Home Office Deduction Issues and Automobile and Truck Expenses Courses Now Available at APlusCPE

Oct. 8, 2013 - PRLog -- APlusCPE^® is pleased to announce the immediate availability of two new online courses titled, Home Office Deduction Issues and Automobile and Truck Expenses. APlusCPE is proud to continue to build our course catalog with courses pertaining to current issues while also educating tax preparers on unfamiliar topics.

Home Office Deduction Issues is approved for 2 CPE hours at $9.95. Upon completion of this video enhanced course, students will be able to:

•State the purpose of IRC § 280A and list the exceptions it contains that allow for the home office deduction.
•Identify the conditions that must be met to determine the eligibility of a taxpayer’s claim for a home office deduction.
•State the methods that are used to calculate the business use percentages that apply to home offices and child care centers.
•State the tax treatment that applies to the sale of a taxpayer’s home for which a home office deduction has been claimed, including accounting for depreciation.

Automobile and Truck Expenses has been added to our catalog for $19.95 and qualifies for 5 CPE hours. Accounting and tax Professionals who finish this course will gain a broad understanding of the following concepts:

•The types of work-related car and truck expenses that may qualify for deduction by a taxpayer and the available general methods that may be made to claim those expenses.
•The three types of deductions that a taxpayer may qualify to claim under the heading of depreciation for a car or truck that the taxpayer uses for business purposes.
•Given appropriate taxpayer records, correctly calculate the taxpayer’s available deduction for motor vehicle expenses and identify the correct form(s) for reporting the deduction to the IRS.
•The main characteristics of the vehicles that may qualify for each of the three motor vehicle tax credits that were available during the current tax year.

Both courses are approved for CPE credit to meet the requirements for CPAs, Enrolled Agents, RTRPs, as well as California and Oregon Tax Preparers. Go to www.APlusCPE.com to order, or call our toll-free customer support at 877-488-9315. All course prices include online course material, online exam, an online printable certificate of completion and next day course completion reporting.

About APlusCPE®: APlusCPE, a service of WebCE®, delivers continuing professional education courses to CPAs, Enrolled Agents, and registered tax preparers.   APlusCPE is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.