The tax landscape changes every year, from small adjustments to standard deductions to major updates to regulations. On top of this, outside factors like advances in technology and business trends can impact the topics you need to know about as a tax professional. To help you keep up, we are sharing the hot topics you'll want to know about and tax CPE courses that will help you get there.
Tax update courses for 2025
Court rulings, new legislation, and new IRS regulations and announcements often lead to changes that will affect your clients. Make sure you're not only aware of these changes but know how to apply them to your clients with Becker's tax CPE update courses.
Tax CPE for individual taxes
If you primarily work with individuals, consider these courses:
Tax Update for Individuals (for the 2024 Filing Season)
Learn about key issues that will affect tax professionals as you head into busy season, including how recent and proposed legislation may affect you and your clients. We'll also look at rulings, announcements, and court cases that affect individuals and pass-through entity taxation.
In addition to changes and updates, this course will provide you with strategies to comply with changing tax laws.
Annual Federal Tax Update (for the 2024 Filing Season), Session 1
This course provides you with an overview of new and proposed tax legislation and IRS authority (including regulations, rulings, and announcements). We'll also look at recent tax-related court cases so you can see how the rulings may impact you and your clients in the future and how to apply them, where applicable.
This is the first of a two-part session.
Individual Taxation: Deductions and Credits (2024 Returns)
Tax professionals taking this course will learn how to identify the adjustments needed to determine the adjusted gross income, the types of itemized deductions and their related limitations, and how to calculate other tax credits. You'll also be able to identify refundable and nonrefundable tax credits for your clients.
Tax CPE for business clients
If you work for a private organization or provide tax services for pass-through entities, S corporations, or C corporations, you'll want to take these tax CPE courses that keep you informed of updates and changes that affect businesses and organizations.
Pass Through Entity Tax Update Q1 2025
This course keeps you aware of possible impacts on pass-through entities by covering the recent changes in tax rulings and court cases as well as recent or proposed legislative changes. You'll also learn how these changes apply to specific situations related to pass-through entities.
Entity Specific Tax Update 2025
Know what's coming for 2025 with Becker's Entity Specific Tax Update that provides an overview of new and proposed legislation and IRS authority plus recent court cases related to businesses, including LLCs, partnerships, and S corporations. One of the key takeaways from this course will be knowing how to apply these changes to your business clients tax returns or strategies.
Tax CPE - Working with Independent Contractors
With more independent contractors in the workforce, it's essential that you have more comprehensive knowledge in this topic. These tax CPE courses are ideal for anyone who counts independent contractors in their client roster, whether they're Uber drivers or freelance writers.
Quarterly Estimates for Individuals
After taking this course, you'll know the requirements for making estimated tax payments for individuals plus tips and resources for computing quarterly tax payments. We'll also cover the issues or challenges that may arise when making estimated tax payments.
Consolidated 1099s
This course helps you gain a deeper understanding of 1099 forms and the consolidated 1099. The takeaways include being able to name the types of Form 1099s included in a consolidated 1099, identify the items on a consolidated 1099, and know how to report the information on an income tax return.
Tax CPE to understand international taxes
As more organizations operate in foreign countries, understanding international tax is increasingly necessary. We're providing you with the knowledge you need with these international tax CPE courses.
Fundamentals of International Tax
This course is perfect if you want to build your foundational knowledge and learn more about the basic principles of international tax. You'll be able to recognize key inbound and outbound tax provisions, and understand both new international provisions and how statutory law interacts with global tax policy.
Intro to International: Foreign Tax Credit
After completing this tax CPE course, you'll know how to avoid double taxation, know what types of income are eligible for the foreign tax credit, and complete basic foreign tax credit calculations.
Navigating the International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants
The International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (ICEPA) outlines the fundamental principles of ethical conduct for accountants, including integrity, objectivity, professional competence and due care, and confidentiality. You'll learn more about these objectives and the key parts within the code, as well as the guidelines and requirements for attest and non-attest firms and whether an organization must comply with the ICEPA.
Build your tax knowledge with Becker CPE
Becker has a robust catalog of CPE courses for CPAs and IRS-approved CE for Enrolled Agents to keep you informed, help you learn new skills, and meet your continuing education requirements. Whether you're seeking tax courses, ethics CPE, or want to focus on your soft skills, all our courses are taught by experienced CPAs and EAs who bring real-world knowledge and application to help you understand complex topics.
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