Webinar Details
Course Description
In this webinar, Steven Dilley, PhD, CPA, JD, will walk through the many issues impacting investment scams. The unique challenges in finding deductions for the horrendous losses many individuals and clients experience due to these scams are related through actual practice situations – and then analyzed for their deduction implications. The situations are based on real life experiences of practitioner clients.
Major Subjects:
- Categorization of various scams
- The keys to deductibility
- Review of client required actions to allow deductibility
- Disclosures and forms reporting required for deductibility
- “Tales from the Front” – practice issues CPAs are dealing with in these extraordinary situations
Learning Objectives
- Identify key components of the deductibility of investment scams perpetrated on individuals or clients.
- Determine the documentation, disclosure, and reporting steps CPAs should consider when supporting deductions for client losses from investment scams.
Prerequisites
- None
Who Should Attend
CPAs, EAs, accounting/finance professionals impacted by investment scams and their associated deductions.
Advanced Preparation
None
Presenter Details
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Steven Dilley
- Presenter
Steven C. Dilley, PhD, CPA, JD, is president of Federal Tax Workshops, Inc., in East Lansing, Michigan, where, for the past 37 years, his organization has prepared continuing professional education materials and presented seminars for accountants and attorneys throughout the U.S. He is nationally known for his knowledge of financial, accounting and tax issues of closely held businesses.
NASBA Sponsor
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Encoursa 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: NASBAregistry.org.
IRS Approved
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Encoursa LLC is an IRS-approved continuing education provider. Provider #: KKRBE
Date & Time
CPE
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Purchase options
Live Webinar
Investment Scam Losses: How to Get Deductions
by Steven Dilley from Encoursa
- Aug 20, 2026
- 1:00 PM EDT
- Credits: 1.00
$24.00
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