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Recent Tax Developments (January-February 2009)
Author: Sidney Kess and Barbara Weltman

Description:
Recent Tax Developments (January-February 2008) reviews important cases, regulations, rulings and other IRS pronouncements that may be useful to your clients, or help you in practice. A practice management tip provides an overview of tax law changes for 2009.

Recent developments and tax law changes covered include:

  • Car Mileage Rates for 2009
  • Social Security Tax Change for 2009
  • Foregoing Bonus Depreciation
  • Certain Withdrawls from Health FSAs
  • Qualifying Child
  • Transportation Fringe Benefit for Bicycling
  • Tax Credit For Plug-in Electric Vehicles
  • Home Sale Exclusion
  • Residential Energy Credits
  • First-time Homebuyer Credit
  • Disaster Losses
  • Wage Differential Payments
  • Breaks for Farmers
  • FUTA Surtax

Course Details:
Price:  $32.00
Field of Study:  Taxes
Prerequisites:  None
Level:  Update
CTEC course number:  1075-CE-5497
Course was last updated on:  02/11/2009
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Credit Available For: Units
CPE 2.00 CPE
CTEC Federal 2.00 CE
Enrolled Agent (Accepted by the IRS) 2.00 CPE
QAS 2.00 CPE

Note: Recommended CPE credit is based on a 50-minute hour. Participants earning credits for states that require self-study to be based on a 100-minute hour will receive half the recommended CPE credits for successful completion of this course.

Since Continuing Professional Education requirements vary from state to state and are subject to change without notice, please contact your state board of accountancy for information on your CPE requirements and the applicability of this course to meet those specifications.

CCH has been approved by the California Tax Education Council to offer courses that provide federal and state credit towards the annual "continuing education" requirement imposed by the State of California. 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, toll-free by phone at (877) 850-2832, or on the Internet at www.ctec.org.