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Maximizing Your Tax Advantage: The Fringe Benefits Route in 2024-25 2 Credits

Maximizing Your Tax Advantage: The Fringe Benefits Route in 2024-25 2 Credits

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Learning Objective

  • Define the various statutory fringe benefits.
  • Discuss the incidental fringe benefits.
  • Analyze and review the fringe benefits.
  • Explore the special requirements, if any, applicable to small businesses when adopting a fringe benefit.
  • Present the reporting requirements for the fringe benefits.

Course Overview

Cash payments to employees, whether salary, bonus, or commission, are generally straightforward. Salary is typically calculated per hour, month, or year.

In this CE course, we will explore how these payments have broader financial implications—triggering a business deduction for the employer, generating taxable income for the employee, and contributing revenue to the Treasury. Alongside federal, state, and local income taxes, employers and employees bear the burden of employment taxes like FICA, FUTA, and SUTA.

Generally, Fringe benefits may be statutory (i.e., a code section designation) or incidental (i.e., listed within a code section as a group). Some benefits are excludable, others are partially includable, and others are deferred (i.e., retirement benefits).

Key topics covered:

  • Financial impact of salary payments
  • Overview of employment taxes
  • Fringe benefits and tax implications
  • Statutory vs. incidental benefits
  • Challenges for small businesses

Join this CE Course, it will discuss many of these fringe benefits, illustrate their benefits, discuss the challenges of small businesses adopting these benefits, and discuss their reporting.

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Taxes for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) 2 CPE Approved
Federal tax-related matters for Enrolled Agents (EA) (Approval No. GEHNZ-T-02148-24-S) 2 CE Approved
Federal tax-related matters for Annual Filing Season Program (AFSP) (Approval No. GEHNZ-T-02148-24-S) 2 CE Approved
Business Acumen for SHRM Professionals (Approval No. 26-SXJJG) (Valid upto : Dec 31, 2026) 2 PDC Approved
California Registered Tax Preparers (CRTP) (Approval No. 6273-CE-1734) 2 CE Approved
Core Payroll Concepts for Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) (Approval No. 25CPE046) (Valid upto : Dec 31, 2025) 2 RCH Approved
HR (General) for Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) (Approval No. 687035) (Valid upto : Nov 30, 2025) 2 RCH Approved
Taxes for Delaware Licensed Public Accountant (DE-LPA) 2 CPE Eligible
Tax Planning for Certified Financial Planner (CFP-US) (Approval No. 332971) (Valid upto : Dec 31, 2025) 2 CE Approved
Federal tax-related matters for Oregon Registered Tax Preparers (ORTP) (Approval No. GEHNZ-T-02148-24-S) 2 CE Approved
Federal tax-related matters for LTC (Approval No. GEHNZ-T-02148-24-S) 2 CE Eligible
Core Payroll Concepts for Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) (Approval No. 25CPE046) (Valid upto : Dec 31, 2025) 2 RCH Approved
Taxes for Iowa Licensed Public Accountant (IA-LPA) 2 CPE Eligible
Federal tax-related matters for Maryland Tax Preparer (MRTP) (Approval No. GEHNZ-T-02148-24-S) 2 CE Approved
Taxes for Maine Licensed Public Accountant (ME-LPA) 2 CPE Eligible
License details Credits Status
Taxes for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) 2 CPE Approved
Federal tax-related matters for Enrolled Agents (EA) (Approval No. GEHNZ-T-02148-24-O) 2 CE Approved
Federal tax-related matters for Annual Filing Season Program (AFSP) (Approval No. GEHNZ-T-02148-24-O) 2 CE Approved
Business Acumen for SHRM Professionals (Approval No. 26-SXJJG) (Valid upto : Dec 31, 2026) 2 PDC Approved
California Registered Tax Preparers (CRTP) (Approval No. 6273-CE-1734) 2 CE Approved
HR (General) for Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) (Approval No. 687035) (Valid upto : Nov 30, 2025) 2 RCH Approved
Taxes for Delaware Licensed Public Accountant (DE-LPA) 2 CPE Eligible
Tax Planning for Certified Financial Planner (CFP-US) (Approval No. 332971) (Valid upto : Dec 31, 2025) 2 CE Approved
Federal tax-related matters for Oregon Registered Tax Preparers (ORTP) (Approval No. GEHNZ-T-02148-24-O) 2 CE Approved
Federal tax-related matters for LTC (Approval No. GEHNZ-T-02148-24-O) 2 CE Eligible
Taxes for Iowa Licensed Public Accountant (IA-LPA) 2 CPE Eligible
Federal tax-related matters for Maryland Tax Preparer (MRTP) (Approval No. GEHNZ-T-02148-24-O) 2 CE Approved
Taxes for Maine Licensed Public Accountant (ME-LPA) 2 CPE Eligible

Additional Information

Credits

2

Course Level

Basic

Instructional Method

QAS Self Study

Group Internet Based

Pre-requisites

None

Advance Preparation

None

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About Instructor

Tony Curatola

Tony Curatola

Joseph F. Ford Professor of Acct’g & Tax, Drexel University

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Dr. Curatola is the Joseph F. Ford Professor of Accounting at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He is the Tax Column Editor for Strategic Finance since 1992. He has served as the editor of the Journal of Legal Tax Research and currently serves on the editorial review board of several journals, and has held a variety of leadership positions, including current national service with the Institute of Management Accountants. He has published over 250 articles in journals including Journal of Financial Services Professionals, Journal of the American Taxation Association, Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting, Oil, Gas, & Energy Quarterly, and Tax Notes to name a few. Dr. Curatola was a co-editor on IRA Answer Book by Wolters Kluwer and author of the EA Review course for Surgent Publishers. Dr. Curatola externally funded research findings have appeared in media such as Forbes Magazine, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and other media outlets.

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Alex Iloani, EA

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An analytical view of fringe benefits, their inherent nuances in definitions and applications to deductibility and taxes for employers and employees. Dr. Curatola presented this webinar in a simplistic manner, making this class a generic standard for fringe benefits tax education applicable to any level.

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Ronald Kormis, CPA (US)

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Professor Curatola is an excellent presenter, being a subject matters expert. This course is perfectly organized in the handout and well presented. I have taken some of his courses in the past, have the same positive comments, and would definitely take any future courses he may teach. Excellent!!

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