Tax Schools & Ag Tax Webinar

OSU Extension Income Tax Schools Focus on New Tax Law

Barry Ward and Julie Strawser, OSU Income Tax Schools

How to deal with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—the new tax law for both individuals and businesses–is among the topics to be discussed during the upcoming Income Tax School workshop series offered throughout November and December.

The annual series helps tax preparers learn about federal tax law changes and updates for this year, as well as learn more about issues they may encounter when filing individual and small business 2018 tax returns, said Barry Ward, Director of the Ohio State University Income Tax School Program.

The tax schools are intermediate-level courses that focus on interpreting tax regulations and changes in tax laws to help tax preparers, accountants, financial planners and attorneys advise their clients, he said. The schools offer continuing education credit for accountants, enrolled agents, attorneys, annual filing season preparers and certified financial planners.

“This is an important year for tax education as the new tax law creates some challenges for tax practitioners to prepare themselves for the next filing season. Our instructors have great deal of experience and training and the accompanying workbook will be a top reference to prepare tax practitioners to best serve their clients during this transition to the new tax law,” Ward said.

The workbook offers over 700 pages of reference material including reference tables and examples that will be valuable to practitioners. Sample chapters of the reference workbook can be found at: http://taxworkbook.com/about-the-tax-workbook/

The tax school will also feature a separate, two-hour ethics webinar that will broadcast Dec. 12 at 1 p.m. and again on Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. The webinar is approved by the IRS and will be available to tax school participants enrolled in the two-day tax school at no extra charge.

The registration fee for each workshop is $375, with a $50 late fee if not registered two weeks prior to the school. The fee includes all materials, lunches and refreshments. The deadline to enroll is 14 days prior to the date of each school. Participants can also choose to attend just day one of the workshop for $250. Additionally, the 2019 RIA Federal Tax Handbook and the Wolters Kluwer Master Tax Guide are both available for participants to purchase for a discounted fee of $40 each. Registration information and the online registration portal can be found at: http://go.osu.edu/taxschools

 

Agricultural Tax Issues Webinar

Barry Ward, OSU Extension, Director, OSU Income Tax Schools

Tax practitioners, farmers and farmland owners are encouraged to connect to the Ag and Natural Resources Income Tax Issues Webinar on Dec. 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is sponsored by Ohio State University Extension and participants can attend the webinar at host locations throughout Ohio or connect at home or office.

The webinar focuses on issues specific to farm tax returns related to agriculture and natural resources, and will highlight key regulations of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act related specifically to those income tax returns.

The program is an intermediate-level course for tax preparers whose clients include farmers and rural landowners. Farmers who prepare and file their own taxes will also benefit from the webinar.

Topics to be discussed during the webinar include:

New Section 199A 20% Pass-Through Deduction

Learn how pass-through business owners (most all businesses except those organized as C-Corps) can qualify for this new deduction

Farm Loss Deduction Limits

Review the special rules and limits that apply to farm losses and farm net operating losses.

Depreciation of Farm Assets

Discuss new rules impacting the depreciation and expensing of farm assets. Also review the impact of the elimination of IRC § 1031 like-kind exchange treatment for personal property on farm trades.

Farm and Ranch Tax Elections

Identify general rules applicable to making and revoking elections allowed to farm businesses.

Section 199A and Agricultural and Horticultural Cooperatives

Define the new tax law applicable to sales by patrons through cooperatives.

Farm Lease Income and the QBI Deduction

Application of the QBI Deduction to farm lease income.

Entity Considerations

Review entity planning considerations for farm clients necessitated by the new tax law.

Involuntary Conversions:

Involuntary conversions may be the result of a condemnation, a sale under a threat of condemnation, sales of livestock due to weather conditions, or a casualty. The webinar will describe the tax rules associated with these dispositions.

Taxation of Wetland Mitigation Credits

Discuss how wetland mitigation credits are created and how credits might be taxed upon sale or disposition by farmers and ranchers.

Commodities Futures and Options Contracts

Review the tax implications of hedging transactions and options contracts.

Non-Cash Transactions

Identify some of the common challenges associated with non-cash transactions—such as commodity gifts and wages, bartering, and non-cash patronage dividends—and discusses their tax consequences.

Tax Implications of Payments from Energy Companies

Explore the tax treatment of various payments that a landowner or mineral owner may receive from oil and gas exploration, drilling activity, or from wind or solar energy produced on his or her land.

Case Study with Forms

Presentation with a typical farm client and walk through form preparation for that client’s tax return.

The cost for the one-day school is $150, and applications have been made for the following continuing education credits:

  • Accountancy Board of Ohio, CPAs (6 hours)
  • Office of Professional Responsibility, IRS (6 hours)
  • Supreme Court of Ohio, Attorneys (5 hours)

Registration includes the Agricultural Tax Issues workbook. The deadline to register is Dec. 6 to ensure participants will receive the workbook in the mail before the workshop. The live webinar, which will also feature a real-time Q-and-A, can be viewed at several host locations statewide and will include lunch.

Participants also have the option to view the webinar from home if unable to attend a host location.

For those who choose not to attend at a host location, a web address for the webinar will be sent in advance of the Dec. 17 presentation.

Host locations include:

Auglaize County, OSU Extension Office, 208 S. Blackhoof St., Wapakoneta

Clermont County, OSU Extension Office, 1000 Locust St., Owensville

Miami County, OSU Extension Office, 201 W. Main St., Old Courthouse, Troy

Putnam County, OSU Extension Office, 1206 E. Second St., Ottawa

Wayne County, Fisher Auditorium, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster

Wyandot County, Elks Lodge, 320 E. Wyandot Ave., Upper Sandusky

More information on the workshop, including how to register, can be found at go.osu.edu/agissuesreg

Contact Barry Ward at 614-688-3959, ward.8@osu.edu or Julie Strawser at 614-292-2433, strawser.35@osu.edu with questions.

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