S Corporations Advanced Topics: Estate and Succession Planning
4 Credits: Taxes
$196.00
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Secure Transaction S Corporations Advanced Topics: Estate and Succession Planning
Format
Webcast
Course Level
Advanced
CPE Credits
4 Credits: Taxes
Course Description
This course reviews some valuation issues from recent cases concerning S corporation stock, including tax affecting and discounts. It concludes with some suggestions for easing the tax burden of the transfer of stock to younger family members or other desired successors. This course is designed for tax preparers who have experience with S corporations. Principal topics include basis rules for successor shareholders. This program also covers basis issues applicable to company-owned life insurance, including premium payment, treatment of the proceeds and timing rules affecting basis in the year of death of a shareholder.
Part 1 discusses the rules concerning estates and trusts and their eligibility to be shareholders in S corporations. Included are the exacting rules surrounding Qualified Subchapter S Trusts (QSSTs) and Electing Small Business Trusts (ESBTs).
Part 2 covers basis rules applicable to succession., special company-owned life insurance issues and creative methods to transfer stock to family members or other intended parties.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Be aware of stock basis rules for the successor to a deceased shareholder, including the imputed income in respect of a decedent (IRD) provisions;
- Advise clients of the current basis rules for payment of premiums on company-owned life insurance;
- Identify the effects of accounting methods and income allocation elections on deceased and successor shareholders;
- Understand recent case law concerning the valuation of S corporation stock, and
- Be aware of some techniques for using distributions and stock redemptions to transfer ownership of an S corporation.
Course Specifics
WC1823336042
July 11, 2023
Prior experience with S corps
None
Compliance Information
IRS Provider Number: 0MYXB
IRS Course Number: 0MYXB-T-02357-23-O
IRS Federal Tax Law Credits: 4
CTEC Course Number: 2071-CE-1922
CTEC Federal Tax Law Credits: 4
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Meet The Experts
Robert “Bob” W. Jamison, CPA, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Accounting at Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI). His principal area of specialization is S Corporations. He is the sole author of S Corporation Taxation, and co-author of Multistate Tax Guide to Pass-Through Entities, both of which are published annually by CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business. He is the author of the 2022 edition of Essentials of Federal Income Taxation, published annually by CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business. Bob is a well-known author and speaker on S Corporations. He is curator of Wolters Kluwer Answerconnect Topic “S Corporations” and subtopics …