BRASS TAX PRESENTATIONS

Topics Discussed In Previous Years

Stocking Your Tax Tool Box 

 

 

Year 2009 Topics

  • Understanding Estate And Trust Implications.
  • Housing Tax Credits For Homebuyers—Federal & California Laws.
  • 2009 Federal Energy Tax Credits For Homeowners
  • We Get Questions—Let’s Test Your Tax IQ.
  • Sneak Peak At The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Of 2009.
  • Sneak Peak At California’s Tax Provisions In The 2009 Budget.

Year 2008 Topics

  • Foreclosure & Debt Relief.
  • Schedule D In Pictures.
  • Economic Stimulus Payments
  • New Depreciation Rules For 2008.
  • Sneak Peak On Some Of The New 2008 Tax Laws.

Year 2007 Topics

  • A Taxing Challenge—Comparing Your Answers To Other “Experts” On A Sample Tax Return.
  • Mortgage Interest Deductions—A Review Of The Rules.
  • My Client Disposed Of A Vehicle—A Review Of What To Do!
  • These Areas Still Confuse Me—Testing Your Tax IQ On Many Short, Quick Topics.
  • Sneak Peak On Some Of The New 2007 Laws.

2006 Topics

  • Tax Deferred Exchanges--A Cookbook.
  • Stock Options—You Can Understand And Master Them.

Year 2005 Topics

  • E-Filing Income Tax Returns--A Office Management Guide.
  • Sale Of Residence--Tricky Questions.
  • Divorce--Income & Basis Issues.
  • Social Security.
  • Medical Deductions--Nursing Homes & Lifetime Care Facilities.
  • Saving For Education.
  • California Property Tax Issues.
  • Deducting Mortgage Interest.
  • Investment Losses.
  • Claim Of Right.
  • Alternative Minimum Tax Questions.

Year 2004 Topics

  • Client Interview Sheets--Tracking Basis Of A Personal Residence.
  • Health Savings Accounts--A First Look.
  • Depreciation Dilemmas--Depreciation Issues.
  • Auto Deductions--The Full Story.
  • Understanding Business Assets--Section 1231, 1245 & 1250 Assets.
  • Buying And Selling A Business--Buyer And Seller Have Different Goals.
  • Depreciating After A Tax-Deferred Exchange--New Regulations.
  • Military Family Relief Act Of 2003--A Deadline is Looming.

Year 2003 Topics

  • Sale Of Residence--New Regulations.
  • Estate Tax Planning.
  • IRD--Income In Respect Of A Decedent.
  • Testing Your Rental Tax IQ (Basis, "Renting" Activities & Passive Losses).
  • Overview Of The Jobs & Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA) Of 2003.

Year 2002 Topics

  • Handbook for Tax Deferred Exchanges.
  • How To Title Assets.
  • Property Tax Issues.
  • Retirement Plan Distributions--Final 2001 Regulations For Lifetime & Death Distributions..
  • Overview Of The Job Creation & Worker Assistance Act (JCWAA) Of 2002.

Year 2001 Topics

  • Marriage Penalty--What Does It Really Mean?
  • Stock Options--The Whole Story.
  • How To Save And Pay For College.
  • IRA Distributions--New 2001 Regulations For Lifetime & Death Distributions..
  • Preview Of The 2001 Tax Act

Year 2000 Topics

  • When To Refuse E-Filing.
  • Section 1031 Exchange--How To Depreciate The New Basis.
  • Keeping A Permanent File On Clients.
  • Sale Of Mixed-Use Residences.
  • Minimizing SE Tax In A Small Business
  • There's Been A Death In The Family--Estate, Trust & Gift Tax Issues In Detail.

Year 1999 Topics

  • New Preparer ID Number.
  • California Basis In Retirement Plans.
  • Reporting Tax Deferred Exchanges The Easy Way.
  • Non-Cash Charitable Contributions--Bonanza In The Garage.
  • Roth IRA Distributions--Cracking The Roth Piggy Bank.
  • When Is Commuting Deductible?
  • Selling A Principal Residence.
  • Getting Rid Of The Business Auto.
  • Basis Issues--Well, I Didn't Exactly Buy It.

Year 1998 Topics

  • Schedule "D" In Pictures.
  • Roth IRA Accounts.
  • Education Benefits Under The New Law.
  • Tracking The Dreaded AMT.
  • The AMT Credit Explained.
  • Home Office Rules--Burden Or Benefit?
  • Form 2119??--Sale Of Main Home.

Year 1997 Topics

  • California Employer Child Care Credit--California's Great Giveaway!.
  • SIMPLE Plans--Are They Really Simple?
  • Stock Options--Pay Me Now Or Pay Me Later.
  • The Low Income Taxpayer.
  • Unraveling T&E Expenses.
  • Starting A New Business.
  • Medical Savings Accounts (MSA).
  • Leased Cars--What They Never Talk About!
  • TRA 1997--A Survival Packet.

Year 1996 Topics

  • There's Been A Death In The Family--Simple Worksheets When A Client Dies.
  • Distributions From Retirement Plans.
  • Breaking Up Is Hard To Do--Divorce Issues.
  • How Do You Spell Relief?  An Cookbook On Debt Relief.
  • I Filed For Bankruptcy Last Year--How This Affects The Form 1040.
  • Social Security--Not Our Job?  Explaining The Social Security Rules To A Client.
  • Who Deducts The Interest?  Equitable Owners and Co-Owners Of Property.

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