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Tax practitioners can now register for the 2024 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums taking place this summer, with more than 40 sessions on tax law and ethics, beneficial ownership information, cybersecurity, tax scams and schemes, digital assets, and clean energy credits.

CPAs, Enrolled Agents, Annual Filing Season Program participants, and other tax professionals can earn up to 19 CE credits. A list of seminar courses will be available in May, and this year the number of Spanish-language seminar courses will be increased.

The forums, held Tuesdays through Thursdays, will be in:

• Chicago, July 9-11 (deadline for the standard rate pre-registration is June 25); 
• Orlando, Florida, July 30-Aug. 1 (standard rate pre-registration deadline July 16); 
• Baltimore, Aug. 13-15 (standard rate pre-registration deadline July 30); 
• Dallas, Aug. 20-22 (standard rate pre-registration deadline Aug. 6); and, 
• San Diego, Sept. 10-12 (standard rate pre-registration deadline Aug. 27).

Attendees who register by the June 17 “Early Bird” deadline get the lowest registration rate of $255 per person. Standard pricing of $309 begins on June 17 and ends two weeks before the start of each forum. Onsite registration is $390.
Members of the following associations can save $10 on their registration: the American Bar Association, the American Institute of CPAs, the National Association of Enrolled Agents, the National Association of Tax Professionals, the National Society of Accountants, and the National Society of Tax Professionals. Members should contact their association directly for a discount code.

“This is a historic time at the IRS, with change taking place across the agency with our ongoing transformation work,” said IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel. “This summer you’ll have a chance to learn more about these changes. We encourage you to register soon. Some of these locations will fill up quickly.” Werfel also has a YouTube video inviting tax professionals to the 2024 forums.

Additional features of this year’s forums include:

• A two-day expo with representatives from tax, financial, and business communities offering products and services. Attendees can also visit the IRS Zone to share perspectives with IRS representatives and to learn more about the agency’s transformation and digitalization.

• Tax pros can bring unresolved cases to the Case Resolution Program Room, where IRS representatives will be able to meet one-on-one with tax pros by appointment (limit one case per meeting). New to the 2024 IRS Tax Forum will be the ability to book an appointment with TAS Case Resolution in advance. More is on the Case Resolution Information Page.

• IRS staff will be on hand to talk with attendees about jobs currently open in examination and other areas across the agency.

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• For early attendees, on Mondays, IRS partner associations NATP and NSTP will offer an optional annual filing season refresher course for participants in the AFSP. At 5 p.m., IRS partners will present a 90-minute panel discussion on such practice management issues as attracting and managing customers, increasing productivity and having work-life balance. A Spanish-language version of the panel will be at 7 p.m.
• On Wednesdays during the Forum Networking Reception, National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins will discuss issues facing taxpayers and tax practitioners.

For more information and to register online, visit www.irstaxforum.com.