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Guide to Deducting Travel, Meals and Entertainment Expenses

Total Credits: 4 including 4 Taxes - Technical

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Categories:
ACPEN Industry Institute |  IRS Approved |  Tax
Speaker:
Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, JD
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
4 Hours
License:
Never Expires.
Dates
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Description

This program will explain the new rules for deducting travel, meals and entertainment expenses and the TCJA disallowance of business entertainment expenses.  Documentation requirements and planning opportunities related to travel, entertainment, and automobile expenses will also be addressed. 

**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 kori.herrera@acpen.com.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Gain insight on the "big picture" in this complex area
  • Distinguish the rules of determining travel and entertainment expenses

Major Subjects
  • Recent tax legislation, rules and developments impacting travel and meals expense reporting
  • Adequate accounting rules for reimbursements, including accountable plans, going paperless, reimbursement for non-deductible expenses
  • Reporting travel expenses: travel status, simplified per diem
  • "Directly related to" and associated with" tests
  • Facility vs. activity expenses
  • 9 exceptions to Section 274
  • Business meals: IRS Notice 2018-76

Handouts

Important CPA Credit Instructions READ BEFORE WEBCAST UPDATED (487.5 KB) Available after Purchase
IRS CE Credit Request Form (544.7 KB) Available after Purchase
Guide to Deducting Travel, Meals and Entertainment Expenses Handout (8.2 MB) Available after Purchase

Speaker

Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, JD's Profile

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Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, JD, is a lively and energetic speaker on the subject of taxes and ethics, and has extensive experience in leading discussions for conferences, seminars and webinars. He is a highly rated speaker and seminar leader for state CPA societies and other organizations throughout the country.

Van Der Aa has more than 25 years of experience, including tax practice in CPA firms and the practice of transactional business and real estate law as an attorney. His practice concentrated on the tax needs of closely held businesses, with their related pass-through entities, complex individual returns, estates and trusts.

Van Der Aa taught for 10 years as an adjunct instructor and for one year as assistant professor of accounting and taxation for Grand Valley State University’s Seidman College of Business, where he taught in both the undergraduate and MST programs.

Dates

Tue, May 27, 2025 - 06:00pm to 09:35pm EDT
Thu, Jun 05, 2025 - 03:00pm to 06:35pm EDT
Sat, Jun 07, 2025 - 11:00am to 02:35pm EDT
Wed, Jun 25, 2025 - 11:00am to 02:35pm EDT
Sat, Jul 05, 2025 - 03:00pm to 06:35pm EDT
Fri, Jul 25, 2025 - 11:00am to 02:35pm EDT
Tue, Aug 05, 2025 - 03:00pm to 06:35pm EDT
Mon, Aug 25, 2025 - 11:00am to 02:35pm EDT
Fri, Sep 05, 2025 - 03:00pm to 06:35pm EDT
Thu, Sep 25, 2025 - 07:00pm to 10:35pm EDT
Tue, Oct 07, 2025 - 07:00pm to 10:35pm EDT
Sat, Oct 25, 2025 - 11:00am to 02:35pm EDT
Wed, Nov 05, 2025 - 03:00pm to 06:35pm EST
Tue, Nov 25, 2025 - 11:00am to 02:35pm EST
Fri, Dec 05, 2025 - 03:00pm to 06:35pm EST
Sat, Dec 06, 2025 - 11:00am to 02:35pm EST
Wed, Dec 24, 2025 - 11:00am to 02:35pm EST
Mon, Jan 05, 2026 - 03:00pm to 06:35pm EST
Sat, Jan 24, 2026 - 11:00am to 02:35pm EST
Thu, Feb 05, 2026 - 03:00pm to 06:35pm EST
Wed, Feb 25, 2026 - 11:00am to 02:35pm EST
Thu, Mar 05, 2026 - 03:00pm to 06:35pm EST
Wed, Mar 25, 2026 - 11:00am to 02:35pm EDT
Tue, Apr 07, 2026 - 07:00pm to 10:35pm EDT
Sat, Apr 25, 2026 - 11:00am to 02:35pm EDT

Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Advanced Preparation None
Course Developer

Van Der Aa Tax Ed, LLC


Designed For Practitioners, members in industry, or personnel responsible for payroll tax reporting or determining and reviewing travel and entertainment deductions
Yellow Book No
Original Recording Date

05/25


Prerequisites Basic working knowledge of business expense reporting
Date Added to Catalog 3/15/2025

Additional Information

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Instructional Delivery Method Group Internet Based
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