Accounting for income taxes is now a complex set of standards with computational difficulties and confusion. Particularly concerning private companies. Durring this course we'll take a practical approach to navigating the maze, simplify basic calculations, and clarify financial statements. Includes a review of the impact of the 2017 Tax Reform Act on calculations.
            
                            
                    
                        
                        
Learning Objectives
                    
                    
                        •  Develop a practical approach for the application of the basic elements of income tax accounting under FASB codification 740 
•  We will dispel the myths surrounding deferred income taxes, and provide useful approaches and numerous computations 
•  Identify basic recurring transactions that result in book-tax differences for private companies, and how to accumulate the needed information to simplify the computations 
•  Recognize tax positions taken in tax returns and how those positions are to be evaluated for purposes of accruing the related tax benefits in the financial statements
                    
                 
            
                            
                    
                        
                        
Major Topics
                    
                    
                        •  Sample Schedule M calculations 
•  Sample work papers for deferred tax computations 
•  Comprehensive two-year example and computations 
•  Review and analysis of recurring temporary differences 
•  Identification of the sources to compute 
•  cumulative temporary differences
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•  Sample workpapers for analysis of tax positions