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Strategies for Guiding Clients Through Challenging Situations: Tax Insights


Total Credits: 8 including 8 Taxes - Technical

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Categories:
ACPEN Industry Institute |  Tax |  IRS Approved
Speaker:
Arthur Werner
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
8 Hours

Dates
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Description

This course equips practitioners with the knowledge to help clients navigate complex tax and financial challenges. Covering a range of difficult situations—such as divorce, bankruptcy, and other personal and business matters—this course provides key tax insights and strategic planning considerations. Participants will gain practical strategies to support clients in making informed decisions while understanding the tax implications of these situations.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Assess tax and financial considerations in challenging client situations.
  • Identify tax implications of divorce, including filing status, property division, and support obligations.
  • Explain tax consequences related to bankruptcy, debt cancellation, and foreclosure.
  • Evaluate tax treatment of cohabitation, premarital agreements, and dependency exemptions.
  • Determine tax implications of child support, alimony, and back child support.
  • Recognize tax effects of business dissolution and ownership changes.
  • Compare tax rates and filing options for married and unmarried individuals.
  • Explain tax treatment of refunds, deficiencies, and marital property rules.

 


Major Subjects
  • Tax considerations in divorce, including support obligations and property division
  • Bankruptcy, debt cancelation, and financial hardship tax implications
  • Tax treatment of cohabitation, premarital agreements, and exemptions
  • Child support, alimony, and dependency issues
  • Business dissolution and tax consequences
  • Filing status options and tax rate comparisons
  • Head of household qualifications and tax advantages
  • Impact of refunds, deficiencies, and marital property rules

Course Materials

Speaker

Arthur Werner's Profile

Arthur Werner Related Seminars and Products

Werner-Rocca Seminars, Ltd.


Arthur Joseph Werner, JD, MS (Taxation), is the president and is a shareholder in the lecture firm of Werner-Rocca Seminars, Ltd. Mr. Werner’s lecture topic specialties include business, tax, financial and estate planning for high net worth individuals.  In addition, Mr. Werner is an adjunct professor of taxation in the Master of Science in Taxation program at the Philadelphia University.  Mr. Werner received his B.S. in Accounting and his M.S. in Taxation from Widener University. He holds a J.D. in Law from the Delaware Law School.


Mr. Werner lectures extensively in the areas of Estate Planning, Financial Planning, and Estate and Gift Taxation to Certified Public Accountants and Financial Planners, and has presented well in excess of 2500 eight-hour seminars over the past twenty-five years as well as numerous webinars and video presentations. Mr. Werner has been rated as having the highest speaker knowledge in his home state of Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, was awarded the AICPA Outstanding Discussion Leader Award in the State of Nevada, the Florida Institute of CPAs Outstanding Discussion Leader Award, and the South Carolina Association of CPAs Outstanding Discussion Leader Award.


Dates

Fri, Jun 13, 2025 - 09:00am to 05:00pm CDT
Tue, Jun 24, 2025 - 11:00am to 07:00pm CDT
Fri, Jul 11, 2025 - 09:00am to 05:00pm CDT
Thu, Jul 24, 2025 - 11:00am to 07:00pm CDT
Fri, Aug 08, 2025 - 09:00am to 05:00pm CDT
Fri, Aug 22, 2025 - 11:00am to 07:00pm CDT
Fri, Sep 12, 2025 - 09:00am to 05:00pm CDT
Wed, Sep 24, 2025 - 11:00am to 07:00pm CDT
Fri, Oct 10, 2025 - 09:00am to 05:00pm CDT
Fri, Oct 24, 2025 - 11:00am to 07:00pm CDT
Fri, Nov 14, 2025 - 09:00am to 05:00pm CST
Mon, Nov 24, 2025 - 11:00am to 07:00pm CST
Fri, Dec 12, 2025 - 09:00am to 05:00pm CST
Tue, Dec 23, 2025 - 11:00am to 07:00pm CST
Fri, Jan 09, 2026 - 09:00am to 05:00pm CST
Sat, Jan 24, 2026 - 11:00am to 07:00pm CST
Fri, Feb 13, 2026 - 09:00am to 05:00pm CST
Tue, Feb 24, 2026 - 11:00am to 07:00pm CST
Fri, Mar 13, 2026 - 09:00am to 05:00pm CDT
Tue, Mar 24, 2026 - 11:00am to 07:00pm CDT
Fri, Apr 10, 2026 - 09:00am to 05:00pm CDT
Fri, Apr 24, 2026 - 11:00am to 07:00pm CDT
Fri, May 08, 2026 - 09:00am to 05:00pm CDT
Thu, May 14, 2026 - 11:00am to 07:00pm CDT

Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites None
Advanced Preparation None
Designed For CPAs, EAs, attorneys, and financial planners
Original Recording Date 5/01/25
Course Developer Werner-Rocca Seminars
Date Added to Catalog 05/01/25
Yellow Book

No

 


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Official Registry Statement

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Instructional Delivery Method

Group Internet Based


Course Registration Requirements

Online Registration


Refund/Cancellation Policy

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