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ACPEN Signature: 2021 S-Corporation Update


Total Credits: 8 including 8 Taxes - Technical

Average Rating:
   17
Categories:
ACPEN Signature |  ACPEN Tax Institute |  IRS Approved |  Tax
Speakers:
James A. Smith, CPA, CGMA |  C. Clinton Davis, CPA, JD |  William Hornberger, JD, CPA |  Charles D. Pulman, CPA, J.D., LL.M
Course Levels:
Update
Duration:
8 Hours
License:

Dates


Description

This course addresses the S corporation rules that every CPA needs to know—from basics such as qualification of an entity as an S corporation and basis rules including developments in the tax law over the past year affecting S corporations and their shareholders. The course will cover safe harbors for redemption agreements, warrants, employment agreements and more.  It also covers more advanced topics such as the pitfalls in having trusts own S corporation stock and tax planning for S corporation acquisitions using disregarded entities and partnerships to achieve results not possible with a single entity type.  Don’t miss the discussion; don’t miss the ideas.

**Please Note:  If you need credit reported to the IRS for this IRS approved program, please download the IRS CE request form on the Course Materials Tab and submit to leighanne.conroy@acpen.com.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Understand how to avoid inadvertent terminations
  • Understand and review basic rules 
  • Learn planning techniques 

Major Subjects
  • Proposed tax changes affecting S corporation shareholders
  • Qualification as a Subchapter S corporation including restrictions on shareholders and the one class of stock rule and special rules for buy-sell agreements, redemption agreements, warrants and options  
  • Reasonable compensation for S corporation owners and the use of blocker entities
  • The difference between a redemption under Section 302 versus a redemption under 301 in the S corporation context
  • Special issues for trusts owning S corporation stock including available elections
  • Inadvertent terminations 
  • S corporation operations including the per share per day rule, basis rules, distribution rules and dealing with third party debt for basis purposes  
  • Built in gains planning
  • Planning for cancellation of debt with S corporations
  • Tiered entity structures involving S corporations including using partnership entities including LLCs in conjunction with S corporation acquisitions
  • S corporation ESOPs as an exit vehicle—creating your own buyer

Handouts

Speaker

James A. Smith, CPA, CGMA's Profile

James A. Smith, CPA, CGMA Related Seminars and Products

Managing Director

Smith, Jackson, Boyer & Bovard, PLLC


James A. (Jim) Smith, CPA, CGMA, serves as Managing Director of Smith, Jackson, Boyer & Bovard, PLLC, a Dallas Certified Public Accounting firm.  He practices extensively in tax compliance, planning and controversy representation for individuals and entrepreneurial businesses. He also is engaged in the preparation, compilation and review of financial statements; exit strategy planning for entrepreneurs; merger and acquisition planning and transactions; and forensic accounting and litigation services. 

Mr. Smith served as Chair of the Texas Society of CPAs (TSCPA) for the 2007-2008 year, and as a member of its Professional Standards and Federal Tax Policy Committees since their inception.  He served as a member of the AICPA Council 2007 through 2011 and from 2012 through 2015.  He also served as an appointed member of two of the AICPA’s key standard setting committees:  the Accounting and Review Services Committee from 2008 through 2011 and the Tax Practice Responsibilities Committee, 2014 to 2017.


C. Clinton Davis, CPA, JD's Profile

C. Clinton Davis, CPA, JD Related Seminars and Products

Krage & Janvey, L.L.P.


C. Clinton Davis JR, is with the law firm of Krage & Janvey, LLP in downtown Dallas.  He graduated cum laude from the SMU Dedman School of Law in 1980 and first in his graduating class from Northwestern State University of Louisiana in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting.  He was first licensed in Florida as an attorney in 1980 and then in Texas in 1982.  He has been a licensed CPA in Texas since 1980.  He has been Board Certified in Tax Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1988.  He has been named as a Super Lawyer, a Top Attorney in Texas by Texas Monthly, one of the Best Lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine and a Top Rated Lawyer by the Dallas Morning News, all in the tax area. 

Clint has in the past been an author and discussion leader for numerous CPE courses for the Texas Society of CPAs. Clint also speaks before various bar associations and accounting conferences. and is a frequent presenter and moderator on the Accountants’ Continuing Professional Education Network.

Clint primarily represents high net worth individuals and closely held businesses with much of his time devoted to real estate tax planning, implementation of S corporation ESOPs, mergers and acquisitions and private foundations.

 


William Hornberger, JD, CPA's Profile

William Hornberger, JD, CPA Related Seminars and Products

Jackson Walker LLP


William Hornberger, JD, CPA, is passionate about the practice of law and about helping people and enterprises achieve business goals.  For nearly 30 years, he has practiced in the areas of tax, transactional, international and corporate law at Jackson Walker and has loved every minute of it!  His tax practice has touched nearly every area of the tax law, including corporate, partnerships and LLCs, international, real estate, corporate, oil and gas, bankruptcy, tax credit and tax controversy and procedural matters.  His broad transactional practice includes mergers and acquisitions, complex partnership, joint venture, real estate and private equity arrangements, complicated cross-border business structuring matters involving investors from multiple countries, Tax Treaty and IRS Competent Authority matters.  He has represented taxpayers on tax controversy matters in IRS administrative appeals and before the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. District Court, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and the U.S. Court of International Trade. Active professionally, William is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, and has acted as Chair of its Section of Taxation. He is also a member of the AICPAs, and served on its Council. William is a member of the Texas Society of CPAs and served as its Chair, and on its Executive Board.


Charles D. Pulman, CPA, J.D., LL.M's Profile

Charles D. Pulman, CPA, J.D., LL.M Related Seminars and Products

Meadows, Collier, Reed, Cousins, Crouch & Ungerman Dallas, TX


Mr. Pulman’s practice concentrates on tax planning, real estate, and corporate.
Mr. Pulman is Board Certified in Tax Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and he is a Certified Public Accountant.

His tax planning practice includes federal, state, and international tax planning for businesses and individuals seeking to minimize tax obligations while accomplishing objectives. His real estate practice includes representing clients in the purchase and disposition of improved and unimproved property, development of property, structuring ownership entities, tax-free and like-kind exchanges, and negotiation of all types of loans. Mr. Pulman’s corporate practice involves representing clients in the acquisition and disposition of businesses, mergers, and business entity planning including partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations.

Mr. Pulman frequently speaks on a number of tax topics. He is active in numerous charitable, political, and civic organizations.

Mr. Pulman was admitted to practice in Texas in 1976.


Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites None
Advanced Preparation None
Course Developer Business Professionals' Network, Inc.
Yellow Book No
Original Recording Date 11/17/2021
Date Added to Catalog 1/24/2021
Designed For

Public Practictioners


Additional Information

Instructional Delivery Method Group Internet Based
Complaint Resolution Policy Please contact Anne Taylor for any complaints. anne.taylor@acpen.com, (972-377-8199).
Official Registry Statement

Business Professionals' Network, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org


Course Registration Requirements

Online Registration


Refund/Cancellation Policy

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