide. His expertise on the topic of nonprofit taxation has earned him the title “The Guru of Giving.”
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