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Discover how three days can change your entire year.
It’s getting harder out there for tax and accounting professionals. At Western CPE’s California Federal Tax Update Seminars, you’ll learn not only how to weather a changing professional landscape, but how to thrive. We’ll guide you through the year’s most impactful tax changes, as well as offer a rundown on critical legislation that comes into effect during the 2025/26 tax season.
Class Days
3
Live Credits
16
Total Sessions
8
Topic
Taxes
Live Seminar
- November 17-19, 2025
- 7:30am - 1:10 pm
- Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina
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What's Included:
- 16 Total Credits
- The Individual Edition (6 Credits)
- The Business Edition (6 Credits)
- The California Edition (4 Credits)
- Complete & Linked PDF Manual
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Three Days. Eight Sessions. The California Federal Tax Update—Live.
The California Federal Tax Update Seminar is a focused, in-person delivery of America’s #1 Tax Update. Across three days and eight tightly structured sessions—the Individual Update on Monday (3×2h), Business Update on Tuesday (3×2h) and California Update (2x2h)—you’ll cover the year’s most consequential federal tax changes with time to digest, question, and apply.
For over 30 years, Western’s Federal Tax Update has been the working professional’s annual edge: comprehensive where it matters, practical where it counts, and ruthlessly current as guidance lands. Not just another summary of changes, this seminar is a toolkit for professionals who need to understand those changes, apply them in client situations, and stay sharp all year. Accept no substitutes.
What You'll Learn
Monday: Individual Edition
- New filings and identity controls: What to know about Form 15620 (83(b) election) and Social Security identity verification requirements.
- Inflation adjustments: Key 2025 inflation amounts across individual provisions and retirement plan limits you’ll actually quote to clients.
- Disaster relief: Practical takeaways from the Disaster Relief Act of 2023 and multi-state relief—timelines, elections, and traps.
- Cross-border updates: Changes to the foreign earned income exclusion and foreign housing exclusion; what’s different and who benefits.
- Digital assets: The debut of Form 1099-DA and its various implications for individual reporting (with spillover effects for pass-through owners).
- Retirement & SECURE 2.0: Catch-up mechanics and the 2025/26 horizon—what’s actionable now vs. what to stage for next season.
- Recent Tax Court decisions: Individual-focused rulings that change how you brief clients and document positions.
Tuesday: Business Edition
- Business interest transfers: Legal, tax, valuation of buy/sell/gift; buy-sell structures, third-party/internal succession; estate and gift impacts; current cases and legislation.
- Self-employed hot spots: Fresh issues for sole proprietors and gig workers; expense substantiation, estimated tax, and common audit flags.
- Payroll & employment: The latest on payroll updates, credits, and procedural changes that create real operational work.
- Pass-throughs: What’s new for partnerships and LLCs—allocations, basis, and the practical meaning of recent IRS/Treasury moves.
- Entity taxation: Current S corp and C corp developments; depreciation/expensing dynamics; coordination with shareholder/owner returns.
- Practice & procedure: Updates to IRS practice and procedures that affect exams, notices, penalty relief, and practitioner workflow.
- Recent Tax Court decisions: Business-relevant rulings that reshape planning, documentation, and risk management.
Wednesday: California Edition
- Annual inflation and cost of living adjustments for 2025
- Critical updates on retirement accounts & taxation
- What to know about the new Form 1099-DA
- Must-know federal disaster relief developments
- New Social Security identity verification requirements
- Form 1099-K Reporting Threshold changes
- Updates to Commercial Clean Vehicle credits
- IRS Online Account: Identity Protection PIN info
- Proposed changes to Circular 230
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Seminars vs. Conferences
Seminars
One product—the California Federal Tax Update—delivered live across three days as eight sessions. Single registration covers the complete update (16 Credits). No mixing individual courses, no single-day tickets.
Conferences
If you want variety beyond the Federal Tax Update, Conferences are the right fit.
Seminar Courses
This year, we’ve made some changes to our event structure, moving away from marathon sessions of CPE delivery and toward a course structure that is better aligned with your learning needs.
Six-hour course blocks lead to fatigue and shallow recall. Our new structure offers six focused 2-hour sessions, to improve attention, retention, and application—and give us space to incorporate late-breaking guidance without derailing the day. You leave with clearer notes, sharper takeaways, and fewer “I’ll look that up later” gaps.
Monday, November 17
Individual Edition
Part 1
- 7:30am - 9:10 am
2025 Tax Update: Critical Issues Impacting Individuals: Part 1
2 Credits – Taxes
Individual Edition
Part 2
- 9:30am - 11:10 am
2025 Tax Update: Critical Issues Impacting Individuals: Part 2
2 Credits – Taxes
Individual Edition
Part 3
- 11:30am - 1:10 pm
2025 Tax Update: Critical Issues Impacting Individuals: Part 3
2 Credits – Taxes
Tuesday, November 18
Business Edition
Part 1
- 7:30am - 9:10 am
2025 Tax Update: Critical Issues Impacting Businesses: Part 1
2 Credits – Taxes
Business Edition
Part 2
- 9:30am - 11:10 am
2025 Tax Update: Critical Issues Impacting Businesses: Part 1
2 Credits – Taxes
Business Edition
Part 3
- 11:30am - 1:10 pm
2025 Tax Update: Critical Issues Impacting Businesses: Part 3
2 Credits – Taxes
Wednesday, November 19
California Edition
Part 1
- 7:30am - 9:10 am
2025 Tax Update: Critical Issues Impacting California: Part 1
2 Credits – Taxes
Course Details Coming Soon
California Edition
Part 2
- 9:30am - 11:10 am
2025 Tax Update: Critical Issues Impacting California: Part 2
2 Credits – Taxes
Course Details Coming Soon
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Who Should Attend?
All Tax Practitioners
Get prepared whether you have 30+ years of experience or you’re brand new.
CPAs • CFPs • EAs • Tax Attorneys
Public Accounting Professionals
Practical, succinct, and scalable for all types of clients’ needs
Associates • Directors • Partners
Corporate & Private Industry Professionals
Employee benefits, research expenditures, and tax resolution covered in-depth.
Controllers • Finance Directors • EAs
Other Seminar Locations
Western CPE is bringing its Federal Tax Update Seminar series to cities all over the country. Join us in a town near you, or make a trip of it and pack your bags for your favorite destination.
Federal Tax Update
Federal Tax Update Seminar
Orlando, FL
October 27-28, 2025
- Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World® Resort
Federal Tax Update Seminar
Las Vegas, NV
October 27-28, 2025
- Park MGM Las Vegas
Federal Tax Update Seminar
Scottsdale, AZ
November 3-4, 2025
- Talking Stick Resort Hotel
Federal Tax Update Seminar
Naples, FL
November 10-11, 2025
- Naples Grande Beach Resort
Federal Tax Update Seminar
Seattle, WA
December 1-2, 2025
- Lynnwood Convention Center
Federal Tax Update Seminar
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
December 8-9, 2025
- TBD
Federal Tax Update Seminar
Las Vegas, NV
December 8-9, 2025
- MGM Grand Hotel & Casino - Las Vegas
California Federal Tax Update
Cali Federal Tax Update Seminar
Scottsdale, AZ
November 3-5, 2025
- Talking Stick Resort Hotel
Cali Federal Tax Update Seminar
O'ahu, HI
November 17-19, 2025
- Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina
Cali Federal Tax Update Seminar
Anaheim, CA
December 4-5, 2025
- Embassy Suites by Hilton Anaheim South
Cali Federal Tax Update Seminar
Las Vegas, NV
December 8-10, 2025
- MGM Grand Hotel & Casino - Las Vegas
Cali Federal Tax Update Seminar
San Francisco, CA
December 18-19, 2025
- South San Francisco Conference Center
Cali Federal Tax Update Seminar
Scottsdale, AZ
November 3-5, 2025
- Talking Stick Resort Hotel
Cali Federal Tax Update Seminar
O'ahu, HI
December 17-19, 2025
- Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina
Cali Federal Tax Update Seminar
Anaheim, CA
December 4-5, 2025
- Embassy Suites by Hilton Anaheim South
Cali Federal Tax Update Seminar
Las Vegas, NV
December 8-10, 2025
- MGM Grand Hotel & Casino - Las Vegas
Cali Federal Tax Update Seminar
San Francisco, CA
December 15-16, 2025
- South San Francisco Conference Center