CPE Catalog & Events
Richmond: Don Farmer's 2026 Individual Income Tax Workshop
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Glen Allen
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $309
Major legislative changes and recurring compliance challenges make preparation essential for the 2026 filing season. In this workshop, you'll get a comprehensive review of the latest developments affecting individual taxpayers, along with practical planning strategies and real-world examples. The program covers new law changes as well as common problem areas practitioners face each year. You’ll leave with clear guidance, actionable planning ideas, and greater confidence as you head into tax season.
Online: Don Farmer's 2026 Corporate/Business Income Tax Workshop
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $309
Significant legislative changes and ongoing technical challenges will shape 2026 business tax return preparation. In this workshop, you’ll review the latest developments affecting corporations and non-corporate businesses, along with key planning considerations for the upcoming filing season. Topics include major new tax legislation, recurring compliance issues, and areas that frequently create reporting challenges. Using practical examples and clear explanations, this course will help you identify planning opportunities, avoid common pitfalls and approach 2026 business returns with greater confidence.
Richmond: Don Farmer's 2026 Corporate/Business Income Tax Workshop
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Glen Allen
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $309
Significant legislative changes and ongoing technical challenges will shape 2026 business tax return preparation. In this workshop, you’ll review the latest developments affecting corporations and non-corporate businesses, along with key planning considerations for the upcoming filing season. Topics include major new tax legislation, recurring compliance issues, and areas that frequently create reporting challenges. Using practical examples and clear explanations, this course will help you identify planning opportunities, avoid common pitfalls and approach 2026 business returns with greater confidence.
Don Farmer's Difficult Tax Forms
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
This intermediate-level course provides a focused review of complex and frequently misunderstood federal tax forms encountered in business and individual tax compliance. Participants will examine selected forms that present heightened technical complexity, increased documentation requirements, or significant penalty exposure. Emphasis is placed on reporting mechanics, computational challenges, and common compliance errors. Practical examples illustrate areas of IRS scrutiny and reinforce strategies to improve accuracy and consistency in return preparation and review.
Don Farmer's Basics of Foreign Reporting for Individuals: How to Avoid Large Penalties
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
U.S. individuals with foreign financial accounts and assets face complex reporting requirements and potentially severe civil penalties for noncompliance. This focused 2-hour program provides a practical overview of key international reporting obligations for individuals, including FBAR (FinCEN Form 114), FATCA reporting (Form 8938), and related information returns. Participants will review filing thresholds, definitions of foreign financial accounts and specified foreign financial assets, and common problem areas such as foreign trusts, gifts, and ownership of foreign entities. The course emphasizes penalty structures, IRS enforcement trends, and compliance strategies designed to help practitioners identify risks and guide clients in avoiding costly mistakes. Through practical examples and case-based discussion, attendees will gain clarity on when reporting is required, how forms interact, and how to minimize exposure to significant penalties.
Don Farmer's Top 10 S Corporation Return Issues & How to Avoid Them
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
S corporation tax returns present recurring technical and compliance challenges that can expose shareholders and practitioners to costly errors. From basis limitations and shareholder distributions to reasonable compensation and built-in gains tax, small missteps can result in significant tax adjustments, penalties, and IRS scrutiny. This focused 2-hour program examines the ten most common S corporation return issues encountered by practitioners and provides practical guidance on how to identify, prevent, and correct them. Participants will review shareholder basis calculations, loss limitations, compensation requirements, eligibility rules, and reporting pitfalls frequently identified during IRS examinations. Through real-world examples and case-based discussion, attendees will gain actionable strategies to improve accuracy, strengthen documentation, and reduce audit risk in S corporation engagements.
Don Farmer's 2026 Federal Tax Update
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $384
The 2025 tax law introduces significant changes that will shape 2026 tax return preparation — and now is the time to get up to speed.In this timely update, we’ll walk through the provisions taking effect in 2026, along with important IRS guidance, recent court decisions and inflation-adjusted amounts that impact planning and compliance. We’ll focus on the developments that matter most when preparing returns and advising clients. With clear explanations and practical insights, this session will help you stay current, spot planning opportunities and head into the 2026 filing season prepared and confident.
Don Farmer's Reasonable Cause Penalty Abatement: What Actually Works
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
This course focuses on practical strategies for obtaining IRS penalty abatement based on reasonable causes. Participants will review statutory standards, IRS administrative guidance, and real-world success factors. Emphasis is placed on documentation, narrative development, and distinguishing reasonable cause from first-time abatement.
Don Farmer's IRS Notices Every Tax Pro Should Recognize & How to Respond
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
This course reviews the most common and consequential IRS notices received by tax practitioners. Participants will learn how to quickly identify notice types, assess urgency, and respond effectively to minimize client exposure. Emphasis is placed on procedural rights, deadlines, and best practices for correspondence.