Using humor and his own presentation style, Don Farmer will review tax developments that affect 2011 individual income tax return preparation and 2011 individual income tax planning.

The course includes a 700+ page reference manual, full of updated, handy information that you’ll use during the upcoming tax season and beyond.

Topics will include:

•  2011 developments that may require amended returns
•  Planning ideas, including planning with new tax legislation
•  Important 2011 regulations, court cases, rulings and other important non legislative developments
•  Forgiveness of indebtedness exclusion provisions
•  Review of new 2011 rules for claiming tax benefits for children of divorced or separated parents
•  A review of the residence interest, investment interest and trade or business interest rules
•  Planning for distributions from qualified plans and IRAs
•  A review of the various tax benefits relating to education expenses
•  Income tax aspects of divorce
•  Section 1031 Alike-kind@ exchanges
•  Planning with long-term capital gains and qualified dividend income
•  Planning with the section 121 gain exclusion for a principal residence (including new rules causing gain to be triggered because of non-residence use)

•  A review of the home office and hobby loss rules

The conference takes place November 21-22 at Hyatt Regency DTC in Denver. For more information, visit 

http://secure.cocpa.org/public/Catalog/CourseDetails.aspx?courseID=122071551

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