NOTE: This telephone seminar was originally scheduled for Friday, April 9th, but due to unexpected circumstances had to be rescheduled to the current program date of Friday, April 23rd.
TAX ASPECTS OF HEALTH CARE REFORM:
What You Need to Know Now About the Patient Protection Act
A Live Two-Hour Audio Seminar from CCH
Friday, April 23, 2010 - 1 PM Eastern; Noon Central; 11 AM Mountain; 10 AM Pacific
Register Today for Only $249 Per Site and Have an Unlimited Number of Users Participate!
Invite Colleagues, Customers, Prospects and Business Referral Sources to Join You!
Learn the Immediate Tax Impact on You and Your Clients and How to Plan for Upcoming Changes
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a landmark health care reform package that has both immediate and far-reaching tax implications affecting almost all individuals and businesses. Signed by the President on March 23rd and subsequently “fixed” by Congress through the Reconciliation Bill, the Patient Protection Act contains over $400 billion in revenue raisers and new taxes put in place to help finance the expansion of insurance coverage, plus credits and other assistance to help offset the costs of insurance for individuals and small businesses.
Given the wide-ranging aspects of the Act and the varying timetables for implementation, it is critical to start developing your understanding now and building the right approach to take with your clients as they look to you as their trusted advisor while they grapple with the ramifications from the employee and/or employer perspective. Also, there are many specific tax changes affecting individuals that fall outside the spotlight that’s been on many of the employment-related provisions including changes to medical expense deductions, coverage for adult children and expansion of adoption assistance.
This timely and convenient two-hour audio seminar program on Friday, April 23, will provide a practical review of the health care legislation and will bring you up to speed on the tax changes you need to know that have just been enacted. Presented by tax experts Mark Luscombe, J.D., LL.M., CPA, Vern Hoven, CPA, EA, M.S.T., and Sharon Kreider, CPA, EA, this discussion will examine the many important changes from this critical piece of legislation and will explain how the new provisions affect your firm, your company or your clients. Luscombe, Hoven and Kreider will also give you important practical pointers and suggestions on how to best take advantage of new opportunities created by the new provisions. What’s more, time will be provided for you to ask your most pressing questions directly to our speakers via phone or e-mail.
Program Topics
Here are some of the provisions that will be covered in the seminar:
- Premium assistance tax credit for certain low-income individuals
- Penalty for individuals without minimum coverage
- Increased medical expenses itemized deduction threshold (10% of AGI)
- Additional Medicare tax on higher-income individuals’ earned and investment income
- Expanded applicability of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs
- Changes to distributions from FSAs, HSAs and MSAs
- Penalty on large and mid-size employers who fail to provide minimum essential coverage
- Small employer tax credit to offset employer-provided coverage
- 40% excise tax on high-dollar “Cadillac” plans
- Additional reporting requirements for employers, including changes to Form W-2
- And much more…
Learning Objectives
- Understand the immediate tax provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the planning opportunities that are available
- Use the law changes presented in the Patient Protection Act to benefit your practice, your company or your clients
- Develop the understanding to answer client questions regarding the tax aspects of health care reform with accuracy and confidence
Who Should Attend?
All tax return preparers, CPAs, enrolled agents, accountants, tax attorneys and other professionals who advise individuals and businesses on tax matters will benefit from this important tax legislation update.
SPECIAL GIFT!
Register today for this insightful program on Friday, April 23 at 1 PM Eastern, Noon Central; 11 AM Mountain; 10 AM Pacific.
About the Speakers:
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MARK LUSCOMBE, J.D., LL.M., CPA
Mark Luscombe, a CPA and attorney, is the Principal Federal Tax Analyst for CCH and a key member of the company’s Tax Legislation team tracking and analyzing legislation before Congress. Mark is the current developments chair of the Partnership Committee, American Bar Association Tax Section, and regularly speaks on wide range of tax topics. In addition, Luscombe co-authors a biweekly tax strategies column for Accounting Today and authors a monthly tax trends column in CCH’s TAXES: The Tax Magazine. Prior to joining CCH, he was in private practice for more than 20 years with several Chicago-area law firms where he specialized in taxation. |
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VERN HOVEN, CPA, EA, M.S.T.
Vern Hoven is one of the most popular tax educators in the country. His dynamic presentations, books and articles combine the real-life experience of a practicing CPA and a licensed real estate broker with essential down-to-earth tax materials. Numerous state CPA Societies have named Vern their “Tax Instructor of the Year” and he is a favorite for interviews on radio, television, and in newspapers. Additionally, Vern’s speaking skills earned him the coveted Certified Speaking Professional designation from the National Speakers Association. Vern has served on many national boards, including the National Association of REALTORS® Legislative Committee and the Federal Tax Subcommittee. He also served as National Secretary and as National Director-at-Large for the National Real Estate Educators Association. Vern is the author of The Real Estate Investor’s Tax Guide: What Every Investor Needs to Know to Maximize Profits and Real Estate and Taxes! What Every Agent Should Know, and he has written articles on taxation for numerous national publications. He is a CPA and an Enrolled Agent, and he has a Master’s Degree in Taxation from the University of Denver’s School of Law. |
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SHARON KREIDER, CPA, EA
Sharon is a practicing Certified Public Accountant and Enrolled Agent in Silicon Valley. She deals on a day-to-day basis with the tax problems and strategies of small businesses in a variety of entity formats. Sharon graduated from San Jose State University and started her career in the examination division of the IRS. She has been in public accounting for more than 25 years. Sharon is a frequent featured speaker to business and professional groups and is nationally known as one of the top speakers in the tax field. Sharon is a featured speaker for WesternCPE’s 2-day federal California tax update and speaks regularly for AICPA, CSEA and CPE Link. She annually co-authors a 500-page federal tax update manual. She is a regular contributor to threetaxtopics.com and to WesternCPE’s eTax Alerts. Sharon was named in 2009 by CPA Magazine as one of the “Top 40 Tax Professionals to Know in a Recession.” Sharon served on a merger task force in her community to combine two large not-for-profit organizations. She is now serving as the first treasurer and finance chair of the new combined multi-million dollar charity. |
How the Audio Seminar Works
CCH’s live audio seminars require nothing more than a telephone connection. For the single per-site fee, you can have an unlimited number of listeners at your site participate, get up to speed and in-the-know on important topics, and get special bonus publications included with the seminar. Handout materials are provided in PDF format that you can download and copy for all those who will participate in the seminar at your location.
Practice Development Tip! Invite colleagues, business referral sources, clients and prospects to your office to listen in and participate on this seminar with you. They’ll appreciate your invitation to hear directly about this important topic.
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Earn CPE Credit
- Two hours of CPE credit. One free CPE certificate for one person is provided with each site registration. CPE certificates are available for $25 each for each additional person wishing to receive CPE credit for their participation.
- Course Level: Update
- NASBA Field of Study: Taxes
- Prerequisites: None
- Learn More About CCH’s NASBA Registration
Special Gift
Each registered site will also get a free copy of CCH’s Law, Explanation and Analysis of the Patient Protection, Health Care, HIRE, and Other Recent Tax Acts of 2010.
Order CD Recordings of CCH Audio Seminars
If you are unable to attend this upcoming event and would like to order a recording—or if you would like to order recordings of past CCH Audio Seminars, please visit the CCH Audio Seminar Archive Library today.
Pricing:
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Site License: $249 — Registration includes one telephone connection at one location, one master set of handouts (with permission to make additional copies for the participants at your location), an unlimited number of people in one listening room can participate, and one seminar bonus publication per registered site. Each Site License registration includes one free CPE certificate for one person at your site. Additional CPE certificates are available for $25 each for each additional person wishing to receive CPE credit for their participation.
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CD Recording: $249 — The CD includes an audio recording of the event and handout materials in PDF format. Includes copy of seminar bonus publication with purchase. Available one week after the live audio seminar event. (Note: CPE credit is not available for the CD version of the presentation.)
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Site License and CD Recording Package: $349 — This specially-priced package provides you with the Site License access to the live audio seminar event AND the CD Recording.
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