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Complex Individual Returns

The 1040 situations that create review rework: multi-state filers, foreign income, K-1 investors, and passive losses.

Theory + practical training + case studies + activities + simulations + software

Level
Seniors
Subject
U.S. Tax
Format
5-day program

Day by day

  1. Day 1

    K-1 investors and pass-through income

    • Reading K-1 footnotes
    • Basis and at-risk limits
    • Qualified business income deduction

    Practice: Work through a return with several K-1s and limitation carryforwards.

  2. Day 2

    Passive activities and rental real estate

    • Passive activity loss rules on Form 8582
    • Real estate professional status
    • Dispositions and suspended losses

    Practice: Rebuild a suspended-loss schedule across multiple properties.

  3. Day 3

    Multi-state filers

    • Residency and part-year rules
    • Income sourcing
    • Credits for taxes paid to other states

    Practice: Prepare a part-year, two-state resident scenario.

  4. Day 4

    International items

    • Foreign tax credit on Form 1116
    • Foreign earned income on Form 2555
    • FBAR and Form 8938 awareness

    Practice: Compare exclusion and credit outcomes for an expatriate taxpayer.

  5. Day 5

    High-income items and capstone

    • Net investment income tax
    • Alternative minimum tax
    • Edge-case self-review

    Practice: Complete and defend a complex 1040 case study.

More than theory

We don't just teach the rules. This program includes practical training, case studies, activities, simulations, and hands-on software training.

Software covered

Hands-on sessions run in the platforms your team uses. See all software

Tax preparation

Professional software for individual, business, trust, and estate returns.

  • CCH Axcess Tax
  • CCH ProSystem fx Tax
  • GoSystem Tax RS
  • ONESOURCE Income Tax
  • UltraTax CS
  • Lacerte
  • ProConnect Tax
  • ProSeries
  • Drake Tax
  • ATX
  • TaxWise
  • TaxAct Professional
  • TaxSlayer Pro
  • CrossLink

Workflow and document management

Source document intake, workpapers, and tracking a return through review.

  • SurePrep
  • GruntWorx
  • CCH Axcess Document
  • CCH Axcess Workstream
  • Caseware Working Papers
  • Workpapers CS
  • FileCabinet CS
  • Practice CS
  • XCM
  • Karbon
  • Canopy
  • TaxDome

Tax research

Finding, reading, and documenting authority for a tax position.

  • Checkpoint
  • CCH AnswerConnect
  • Bloomberg Tax
  • Tax Notes
  • Blue J

Your trainer

Portrait of Vijay Narayandas

Vijay Narayandas

Two decades training tax teams and building US tax practices

Vijay Narayandas has spent over two decades training tax teams and building US tax practices that deliver. He has hired hundreds of professionals, interviewed thousands, and coached them into reviewers and leaders.

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