Overview
Lecture presentation plus accompany power point slides. This course is designed to instruct the student how to take a completed trial balance, determine missing items and additional basic needs to prepare Form 1120, 1120S or 1065. It will address adjusting entries, book-to-tax adjustments and taxable versus non-taxable items. It will then explain how to enter the information on the tax forms, while illustrating completed forms and individual specific requirements of each filing format. It will also explain flow-through item concepts, basis and capital accounts. At the conclusion the student will be able to complete a basic business tax return for a corporation or flow through entity.
Prerequisites
None
Objectives
This course is designed to walk the student from raw client records, through determining missing and incorrect information and completing basic C corporation, S Corporation and partnership tax returns. We will illustrate book-to-tax adjustments in the equity section of the tax returns, distributions, basis, and capital accounts, as well as AAA, OAA and similar equity accounts.
