After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
- Identify the characteristics of the gig economy as well as its trends and development
- Recognize the taxability of various types of income for gig workers
- Identify deductible expenses and nondeductible expenses associated with gig work
- Identify general rules for depreciation as well as different depreciation methods and special requirements
- Recognize deduction requirements for travel, transportation and car expenses
- Identify tax treatment for home office use
- Identify the requirements for the qualified business income (QBI) deduction
- Recognize tax rules for reporting income and expenses from rental real estate activities and royalties
Instructor bio
Dr. Duong is an Accounting Subject Matter Expert for Becker Professional Education. Her professional background includes working in academia as well as in the accounting industry. She started her career working for EY as a senior associate focusing on interim, final and IPO audit of corporations in non-financial sectors such as manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, services and so on. When working in academia, she taught both undergraduate-level and graduate-level accounting courses including Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting and Financial Valuation at the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and National University of Singapore. Her academic research focuses on financial reporting issues in the banking industry and the use of accounting information in small business lending and debt contracting. Dr. Duong also owns a firm that provides tax compliance, research and consulting services. She holds a PhD in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an M.Phil (Master of Philosophy) in Accounting from the University of Hong Kong and a BA in Accounting from Fudan University. She is also a CPA, CMA, CIA and an EA.
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