Seminars designed for professional tax preparers with at least one year of tax preparation experience will be offered in 14 locations around Kentucky.

The 2014 University of Kentucky Income Tax Seminar Program is designed to present updates on federal and state tax preparation for tax professionals, enrolled agents, certified public accountants, certified financial planners and attorneys.

The two-day seminars are presented by the UK Department of Agricultural Economics in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and the UK Cooperative Extension Service, in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service and the Kentucky Department of Revenue. The sessions will cover individual and small business issues, including the latest changes to tax laws and federal updates on new tax legislation, agricultural issues, rulings and cases, IRS issues and retirement. Kentucky updates will include individual income tax issues and corporate and business returns, among others. This year’s seminars include two hours of ethics content.

Registrants will receive the 2014 National Income Tax Workbook, a production of the Land Grant University Tax Education Foundation Inc. Chapters in this textbook are available only to sponsors and participants of tax schools. Seminar participants will also receive a searchable CD that covers the National Income Tax Workbooks from at least the previous five years; the U.S. Master Tax Guide; Kentucky Department of Revenue update and the IRS’s Farmer’s Tax Guide.

Registration is now open. All seminars begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at 5:30 p.m. local time on the first day and 5 p.m. on the second. The early registration deadline for each seminar is two weeks prior to its date. Seminars will be offered in:

·       Bowling Green, University Plaza, Nov. 18-19

·       Burlington, Boone County extension office, Jan. 6-7, 2015

·       Elizabethtown, Elizabethtown Tourism and Convention Bureau, Dec. 3-4

·       Erlanger, Holiday Inn/Cincinnati Airport, Dec. 4-5

·       Frankfort, Capital Plaza Hotel, Nov. 6-7

·       Grayson, Grayson Conference Center, Nov. 24-25

·       Hopkinsville, Christian County extension office, Nov. 20-21

·       Lexington/North, Marriott Griffin Gate, Nov. 5-6

·       Lexington/Downtown, Lexington Center, Dec. 2-3

·       Louisville/East, Ramada Plaza, Dec. 1-2

·       Louisville/Airport, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dec. 16-17

·       Maysville, Maysville Conference Center, Nov. 12-13

·       Owensboro, Owensboro Convention Center, Nov. 13-14

·       Paducah, Julian Carroll Convention Center, Dec. 9-10

·       Paintsville, Ramada Conference Center, Dec. 10-11

·       Somerset, Center for Rural Development, Nov. 17-18

The Kentucky State Board of Accountancy, Kentucky Department of Insurance and National Association of State Boards of Accountancy approved the seminar for 17hours continuing education units. The IRS approved it for 16 hours of continuing education credit (including ethics) for enrolled agents and the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards also approved it for 16 continuing education hours. Attorneys may apply directly to the Kentucky Bar Association for CLE credit.

Mail registration to the UK Income Tax Seminar Office at 301 C.E. Barnhart Building, Lexington, KY 40546-0276 or fax the form to 859-323-0098. Payment must accompany registration. Early registration tuition is $299. Registration within two weeks of the seminar date is $329. For a registration form or more information, go to http://www.uky.edu/uktax/.