Determining Injured or Innocent Spouse On-Demand Webinar

Summary

Taxpayers may be married filing jointly, but that doesn’t mean there are not skeletons in the closets! Some spouses have lingering tax debt while others are unaware of what the other spouse is secretly doing. There’s help available for these situations by requesting injured or innocent spouse relief. This webinar will help you determine when a taxpayer is considered an injured or innocent spouse, the types of relief available to taxpayers facing this dilemma, and the steps of preparing Form 8379, Injured Spouse Allocation, and Form 8857, Request for Innocent Spouse Relief.

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Differentiate between an injured and innocent spouse
• Distinguish between innocent spouse relief, equitable relief and separation of liability relief
• Identify when the taxpayer should file Form 8379 or Form 8857
• Prepare a simple Forms 8379 and 8857

Course Details

This on-demand webinar includes the presentation slides, exam questions, recording of the webinar broadcast with review questions, and attendee top questions. CPE is issued after exam is successfully completed.