2026 Fall California Federal Tax Update
Digital Edition
The Tax Update Filing Season and California Rely On
Get the complete Federal Tax Update, covering the latest from the IRS, Congress, and the courts, then 4 added hours on the California rules your clients can’t ignore. Created by working tax professionals doing the same work as you. Nobody knows Federal and California tax like Western CPE. Every filing season, thousands of practitioners rely on America’s #1 Federal Tax Update. This edition gives you all of it, plus a dedicated California update.
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- Get all three formats: Webcast, Self-Study, Self-Study Video
- 20 Total Credits
- The Individual Edition (8 Credits)
- The Business Edition (8 Credits)
- The California Tax Update (4 Credits)
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2026 Fall California Federal Tax Update
Digital Edition
The Federal Update Thousands Trust. The California Insights You Need.
Get the complete Federal Tax Update, covering the latest from the IRS, Congress, and the courts, then 4 added hours on the California rules your clients can’t ignore. Created by working tax professionals doing the same work as you. Nobody knows Federal and California tax like Western CPE.
Every filing season, thousands of practitioners rely on America’s #1 Federal Tax Update. This edition gives you all of it, plus a dedicated California update.
Course Level
Update
CPE Hours
20 HRS
CPE Credits
Taxes
Course Level
Update
CPE Hours
20 HRS
CPE Credits
Taxes
The IRS Isn’t Waiting. Neither Should You.
The biggest federal tax law in years is in effect, and filing season won’t grade on a curve. New deductions, rewritten rules, inflation adjustments, and IRS guidance are still arriving while your clients are already asking questions. You’ll work through all of it first.
Plus, 4 hours covering where California conforms, where it doesn’t, and what the FTB is doing about it, from residency and sourcing to business tax issues.
Come April, your returns will reflect what you knew today. Let’s make sure you and your team are ready.
Anyone can sell you a tax update. Here’s why practitioners choose ours.
The California Federal Tax Update is written by working tax pros, not professional lecturers. They prepare returns, apply the same IRS guidance, and handle the same California issues you do. With 33 years in continuing education and thousands of verifications, we know what practitioners need before filing season.
Why Choose This Update?
Real-World Clarity, Not Theoretical Complexity
- Made by industry professionals for CPAs, EAs, and CFPs who prepare returns, advise clients, and answer for the results.
- Understand all the Federal changes from the IRS and Courts. Learn where California conforms and where it doesn’t so you can support your California clients.
- If you run the firm, every topic is framed so you can take it back to your team. Know what changed, what it means for your clients, and what your staff does differently this season.
What You'll Get:
Why It’s Different:
What You'll Learn:
Part 1: The Full Federal Tax Update (16 Credits)
The Individual Edition (8 Credits)
- Major OBBBA changes affecting 2026 tax planning and preparation
- New and updated individual deductions, including tips, overtime, car loan interest, and senior deduction provisions
- SSN requirements for key credits, deductions, and tax benefits, 2026 tax brackets, standard deduction changes, and filing requirement updates
- Child, dependent care, education, and adoption credits, plus ACA changes
- SALT, charitable, mortgage interest, casualty loss, and other itemized deductions
- SECURE 2.0 and retirement planning developments, including catch-up contribution rules and RMD issues
- IRS practice and procedure updates, including enforcement trends, penalty issues, data security, and practitioner compliance
The Business Edition (8 Credits)
- Business return changes involving QBI, bonus depreciation, research expenditures, interest expense limitations, and excess business losses
- Payroll and self-employment updates, including tip and overtime reporting requirements
- Partnership, S corporation, and C corporation developments affecting basis, compliance, reasonable compensation, QSBS, and entity planning
- Real estate and investment tax updates, including basis, passive activities, digital assets, and opportunity zones
Part 2: The California Tax Update (4 Credits)
- Conformity and nonconformity after the 2025 conformity legislation, including California treatment of selected OBBBA provisions
- Individual updates, including the standard deduction, exemption credits, renter’s credit, AMT, and filing issues
- Residency and sourcing for residents, nonresidents, remote workers, and stock options
- FTB administration, including MyFTB access, POA procedures, secure messaging, and live chat
- Disaster relief, wildfire exclusions, OTA developments, audit targets, penalties, and collections
- Business conformity, including PTET, NOL limitations, and cannabis deductions
- Payroll, including SDI, UI, ETT, minimum wage, paid sick leave, and CalSavers
- LLC annual tax and fees, entity suspension and revivor, and dissolutions
- Sales and use tax (marketplace facilitators, use tax reporting, CDTFA) and property tax (Proposition 19, exemptions, reassessments)
CPE Hours
By Designation
CPA
20 Credits: Taxes
EA
16 Credits: Federal Tax Update
CFP
20 Credits: Taxes
CRTP (CTEC)
16 Credits: Federal Tax Update
Attorney*
13.5 General MCLE Hours
*May need to self-report/register course with State
Note: CPE Hours displayed are the maximum available.
2026 California Federal Tax Update
Digital Learning Formats: access all three with the Pro Edition, or choose Self-Study only.
Webcast
FlexCast-ready. Pause, resume, watch across multiple sessions. No exam.
Self-Study
Download to any device. 24/7 access whenever you’re ready.
Self-Study Video
On-demand video available to you 24/7. Play and pause on your time.
TESTIMONIALS
Don't take our word for it.
Made for those who want to stand out and stay on top.
All Tax Practitioners
Whether you have 30+ years of experience or none, if you have California clients, this update gives you federal and state in one course. CPAs, CFPs, EAs, Tax Attorneys.
CPAs • CFPs • EAs • Tax Attorneys
Public Accounting Professionals
Practical, succinct, and scalable for firms serving California individuals and businesses. Associates, Directors, Partners.
Associates • Directors • Partners
Corporate & Private Industry Professionals
Employee benefits, research expenditures, and tax resolution covered in-depth.
Controllers • Finance Directors • EAs
Prefer the Classroom? Take the California Federal Tax Update Live
The same federal-first update, with California built in, taught in person at eight locations this season: Phoenix, Newport Beach, Las Vegas, South San Francisco, San Diego, Garden Grove, San Ramon, and Sacramento.
The ultimate upgrade for America’s #1 Federal Tax Update
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Pause & automatically resume when you’re ready. Get that big Webcast you want and break it up over multiple days.
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1,000+ Webcast credits eligible.
No Tests
Attendance tracker built into every webcast. No testing is required to earn CPE.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions? Call us at 800-822-4194 or email wcpe@westerncpe.com. We’re in Bozeman, Montana, and we pick up the phone. If you’re trying to make dates work, choose between locations, or find the simplest path to your hours, we’ll help.
It’s the complete Federal Tax Update plus a dedicated California update. You get 16 credits on federal law, IRS guidance, and regulatory changes, then 4 credits on California conformity with laws such as OBBBA and SECURE 2.0, state credits and exclusions, residency and sourcing, and current FTB procedures.
This is the Digital Edition of the California Federal Tax Update, delivered as a webcast, self-study, and self-study video. The California Federal Tax Update is also taught live at eight locations. See live seminar dates.
Four of the 20 credits cover California tax. The other 16 credits are the full Federal Tax Update covering Individual and Business returns.
It includes 4 additional California credits. Per credit, it costs less: $30.90 for the Pro Edition, compared with $31.19 for the Federal Tax Update on its own.
The Pro Edition of the California Federal Tax Update gives you the option of learning with Webcast, Self-Study, and Self-Study Video formats. The Self-Study only edition contains only the Self-Study and Self-Study video formats.
The federal tax portion of this course qualifies for IRS, CTEC, and CFP continuing education credit. The IRS course number can be found in the compliance information for this course. Due to the IRS’s 80/20 rule, the California-specific portion does not qualify for IRS CE credit, but it does count toward CTEC and CFP requirements. The full credit breakdown by credit type can be found in the compliance information for this course. Further information can be found on the IRS Continuing Education FAQ page.
CPAs, EAs, and other tax professionals with California clients who need the full federal update plus California guidance before filing season.
Yes. It includes everything in the Federal Tax Update, plus 4 credits of California content covering individual and business conformity, payroll and employment tax, sales and use and property tax, and California audit and enforcement priorities.
