2026 California Federal Tax Update
The Tax Update Filing Season Depends On
California’s most trusted source for individual, business, and state tax guidance, covering the latest developments from the IRS, Congress, and the courts. Created by real tax professionals and supported by a team that works exclusively with accountants, thousands rely on the California Federal Tax Update each year to do their best work.
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2026 Fall California Federal Tax Update
The Update Trusted by Thousands. The Insight You Actually Need.
California’s most trusted source for individual, business, and state tax guidance, covering the latest developments from the IRS, Congress, and the courts. Created by real tax professionals, thousands rely on the California Federal Tax Update each year to do their best work.
Course Level
Update
CPE Hours
10 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 now in effect and filing season won’t grade on a curve: new deductions, rewritten rules, inflation-adjusted everything, guidance still dropping from the IRS while your clients are already asking questions. Plus California-specific issues concerning conformity, nonconformity, FTB developments, residency and sourcing, business tax issues, and more California rules that don’t always follow the federal script. Hear how seasoned tax pros are already handling these changes in real life. Come April, your returns will reflect what you knew today, so 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 taught by working tax pros, not professional lecturers. Your instructors prepare returns, represent clients, and live in the same IRS guidance and California specific issues you do. What they teach is what they used at their desks that week. With thirty-three years of getting this right and over a million certificates issued, you can trust that when the biggest tax law in years lands, this is the update the profession turns to.
Why Choose This Update?
Real-World Clarity, Not Theoretical Complexity
- This update was made by industry professionals specifically for CPAs, EAs, and CFPs who prepare returns, advise clients, and answer for the results.
- Understand where California conforms, where it does not, and where the differences matter.
- 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:
- Major 2026 federal tax developments affecting individuals, businesses, entities, payroll, retirement, estates and trusts, and IRS practice
- OBBBA changes affecting deductions, credits, SALT, charitable giving, energy incentives, business deductions, and client planning
- California conformity and nonconformity after new 2025 conformity legislation
- California treatment of selected OBBBA provisions and other recent federal tax changes
- California individual tax updates, including standard deduction, exemption credits, renter’s credit, AMT, electronic payments, and estimated tax rules
- California filing issues, including postmark concerns, direct deposit to ABLE accounts, required reporting, and Schedule A/Schedule C review letters
- Residency and sourcing rules for California residents, nonresidents, remote workers, stock options, RSUs, group nonresident returns, and other state tax credits
- FTB administration updates, MyFTB access, POA procedures, secure messaging, live chat, and tax practitioner hotline issues
- California disaster relief, wildfire exclusions, OTA developments, audit targets, penalties, collections, and voluntary disclosure
- California business conformity and nonconformity, including PTET, NOL limitations, cannabis deductions, credits, R&D, apportionment, and doing-business standards
- LLC annual tax and fee issues, entity suspension/revivor, dissolutions, administrative cancellation, and local business tax concerns
- California payroll updates, including SDI, UI, ETT, minimum wage, paid sick leave, CalSavers, worker classification, loan-out corporations, and app-based workers
- Sales and use tax developments, including marketplace facilitator rules, use tax reporting, CDTFA activity, cannabis tax, vehicle and vessel issues, and personal liability for unpaid sales tax
- Property tax updates, including disaster relief, Proposition 19, exemptions, reassessments, solar energy system exclusions, and other BOE developments
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
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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 a tax update CPE course covering the most recent federal tax legislation, IRS guidance, and regulatory developments, in addition to dedicated California coverage.This includes individual income tax updates, California’s conformity and nonconformity with recent federal law changes (like OBBBA and SECURE 2.0), state-specific credits and exclusions, residency and sourcing rules, and current FTB administrative procedures.It’s designed to keep California tax professionals current on both federal and state-level developments between annual updates.
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 tax professionals who need to stay current on federal tax changes throughout the year.
Yes, the California edition includes everything in the standard Federal Tax Update. This includes recent federal legislation and IRS guidance as well as in-depth California content: individual and business tax conformity issues, payroll and employment tax developments, sales and use tax and property tax updates, and California audit and enforcement priorities. It’s built for practitioners who need both federal and California compliance in one course. requirements on track.
