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October 28, 2026

38,000 Preparers Filed Over 2 Million Returns With Lapsed PTINs

By: Sharon Kreider, CPA

A new TIGTA report finds 38,000 preparers filed over 2 million returns with lapsed PTINs. See what it means for your firm before the 2027 filing season.

October 27, 2026

Excess Advance Premium Tax Credit Repayment Caps Are Gone for 2026 (REG-101576-26)

By: Sharon Kreider, CPA

Proposed regulations in REG-101576-26 conform §36B to the repeal of excess APTC repayment caps. See how 2026 premium tax credit reconciliation changes

October 26, 2026

How To Renew A PTIN

By: Western CPE Staff

Tax return preparers must renew their PTIN with the IRS each year. We’ll walk you through PTIN renewal and when to renew your PTIN before tax season.

October 21, 2026

The Best CPE for Accountants in 2026

By: Western CPE Staff

Looking for the best CPE for CPAs in 2026? We’ve got you covered with a list of essentials to get you through the year.

October 21, 2026

Paid Family and Medical Leave Credit Gets a Major Expansion

By: Sharon Kreider, CPA

RS Notice 2026-28 explains the newly permanent §45S paid family and medical leave credit, now covering part-time workers and newer employees.

October 21, 2026

Taxpayers Chose the Transaction, Now They Live with the Tax Result

By: Sharon Kreider, CPA

Tax Court holds taxpayers to their own loan records in Reed v. Commissioner, denying deductions on $811,000 moved into real estate ventures.

October 15, 2026

The Annual Exclusion Is Not a Medicaid Safe Harbor

By: Sharon Kreider, CPA

The annual exclusion means nothing to Medicaid. Learn how $19,000 yearly gifts can buy months of ineligibility at the worst possible time.

October 14, 2026

The Martins Lose a Six-Figure Charity Deduction on a Missing Sentence (Clint L. Martin and Jenifer Martin v. Comm., TCM 2026-40)

By: Sharon Kreider, CPA

Appraisal, deed and Form 8283, and still no deduction. Martin v. Comm. shows why a CWA must say the donee gave nothing in return.

October 7, 2026

IRS Targets Abusive CRAT Transactions

By: Sharon Kreider, CPA

The IRS now treats specified CRAT deals as listed transactions. Learn the low-basis pattern to screen for and the disclosure rules.

October 7, 2026

Trump Accounts Go Automatic: What Parents & Guardians Need to Know

By: Sharon Kreider, CPA

& Mark Seid, EA, CPA, USTCP

Starting October 1, Treasury opens Trump accounts automatically. Learn why the account is only a shell until parents claim and activate it.

September 30, 2026

IRS Raises the Standard Mileage Rate at Midyear

By: Sharon Kreider, CPA

For the first time since 2022, the IRS raised the mileage rate midyear. 2026 now has two rate sets, so mileage logs must split at June 30.

September 30, 2026

IRS Clarifies the 2026 “No Tax on Overtime” Rules

By: Sharon Kreider, CPA

The no-tax-on-overtime deduction covers only the extra half of time-and-a-half. Learn the limits and why Box 12 Code TT is now the ceiling.

September 24, 2026

2026 Gain Can Still Reach a 2027 Opportunity Fund

By: Sharon Kreider, CPA

For clients selling appreciated property in late 2026, waiting to fund a QOF until 2027 buys a bigger step-up per Notice 2026-40.

September 23, 2026

A Missing Sentence Costs a $4.42 Million Deduction (Wells v. Comm., T.C. Memo 2026-49 (June 10, 2026)

By: Sharon Kreider, CPA

Wells v. Comm. shows how a picture-perfect donation loses a $4.42M deduction over one missing line. See the CWA rules and penalty escape.

September 17, 2026

One Missing W-9 Can Trigger Two Years of Backup Withholding

By: Jane Ryder, EA, CPA

& Sharon Kreider, CPA

Final regs set when payment apps must backup withhold on sellers. A missing W-9 can trigger withholding that carries into the next year.

September 16, 2026

Disaster Casualty Losses and Wildfire Relief Payments Finally Land in the Code

By: Jane Ryder, EA, CPA

& Sharon Kreider, CPA

Disaster casualty loss relief is finally in the Code, retroactive to 2025. Learn the AGI-floor bypass, the non-itemizer deduction and 139M.

September 10, 2026

Student Loan Payments and the 401(k) Match: An Opportunity to Help Employer Clients

By: Alice Orzechowski, CPA, CMA, EA

Help employer clients keep workers’ retirement match intact. Learn how SECURE 2.0’s student loan match and IRC 127 assistance work together.

September 9, 2026

The 2026 Social Security Trustees Report

By: Jane Ryder, EA, CPA

& Sharon Kreider, CPA

The 2026 Trustees Report is the first to absorb OBBBA. Learn what changed on the tax side and how to talk clients back from the headlines.

September 2, 2026

The California Refund Theory That Never Had a Chance (Kim v. United States, No. 1:26-cv-00157 (Fed. Cl. May 21, 2026)

By: Sharon Kreider, CPA

The state-citizen-only tax dodge resurfaces in Kim v. United States, and the court dismisses it as legally frivolous. Here’s why it failed.

September 1, 2026

Certified Management Accountant (CMA) Requirements

By: Western CPE Staff

Your guide to earning the CMA, from the education and experience requirements to the two-part exam, fees and IMA registration steps.

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