

CPE Credits
8 Credits: Taxes
Course Description
Combining the real-life experience of a practicing CPA with essential down-to-earth tax materials in a high-tech format, this powerful presentation will enable participants to quickly understand and implement individual tax reform changes and review IRS and Court actions affecting tax returns. You’ll receive the most complete and up-to-date reference manual, written by renowned tax experts, Vern Hoven and Sharon Kreider. The digital PDF manual is hyperlinked to the Internal Revenue Code, tax court decisions, and other primary authorities, making it extremely convenient. Join us as our world-class tax instructors share cutting-edge tax planning strategies in a high-energy, often humorous, presentation style using real-life experiences, which make complicated individual tax topics easily understandable.
Highlights include:
2021 Federal Tax Update: Individual Returns, will Identify the timing and impact of key provisions of new legislation including:
- Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 makes changes for 2020 and 2021
- American Rescue Plan Act makes temporary changes to 2021
- Third round stimulus payments are reconciled on 2021 returns
- Child tax credit, childcare credit and earned income credit expanded by ARPA
- ACA premium subsidies increased
- IRA transfers to charity complicated by SECURE
- Paying with virtual currency is a reportable sale
- Elimination of alimony deduction affects all divorcing couples
- Foreign asset reporting still on exam hit list
- Recent cases and rulings highlight IRS Audit issues
Learning Objectives
- Identify key provisions of new legislation including Build Back Better Act, Consolidated Appropriations Act, Cares Act, SECURE Act, and other issuances.
- Learn key provisions of Cares Act, in response to COVID-19.
- Understand the requirements for various tax credits applicable to individual taxpayers.
- Learn the various individual tax reform provisions.
Course Specifics
Course ID 21FLynnwood-01-LE21 |
Prerequisites None |
Advanced Preparation None |
Compliance information
IRS Provider Number: 0MYXB
IRS Course Number: 0MYXB-U-01917-21-I
IRS Federal Tax Update Credits: 8
CFP Provider Number: 3199
CFP Course Number: 297632
CTEC Course Number: 2071-CE-1673
CTEC Federal Tax Update Credits: 8
CFP Notice: Not all courses that qualify for CFP® credit are registered by Western CPE. If a course does not have a CFP registration number in the compliance section, the continuing education will need to be individually reported with the CFP Board. For more information on the reporting process, required documentation, processing fee, etc., contact the CFP Board. CFP Professionals must take each course in it’s entirety, the CFP Board DOES NOT accept partial credits for courses.
CTEC Notice: California Tax Education Council DOES NOT allow partial credit, course must be taken in entirety. Western CPE has been approved by the California Tax Education Council to offer continuing education courses that count as credit towards the annual “continuing education” requirement imposed by the State of California for CTEC Registered Tax Preparers. A listing of additional requirements to register as a tax preparer may be obtained by contacting CTEC at P.O. Box 2890, Sacramento, CA, 95812-2890, by phone toll-free at (877) 850-2832, or on the Internet at www.ctec.org.
Course Instructor

Alice Orzechowski, CPA, CMA, EA, was born and raised in Washington, DC. She holds BS degrees in Economics and Accounting from the University of Maryland, and an MS in Administration and Management from Hood College. She is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, and Enrolled Agent. Alice has provided advice on tax-related matters in The Washington Post, The Frederick News Post, in various AARP publications, and on Wall Street Journal Radio, CNN, and Today’s Woman Television and is a national speaker on tax topics. Alice earned the CPA accreditation in 1976, and over the course of her …
2021 Federal Tax Update: Individual
$399.00
Availability: 70 in stock


CPE Credits
8 Credits: Taxes
Course Description
Combining the real-life experience of a practicing CPA with essential down-to-earth tax materials in a high-tech format, this powerful presentation will enable participants to quickly understand and implement individual tax reform changes and review IRS and Court actions affecting tax returns. You’ll receive the most complete and up-to-date reference manual, written by renowned tax experts, Vern Hoven and Sharon Kreider. The digital PDF manual is hyperlinked to the Internal Revenue Code, tax court decisions, and other primary authorities, making it extremely convenient. Join us as our world-class tax instructors share cutting-edge tax planning strategies in a high-energy, often humorous, presentation style using real-life experiences, which make complicated individual tax topics easily understandable.
Highlights include:
2021 Federal Tax Update: Individual Returns, will Identify the timing and impact of key provisions of new legislation including:
- Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 makes changes for 2020 and 2021
- American Rescue Plan Act makes temporary changes to 2021
- Third round stimulus payments are reconciled on 2021 returns
- Child tax credit, childcare credit and earned income credit expanded by ARPA
- ACA premium subsidies increased
- IRA transfers to charity complicated by SECURE
- Paying with virtual currency is a reportable sale
- Elimination of alimony deduction affects all divorcing couples
- Foreign asset reporting still on exam hit list
- Recent cases and rulings highlight IRS Audit issues
Learning Objectives
- Identify key provisions of new legislation including Build Back Better Act, Consolidated Appropriations Act, Cares Act, SECURE Act, and other issuances.
- Learn key provisions of Cares Act, in response to COVID-19.
- Understand the requirements for various tax credits applicable to individual taxpayers.
- Learn the various individual tax reform provisions.
Course Specifics
Course ID 21FLynnwood-01-LE21 |
Prerequisites None |
Advanced Preparation None |
Compliance information
IRS Provider Number: 0MYXB
IRS Course Number: 0MYXB-U-01917-21-I
IRS Federal Tax Update Credits: 8
CFP Provider Number: 3199
CFP Course Number: 297632
CTEC Course Number: 2071-CE-1673
CTEC Federal Tax Update Credits: 8
CFP Notice: Not all courses that qualify for CFP® credit are registered by Western CPE. If a course does not have a CFP registration number in the compliance section, the continuing education will need to be individually reported with the CFP Board. For more information on the reporting process, required documentation, processing fee, etc., contact the CFP Board. CFP Professionals must take each course in it’s entirety, the CFP Board DOES NOT accept partial credits for courses.
CTEC Notice: California Tax Education Council DOES NOT allow partial credit, course must be taken in entirety. Western CPE has been approved by the California Tax Education Council to offer continuing education courses that count as credit towards the annual “continuing education” requirement imposed by the State of California for CTEC Registered Tax Preparers. A listing of additional requirements to register as a tax preparer may be obtained by contacting CTEC at P.O. Box 2890, Sacramento, CA, 95812-2890, by phone toll-free at (877) 850-2832, or on the Internet at www.ctec.org.
Course Instructor

Alice Orzechowski, CPA, CMA, EA, was born and raised in Washington, DC. She holds BS degrees in Economics and Accounting from the University of Maryland, and an MS in Administration and Management from Hood College. She is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, and Enrolled Agent. Alice has provided advice on tax-related matters in The Washington Post, The Frederick News Post, in various AARP publications, and on Wall Street Journal Radio, CNN, and Today’s Woman Television and is a national speaker on tax topics. Alice earned the CPA accreditation in 1976, and over the course of her …
2021 Federal Tax Update: Individual
$399.00
Availability: 70 in stock