The 2021 Virtual IRS Nationwide Tax Forums will begin on July 20, the Internal Revenue Service announced this week. The events will be held every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for five weeks.
The plenary session and an ethics webinar will be offered both in English and Spanish. Additional multilingual resources will be available fin the Virtual Expo
Registration for the live-streamed webinars gives attendees the opportunity to earn up to 28 continuing education credits. The Early Bird rate is $249 per person for those who register by 5pm ET, June 15. Starting June 16,, the standard rate will be $289.
The agenda includes a keynote address from Commissioner Chuck Rettig, a plenary session with tax law and publications updates, and multiple sessions on topics such as the new Advance Child Tax Credit, virtual currencies, the gig economy, tax professional ethics and advanced cybersecurity .
Those who register also gain access to the Virtual Expo, which this year features the IRS’s multilingual engagement and services booth,
Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards. Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that. A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind