Income Tax School

The WVU Extension Small Farm Center offers a wide variety of tax education opportunities for both tax professionals and farm families.

Here’s what we’re offering for the upcoming tax season.

Federal Income Tax Seminars

The annual West Virginia University Income Tax Schools is a 16-credit hour program that is designed especially for accountants, tax practitioners, enrolled agents, and other people that manage, prepare, and file income tax returns. This program is offered in-person on two different dates over November and December 2024. Our instructors bring years of tax experience from the IRS point of view. 

Two-day, in-person, Income Tax School 

Attendees earn 16 CPE credits, including 3 hours of Federal Tax Updates, 11 hours of Federal Tax Issues, and 2 hours of Ethics. Cost to register is  $390. The registration price includes two-days of intensive instruction, the 500+ page Land Grant University Tax Education Foundation National Income Tax Workbook, meals, refreshments, and free parking.

See our schedule and speaker information for more details.

The National Income Tax Workbook will be available both digitally via download and a physical copy. This tax workbook offers tax professionals current information needed to prepare individual and small business income tax returns. The book is annually updated to incorporate the most current tax laws and appropriate guidance. The online access includes the complete current text as well as access from 2010 onwards. This publication is used as the course tax workbook at all Land Grant University Tax Education Foundation tax seminars throughout the United States.

The break-down of credits is as follows:

IRS: 16 hours total. Program Codes as follows:

• Tax Law: DPALU-T-00010-24-I for up to 11 hours
• Ethics: DPALU-E-00008-24-I for up to 2 hours
• Updates: DPALU-U-00009-24-I for up to 3 hours

Participants need to provide us with their PTIN and full name as registered with the IRS for accurate reporting.

We report to the IRS up to 16 hours total:

• Federal Tax Law: 11 hours
• Federal Ethics: 2 hours
• Federal Tax Law Updates: 3 hours

West Virginia Board of Accountancy: 16 hours total

• Self-report.

Certificate of Attendance

A printed Certificate of Attendance will be handed to in-person participants after the Course ends. Participants that do not attend the entire length of the seminar will have their credit hours adjusted accordingly per IRS regulations and a new Certificate of Attendance will be sent via postal mail. A Certificate of Attendance will be sent to online participants via postal mail after the Course ends to the email address given during registration.

October 31 - November 1, 2024 -  Erickson Alumni Center, 1 Alumni Drive, Morgantown, WV 26506

December 5-6, 2024 -  Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, 200 Civic Center Drive, Charleston, WV 25301

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Timber Tax Seminar

The Timber Tax seminar is directed to accountants, tax practitioners, enrolled agents, and small business owners who manage, prepare and file income tax returns for agricultural businesses that include timber as well as businesses with a timber focus. 

This seminar will be held virtually via Zoom over one half-day. Attendees earn 3 Continuing Professional Education credits. Cost to register is $100. Registration is required in advance. The registration price includes digital timber tax handouts and PDF of PowerPoint slides from speaker. 

See our schedule and speaker information for more details.

IRS Reporting : 4 hours total. The Program ID for this seminar is DPALU-T-00006-24-O

Completed credit hours will be reported to the IRS within two weeks of the course completion for all participants providing their PTIN number during registration. Please be sure to include your name as it is listed with the IRS and that your PTIN number is valid for the current year. 

Virtually via Zoom –  December (Date TBD) from 8 a.m. until noon.  Online sign-in begins at 7:45 a.m.

CPA, EA and other Tax Professionals CPEs are based on a 50-minute credit hour. The total time of instruction is 150 minutes. Extra time is allotted for online sign-in and Q&A will be available at the end of the Workshop for those that wish to stay on.

Register for Timber Tax Seminar

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County-based Schedule F Trainings

The Small Farm Center also presents several farm income tax (Schedule F) workshops annually. The perspective of the workshops is toward enlightening participants as to how to manage tax liability which often involves a team approach involving professionals and the tax payer. Of course, the sessions include recent changes and rulings, but the classes focus on the many advantageous options filers have. This list includes spousal employment, accurate accounting of USDA conservation payments, and sub-section 179 deductions, to name a few.