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Exploring Client Advisory Services - Types of Business Entities

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Self-study

1.50 Credits

Member Price $59.00

Non-Member Price $79.00

Overview

Starting a business is tough! There are lots of decisions to be made and things to think about. You may feel like you have a great idea. You have done your marketing research, developed a prototype, and even looked at locations for your new office. Then it dawns on you.what type of entity do I need to be? Is there really an advantage to choosing one entity type over the other? In this class, we will dig into the differences between entity types - from taxes to liability. We will even say some things about which entity types are harder to get set up!

Highlights

  • Financial Planning Pyramid
  • What to consider when picking an entity
  • Single Member LLC vs. Sole Proprietorship
  • Corporations
  • S vs. C
  • Double Taxation

Prerequisites

None

Designed For

Small business owners, CPAs, Non-CPAs, EAs, and financial advisors who want to understand the advantages and disadvantages of different entity types.

Objectives

  • Identify differences in how business entity types are taxed for income tax purposes.
  • Recognize how personal financial planning for a business owner is related to financial planning for a flow
  • through entity business.
  • Identify how S
  • Corporations are taxed for self
  • employment tax purposes.
  • Recognize double
  • taxation and when it applies.

Preparation

None

Notice

This is a self-study/on demand course offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible in the My Upcoming CPE section of the ISCPA website. Course access information will be emailed directly to you by Peters Professional Education (PPE). The course expires one year from the purchase date.

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

David Peters, Peters Professional Education LLC

DAVID R. PETERS, CPA, CFP, MST, CPCU, CLU

David Peters is the Founder and Owner of Peters Professional Education and Peters Tax Preparation & Consulting, PC. He is also a financial advisor for Peters Financial, LLC. David has over twenty years of experience in financial services, including 3 years in the hedge fund industry and 14 years in the insurance industry. David was the first-ever Chief Financial Officer at Compare.com - a position he held for more than three years.
In addition to running his own professional education website, David is a National Instructor for the AICPA, Surgent, Kaplan, and Don Farmer Tax Seminars. He was a recipient of Surgent's Outstanding Discussion Leader award in 2019 and 2022, as well as the AICPA's Outstanding Facilitator Award in 2021 and 2023. He regularly teaches courses in accounting, finance, insurance, financial planning, and ethics throughout the United States. David holds four masters degrees, and is currently pursuing his PhD in Financial Planning. He contributes regularly to various CPA publications, including NCACPA's Interim Report, SCACPA's CPA Report, and VSCPA's Disclosures. David was also a co-author of the 2018, 2019, and 2020 Virginia CPA Ethics courses - a required course for all CPA's licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Non-Member Price $79.00

Member Price $59.00