#AFTR

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Enhance Your Skills with Leading AFSP CE Courses

Continuing education is vital for tax professionals aiming to stay ahead in the ever-evolving field of taxation. The Annual Filing Season Program (AFSP) offers a structured pathway for tax preparers to enhance their skills and knowledge. This blog explores the top AFSP CE courses, with a special focus on the AFTR course, and how they can help you master IRS AFSP requirements.

Why AFSP CE Courses are Essential

The Importance of Continuing Education

Continuing education is crucial for tax professionals to remain current with the latest tax laws, regulations, and best practices. AFSP CE courses provide the necessary training and updates to ensure that tax preparers can offer accurate and compliant services to their clients.

Benefits of AFSP CE Courses

Credibility and Trust: Completing AFSP CE courses boosts your credibility with clients and employers.

Competitive Edge: Staying updated with the latest tax laws gives you a competitive edge in the market.

IRS Directory Listing: Completing the AFSP requirements, including CE courses, allows you to be listed in the IRS Directory of Federal Tax Return Preparers.

Client Confidence: Clients gain confidence knowing that their tax preparer is knowledgeable and compliant with current tax laws.

Master IRS AFSP with AFTR Course

Understanding the AFTR Course

Course Overview: The Annual Federal Tax Refresher (AFTR) course is a key component of the AFSP. It covers the latest updates in tax law, filing requirements, and IRS procedures.

Why It's Essential: The AFTR course ensures that you are up-to-date with the most recent tax law changes and can accurately prepare tax returns for your clients.

Key Topics:

Tax law updates

Filing season procedures

Common errors and best practices

Ethics and responsibilities

Top AFSP CE Courses for Professional Growth

1. Federal Tax Law Updates

Course Overview: This course provides in-depth knowledge of recent changes in federal tax laws, including new regulations, court rulings, and IRS guidelines.

Why It's Essential: Staying current with federal tax law changes is crucial for providing accurate tax advice and ensuring compliance.

Key Topics:

Recent tax reforms

New IRS regulations and interpretations

Key court rulings affecting tax practices

2. Ethics and Professional Conduct

Course Overview: This course focuses on the ethical standards and professional conduct expected of tax professionals.

Why It's Essential: Maintaining high ethical standards is crucial for building trust with clients and upholding the integrity of the profession.

Key Topics:

Ethical dilemmas in tax practice

IRS standards of conduct

Best practices for maintaining client confidentiality

3. Business Taxation

Course Overview: This course covers various aspects of business taxation, including tax planning, compliance, and strategies for small businesses.

Why It's Essential: Knowledge of business taxation is vital for tax professionals who work with small businesses and self-employed clients.

Key Topics:

Business tax deductions and credits

Entity selection and tax implications

Tax planning for small businesses

4. Individual Taxation

Course Overview: This course focuses on individual tax returns, covering deductions, credits, and common issues faced by individual taxpayers.

Why It's Essential: Understanding individual taxation helps you provide comprehensive tax services to your clients.

Key Topics:

Tax deductions and credits for individuals

Filing status and dependents

Tax implications of life events (marriage, divorce, retirement)

5. Retirement and Estate Planning

Course Overview: This course explores the tax implications of retirement accounts, distributions, and estate planning strategies.

Why It's Essential: Providing advice on retirement and estate planning can help your clients achieve their financial goals and minimize tax liabilities.

Key Topics:

Taxation of retirement accounts (IRAs, 401(k)s)

Required minimum distributions (RMDs)

Estate and gift tax planning

The Future of AFSP CE Courses

Adapting to Technological Advancements

Overview: As technology continues to transform the tax industry, AFSP CE courses are evolving to incorporate these changes.

Why It's Important: Understanding and leveraging technology can improve efficiency and accuracy in tax preparation and representation.

Key Areas:

Use of AI and machine learning in tax analysis

Blockchain technology and its impact on taxation

Cybersecurity best practices for protecting client data

Emphasizing Soft Skills

Overview: While technical knowledge is crucial, soft skills such as communication, negotiation, and client management are increasingly important.

Why It's Important: Building strong client relationships and effectively communicating complex tax issues are essential for long-term success.

Key Areas:

Effective communication techniques

Negotiation strategies for resolving tax disputes

Managing client expectations and relationships

Conclusion

Investing in AFSP CE courses is essential for staying competitive in the dynamic field of taxation. These courses not only enhance your technical skills but also help you adapt to modern challenges, ensuring you provide the best possible service to your clients. By Mastering IRS AFSP with the AFTR course and other key CE courses, you can elevate your career and offer unparalleled expertise to your clients. Embrace the opportunities provided by leading AFSP CE courses and take your professional growth to new heights.

[sarah-dessen-things]

Sarah Dessen Merch

Flyleaf Books is Sarah’s independent bookstore located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Besides selling books, trading used books, and accepting online orders from non-locals, one of the store’s services is offering signed copies from local authors and Sarah has her own author page.

Important to Know

You only pay for the book. The signing and personalization is at no extra charge. The only “catch” is orders are shipped based on availability of what’s in stock.

Hardcovers are priced higher and have to be special ordered.

Along for the Ride is available in paperback with or without the Netflix sticker on it (otherwise known as the “Movie Tie-In”).

There are also options to order the physical audio book CDs, e-books, mp3s, and some Spanish editions.

The more obscure (for lack of a better term) the edition the longer it may take to arrive in store, ship to you, and be received.

All of the paperbacks are readily available on the Flyleaf shelves at this time and while the prices differ, they are the cheapest option.

Shipping

All orders ship through USPS media mail. The first book has a $5.99 shipping charge and $1 is added for each additional book. Hypothetically, you could order all 14 Sarah Dessen books in paperback and ~only~ pay $18.99 in shipping.

Ordering

To get your signed copy/ies, search for the titles you desire and add them to the cart. Upon checkout look for the “Order Comments” at the bottom of the page. It will be below your payment and contact information.

Fill in your personalization request - a special note, your favorite quote, your name, someone else’s name, only her signature, the date, etc. - review the order, and submit it.

And that’s it!

You can order as many as you want, in any variation of signed and/or personalization, and Flyleaf will let Sarah know to stop by. 

The books will ship when she’s done and you’ll have an almost-direct connection to Sarah. 😉

Keep in mind that, while the service is offered throughout the year, Sarah usually travels with her family in the summer and if she’s on tour or it’s the holidays order completion times can vary.

[letomills]

Download: SFS / Mega

As requested by anon, these are showerproof skins linked to Lifa / @withlovefromsimtown's trans body shapes: AFTr, AMTr, TFTr and TMTr. They are repo'd to your S1-S4 + alien default skins (or the Maxis skins if you don't use default replacements) so they'll fit everyone's game. If you have no idea what showerproof skins are, please read under the cut.

There's actually 2 3 sets: • one set ("Lifa UUTr Showerproof Skins") gives Lifa's trans shapes to both F and M sims; • another set ("Lifa UMTr Showerproof Skins") only gives trans fem shapes to M sims, while F sims keep their standard Maxis shapes (I made this one for people like me who use F androgyny for their trans masc sims and don't necessarily feel the need to have AFTr in their game); Edit: • the third set ("Androgyny F + Lifa UMTr Showerproof Skins") gives Lifa's Trans shapes to M sims and Androgyny to F sims.

These sets are further divided into 2 versions (choose one): ◦ version 1 gives trans shapes to adults and elders only; ◦ version 2 also gives the teen trans shapes to teens.

If this sounds confusing, each "version" folder has previews in it so you can see exactly what you're getting (ages not depicted in previews have their standard Maxis shapes).

The required top and bottom meshes that I made from Lifa's full-body nude meshes are included, as well as the Androgyny F meshes which are Aquilegia's edits of Gothplague's (I fixed the crotch and feet mapping and added the sexyfeet version). For each age and "gender" group, you'll have to choose if you want blockfeet or sexyfeet.

More details below.

What are showerproof skins? They are skins linked to a custom body shape (or body shapes). When you give a showerproof skin to a sim, that sim will have the body shape that the skin is linked to when they are nude (taking a bath, streaking, doing ACR stuff, etc.). Showerproof skins have no effect whatsoever on clothing, because clothes use their own meshes.

The skins on this post are custom skins that are repo’d to your skin defaults (S1-2-3-4 + alien) or to the Maxis skins if you don’t use defaults. Let me repeat that they are custom skins - they will not replace your skin defaults, they will only have the same textures as your defaults. If you ever switch default skins, these will change automatically on their own so that everything matches. These skins are not geneticized or townified. If you’d like to genetify and townify them, check out Rikkulidea’s tutorial.

In CAS, they will appear in your custom skins with these thumbnails (depending on the set and version you choose):

(This last one goes for both the adult&elder-only AndroF+AMTr set and the one that includes teens too.)

Uncensored previews are included in the download, but keep in mind that they're really only relevant as previews for the meshes - the textures will be different in your game depending on what default skins you use.

Let me know if you have any question or issue.

[nytlozan]

The first drawing I ever did of Isaac! (circa 2021)

Character from my webcomic, links in bio!

[angelamoores]

I’m so glad they cut jason out. I was mad in the beginning that they changed so much book stuff but the ending was much more satisfying I think

[abraxis-narrator]

motivation yay!!

i finally finished chamberlains design

definitely doing lunaxis next

definitely

maybe

:(

[woah-were-halfway-there]

Hello! Can I request something about Mia getting hurt or something and Auston getting super protective?

Omg of course you can babe! So I’m about to sleep so this isn’t a whole one shot but here’s a little scene.

Ok imagine Auston’s in the kitchen making a little plate of cheese and crackers for Mia to snack on while she watches her Disney movie obsession of the day. She’s a little over two years old, nap time is coming soon but she asked for a little snack. Carson’s upstairs napping herself, she’d been overworking herself and not feeling the best as of late… seemingly forgetting she’s pregnant again which is why Auston insisted she rest upstairs in their room with Frank while he hangs out downstairs with Mia. Anyways, he’s putting the cheese back in the fridge just as he hears a thump and immediately freezes. He waits a second because usually if Mia knocked something over by accident she’d let out a little “uh oh” or something but Auston hears nothing… then he hears the slightest little whimper and a sniffle and he’s on high alert. He calls Mia’s name and starts making his way to the living room as fast as he can and just as he’s entering the room, she lets out another whimper and a soft “daddy” as she reaches towards him with tears in her eyes. Auston wastes no time scooping Mia up and holding her close and she clings right to him, sniffling as she leans against his chest. That’s when Auston realizes he picked her up from the ground. She was on the couch snuggling Whaley and watching her movie completely unbothered less than five minutes prior when he left the room to make her a quick snack.

So he asks her what happened and Mia says “I missed yew” then takes a deep breath and says “I fell, daddy” and points to the edge of the couch. Obviously Mia’s little toddler self can’t explain every detail but what Auston gathers is that she tried climbing down from the couch because she missed him and wanted to join him in the kitchen but fell in the process and hurt her elbow. That much he could tell because she kept rubbing her left arm saying “ouch” and so naturally Auston had to be like “you’re such a brave girl, mini. But, your elbow looks sore. Would you like me to kiss it better?” And Mia would nod and snuggle closer to her dad. Afterwards Auston carry’s Mia to the kitchen to grab her snack. They return to the living room and once Mia’s done eating they curl up on the couch again to finish watching the movie. About an hour later Carson comes downstairs from her little rest to see Mia and Auston napping on the couch together, him protectively on the outside so Mia wouldn’t fall again and her just sound asleep laying against his chest and cuddling Whaley

[purple-sea-dragon]

hi!! just want you to know along for the ride is one of my fave fics it's wonderful!! I love the way you write all the characters so I reread it every few months lol

sjdhehfifhhs thank you!!!!!! 🥺😭🥺😭🥺😭🥺😭🥺😭🥺 i hope you find $20 on the ground once a week for the rest of your life (or the equivalent in whatever your country's currency is if you live outside the US (in which case good for you, you lucky bastard))

[sarah-dessen-things]

Along for the Ride didn’t get an official movie tie-in cover update.

They took the most recent edition of the book cover and slapped a “NETFLIX A NETFLIX FILM” sticker on it. No announcement, no roll out, and when the movie premiered in May 2022 I couldn’t even find them in any of the stores I went to. 

Many, many months later and I finally spotted one out in the wild on my own!

[letomills]

Kalux’s Basic Tees & Jeans for EveryBody standaloned (part 3/3)

Part 1 here - Part 2 here

Last batch of @kaluxsims’s EveryBody project tees and jeans made standalone. These are for trans body shapes.

[Update: now BSOK’d, except for the TrML stuff which I think requires a new product key (pending). Note for self and creators: AFTr is 0x000000BB; AMTr is 0x0000004A; TrML is 0x0000003C; and I gave TrMFM 0x00000061 (same as Melodie9 Fat Female).]

For AF and AM, you get AF Trans (AFTr) and AM Trans (AMTr) tees, which work best with Maxis-sized bottoms (find Kalux’s Maxis-sized jeans featured here in part 1). ↓

For AF and EF, you get Trans Melodie9 Fat Male (TrMFM) tees and TrMFM jeans. ↓

For AM and EM, you get Trans Momma Lisa (TrML) tees and TrML jeans. ↓

Meshes, previews and swatches are included in the downloads.

Download the tees (AU-EU) on SFS or Mega

Download the jeans (AU-EU) on SFS or Mega

[nytlozan]

New update! Links at nytlozan.carrd.co and in my bio!

[call-me-corvid]

Hi! Along For The Ride reader here! Just wanted to say, I like??? Love your fic?!?!? Its very good. Must protect the blueberry. I hope you have a nice day!

Thank you! I hope to return to it soon. I’ve got some big plans for it in the works, once my schedule evens out a bit. :)

[angelamoores]

eli and jake aren’t brothers in the movie??? whyyy it’s so much funnier I’m so sad

[abraxis-narrator]

AF:TR Full Document! (SPOILERS)

AF:TR WILL NOT BE CANON, AND SHOULD ONLY BE CONSIDERED AS MY HEADCANON!

Also, it will follow a format where there will be a bossfight every other world.

[woah-were-halfway-there]

Auston taking Mia out with him and fans saying hi to her while they get autographs from Auston and wanting to take photos with him. She’ll be so shy at first😭🥺

Please, she would be 😩 she’d be clung to his side, resting her head on his shoulder and just so quiet because she doesn’t know any of these strangers. I think the people would be pretty respectful in the sense that they would make sure she’s not in any of the pictures they’re taking, which Auston would appreciate. And maybe as he’s signing something, someone tries saying hi to her and she just hides her face and holds onto her dad a little tighter.

“She’s a daddy’s girl, isn’t she?” One of them would comment, making Auston smile so freaking wide.

“You have no idea.”

[purple-sea-dragon]

yall might be happy to note that i worked on AFTR for several hours yesterday, and with a little more work chapter two will be done!! its finals week next week so i wont be getting it up then most likely, but if i do consider it an early christmas present uwu