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Format: Online
Prerequisites: None
Level: Basic to Intermediate
CPE Credit: TBD Taxation
Price: Free to Pilot Testers
Course Description:
Updating practitioners on current developments, this core program examines and explains the practical aspects of travel and entertainment deductions. Fundamentals are reviewed and planning opportunities identified. Creative strategies are discussed and evaluated along with traditional approaches. Taxpayers are once again looking to CPA’s for guidance and planning related to travel and entertainment expenses. The goal of this course is to understand and solve problems. Participants will learn to master the proper administration of these complex and often cumbersome provisions in a humorous and “entertaining” format.
Major Topics:
* Foreign & Domestic Travel * Meal & Entertainment Limits
* 50% Reduction Rule * Substantiation of Deductions
* Reimbursed Expenses of Employees * Skyboxes & Ticket Valuation Rules
* Transportation & Commuting Expenses * Reporting Requirements
* Auto Deductions & Standard Mileage * Cruise Ship & Luxury Water Travel
* Convention Restrictions * Associated With Test
* Entertainment Facility Rules * Directly Related To Test
* Accountable Plans * One Year Travel Limit
About the Author
Danny C. Santucci earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California at Irvine in 1969. He received his Juris Doctorate from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley in 1972, at which time he began practice as a tax attorney in Southern California. His legal career was initiated with the business and litigation firm of Edwards, Edwards and Ashton. Later he joined the Century City entertainment firm of Bushkin, Gaims, Gaines & Jonas working for many well known celebrities. In 1980, Danny established the law firm of Santucci, Potter and Leanders, in Irvine, California. With increasing lecture and writing commitments, Danny went into sole practice in 1995. His practice emphasizes business taxation, real estate law and estate planning.
Danny has been an officer and active member in various organizations including the Glendale Bar Association, Century City Bar Association, Orange County and Los Angeles County Bar Associations, California State Bar Association, Toastmasters and Lions Club. He also avidly supports the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has been admitted to practice before all California and federal courts including the United States Tax Court and the United States Supreme Court.
Serving as a lecturer for the Continuing Education of the Bar of California, Golden Gate University, and numerous state C.P.A. societies, Danny teaches a variety of tax, business and real estate courses. Danny is in demand all across the country as a speaker for all levels of professional and civic organizations and numerous major seminar circuits. The author of 25 texts, Danny speaks to over 2,000 people per month and travels more than 150,000 miles annually. He is listed in "Who's Who in Creative Real Estate" and is admitted to the American Exchangor Hall of Fame.
