Preparing corporate income taxes requires a shift in mindset from individual tax preparation and compliance. Learn the concepts and tools necessary to support clients or businesses. Key topics include capitalization, depreciation, carrybacks and major book-to-tax issues involving corporations and Form 1120 preparation. Examine practical spreadsheet approaches that allow practitioners to efficiently and effectively manage book vs. tax differences (M-1 or M-3 items). Cover the impact of new tax law changes with ideas for client consideration. Additionally, dive into a complex corporate return case study, including a discussion of identifying book-to-tax differences and self-review tips. Discuss certain elections and a brief overview of mergers and acquisition issues. Focused on concepts with the presentation in the return, not how to input in return.
Learning Objectives
• Understand new tax law and possible opportunities with clients
• Identify substantive tax issues involving regular corporations
• Recognize and identify book to tax differences
• Recognize gains and losses, Form 4797 and Secs. 1231, 1239, 1245, 1250 and 291
• Determine a workpaper format and approach to efficiently prepare corporate Form 1120
• Identify major corporate tax forms, including Form 1120 and related schedules
• Outline necessary steps to complete a complex sample corporate Form 1120, including workpapers and schedules
• Review case studies throughout the day and how presented in return
• Discuss certain elections
• A brief overview of issues associated with mergers and acquisitions
Major Topics
• Corporate structure entity choice comparisons
• Form 1120 and Schedule M-1 or M-3
• Items for book-tax differences
• Tax accounting methods
• Uniform capitalization rules, overview
• Minor discussion on depreciation: capitalization, gain, loss and recapture
• Carrybacks, carryforwards and credit
• Case Study and presentation in return
• Mergers and Acquisitions impact on the returns
