Tax compliance issues in estate and gift taxation are sometimes confusing to practitioners because many lack experiences in this area. This course provides the practitioner with a practical understanding of Federal estate and gift tax law. The course will examine in detail Forms 706 and 709, section by section, and will address how each form must be prepared. It will also present planning suggestions to minimize taxation wherever possible.

Foundations of Preparing Form 706: The Federal Estate Tax Return

The executor of a decedent's estate uses Form 706 to figure the estate tax imposed by Chapter 11 of the Internal Revenue Code, and, also used to compute the generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax imposed by Chapter 13 on direct skips. This form is a complicated return to prepare, running more than 25 pages with more than 15 schedules.

Session Highlights

• Learn how to prepare each schedule to the Form 706, using a sample return as an illustration.
  
• Identify the six major components of Form 706 and Identify compliance issues.
• Identify how to determine estate tax liability
  
• Recognize the only action required to elect portability
• Recognize the importance of the information items and questions on Form 706.
• Highlights of portability elections to make the deceased spousal unused exclusion amount (DSUA) available to the surviving spouse.
• Understand proper asset valuation compliance.
• Understand proper deduction compliance.
• Understand tax calculation.
• The ins and outs of the “portability” rules, including how the rules actually work using common examples.
• Issues involved in the preparation of the decedent’s final federal income tax return (Form 1040).
• Various postmortem estate planning issues involved in the preparation of the above-mentioned tax return.
• Complete understanding of estate and gift taxation.
• Income tax consequences.
• Overlooked GST issues.

Preparing Form 709: The Federal Gift Tax Return

The federal gift tax often comes as a surprise to clients who want to transfer wealth to family members. Oft ignored by the unwitting taxpayer and overlooked by the practitioner, gift tax returns are left unfiled.  Find out when these returns are due and how to prepare them. This course will take an in-depth look at a hypothetical client who has made multiple gifts over a period of years, and now seeks your help to comply with all tax reporting requirements.

Session Highlights:

• Describe what the federal gift tax is and how it works
• Identify transfers that are subject to the gift tax and which are not
• Explain key compliance and reporting requirements for the gift tax
• Identify planning opportunities with the gift tax
• What are the filing requirements for Form 709? Who is liable for the tax?
• How does the gift tax impact the estate & GST tax regimes?
• How is the tax computed? What taxpayer information is needed?
• Identify which gifts are subject to tax.

Who Should Attend?

• CPA
  
• Enrolled Agents (EAs)
• Tax Professionals
• Attorneys
• Other Tax Preparers
• Finance professionals
  
• Financial planners

Credits and Other information:

• Recommended CPE credit – 3.0
  
• Recommended field of study – Taxes
• Session Prerequisites and preparation: None
• Session learning level: Basic
• Location: Virtual/Online
• Delivery method: Group Internet Based
• Attendance Requirement:  Yes
• Session Duration: 3 Hours
• Case Studies and Live Q&A session with speaker
  
• PowerPoint presentation for reference

Speaker Profile:

Terry Bakker CPA, EA

Terry graduated with her BS in Business Administration: Accounting from Portland State University in 1988 and has worked in tax ever since. Terry is an Enrolled Agent and a CPA licensed in Washington and Oregon. In addition to running an active tax practice serving the needs of individuals and small business, Terry has a commitment to the profession. She is a Past President of the Oregon Association of Independent Accountants, as well as holding other positions, including head of the Education Committee. As part of her commitment, she teaches the Enrolled Agents Preparation course for her Association and has spoken for all of the tax preparation associations in Oregon.