Approved IAR CE Courses

This course will focus on firms and representatives legal and regulatory obligations to avoid and prevent insider trading, and the barriers that are among the most common preventative measures firms take. It will look at the history, development, and operation of insider trading and the various regulatory barriers established to aid in its prevention.

This course will discuss anti-money laundering (AML), including the rules and regulations surrounding the obligations of anti-money laundering compliance programs.We will also discuss cybersecurity rules and best practices for firms to adopt to protect themselves from cybersecurity attacks.

This course reviews the items on the 2025 Dirty Dozen list, explaining the nature of these schemes and their impact on taxpayers and tax professionals. In addition, we have included some items from previous years Dirty Dozen lists; these are focused on fraud associated with certain highly promoted activities (CRATs, foreign treaties, captive insurance companies, and monetized installment sales),consumer-related fraud, and tax-avoidance activities typically engaged in by high-net-worth individuals.The 2025 Dirty Dozen list was originally published in the following order, but for the sake of clarity we have presented them in a slightly different order in this course:1.Phishing and smishing2.Bad social media advice3.IRS individual online account help from scammers4.Fake charities5.False Fuel Tax Credit claims6.Credits for sick leave and family leave7.Bogus self-employment tax credit8.Improper household employment taxes9.Overstated withholding scam10.Misleading offers in compromise11.Ghost tax return preparers12.New client scams and spear phishing