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TAX PREPARERS GONE BAD: VOLUME I

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Cost Free

CPE Credits 2.0 hours

Subject Area 2.0 - Ethics (Regulatory) (Ethics)

CE Credits 2.0 hours

Course Id# - HURS9-E-00259-18-S

Course Level Basic

Instructional Method Self Study

Prerequisites None

Advanced Preparation None

Who Should Attend CPA - small firm
CPA - medium firm
CPA - large firm
Enrolled Agent
Other

Series: Enrolled Agents, Ethics

Course Description

This 2 Credit Hour Course focuses on specific cases of Tax Preparers Gone “Bad”. Your instructor, Arthur Reed, MBA, CPA, MST analyzes tax fraud cases that have hit the headlines. He will then relate the violations to the IRS Circular 230 publication. In some cases the tax preparer’s violations went on for years, and it is amazing that the frauds went on as long as they did. Not only will this course cover the specifics of the fraud cases, it will provide important ethics updates for tax preparers. Also covered is the TIGTA report, EITC ethical issues, IRS bulletin 2017-35 and an overview of penalties.

Upon successful completion of this course the participant will be able to:

Know about several high profile fraud cases regarding tax preparers

Understand IRS Bulleting 2017-35

Know the important sections of the TIGTA Report and IRS Form 8867

Be aware of issues surrounding the EITC and tax preparer Penalties

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.

Play the recording, noting the sectional guides indicating where topics on the agenda are covered and the prompts to pause video playback to respond to a review question (located below the video playback area). The timestamps for review questions are also noted below.

Upon completing the video and successfully answering all review questions, you will then take the final exam.

Arthur Reed, CPA, MBA, MST

Lambers Inc.
Professor

Professor Arthur Reed, CPA, MBA, MST has been teaching with Lambers, Inc. since 1990.Teaching interests include taxation and financial accounting. In addition to his Lambers teaching Professor Reed is a full time instructor at Bentley University, one of the top business schools in the country. Professor Reed started his accounting career as an audit senior for Arthur Andersen, Boston office. Teaching Interests include Taxation, including IRS Practice and Procedure, Tax Research and Multijurisdictional areas. Research Interests are Taxation, Taxation & Information Technology Consulting. Practice Interests are Taxation of multijurisdictional individuals including athletes, musicians and the arts. Professor Reed is featured on the Lambers Enrolled Agent Review Course and teaches numerous Continuing Education Courses for Lambers.

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About Our Presenter

Lambers, Inc. is a leader in review courses for the CPA, CIA, EA, AFSP, and CMA exams. Lambers also offers IRS Continuing Education for Tax Preparers and CPE for CPAs. Accounting and finance professionals around the world incorporate Lambers products into their training programs. Lambers CPA Review was started by Vincent W. Lambers in July of 1966 in Boston, MA. The first class had six students and from that point the program grew to be the largest live instruction CPA Review program in New England. The Lambers teaching method of illustrations, examples and working problems has helped over 250,000 candidates pass the CPA Exam since that first class in 1966.