Approved IAR CE Courses

What makes this class special that it is delivered in a highly formatted PDF created expressly for CE. It is skimmable information easily consumed by reading. Delivering CE in a document optimized for professional education is a creative new approach in professional education of advisors. Reading is a better medium for learning than webinars because you control the pace and can stop to think about what you are reading, which you cannot do on a live webinar.

In addition to the delivery method, the class is valuable because it applies behavioral insights to fiduciary client conversations in a format eligible for IAR, CFP, CIMA, CPWA, and CFA CE as well as CPA CPE.

In 9860 words, the class explains five key traits, investor identity, and behaviors under market stress. Advisors learn practice actions for anxious, skeptical, impulsive, indecisive, and competitive clients.

Documentation, communication alignment, and guardrails that support implementation of fiduciary practices frame the learning objectives discussed.

The class helps fiduciaries convert behavioral finance concepts into repeatable client-service workflows for keeping anxious, skeptical, impulsive, indecisive, and competitive clients on a plan.

This course explores how charitable land donations can be used as effective tools for tax mitigation while maintaining compliance with current regulations. Participants will gain a practical understanding of strategies such as conservation easements and fee simple donations, and how recent legislative changes affect their application. Through real examples and discussion of due diligence practices, attendees will learn how to evaluate risk, ensure proper valuation, and identify suitable opportunities for clients. By the end of the session, advisors will be better equipped to guide investors in using land-based charitable strategies to achieve both financial and philanthropic goals.

This course explores the strategic use of oil and gas drilling programs, with a focus on tax planning opportunities available through working interest investments. Participants will learn the fundamentals of oil and gas investing, including ownership structures, intangible and tangible drilling cost deductions, depletion deductions, and key regulatory considerations. Through real-world case studies, attendees will examine how drilling programs may be used to offset ordinary and passive income in specific client situations. The course also addresses due diligence, portfolio positioning, compliance considerations, and implementation best practices for financial advisors. By the end of the session, participants will be better equipped to evaluate oil and gas drilling programs and determine when they may be appropriate within a client's broader financial strategy.

Rollovers account for the largest source of contributions to IRAs. Ensuring that consumers receive accurate, and unbiased information regarding their distribution and rollover options is critically important to making informed decisions. This course covers IRA rollover rules, helping financial professionals guide clients in managing retirement assets effectively and avoiding unintended taxes and penalties.

In this continuing education session, learners will review 2 Nerd Eye's View blog articles: Using Subtrusts To Allow Stretch IRA Treatment For Trusts With Multiple Beneficiaries and Motivating Clients Of All Ages And Life Stages To Stop Delaying Estate Planning. In the first article, Ben Henry-Moreland explains the practical implications of naming a trust a beneficiary of a retirement account and how the Final RMD Regulations have altered the distribution schedule rules for trust beneficiaries. In the second article, In this article, David Haughton, JD, CPWA' explains why clients may be delaying estate planning and ways that clients can help them move forward with a combination of regular communication about the topic, building a basic estate planning foundation, and utilizing the right tools and partners.

The irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT) is one of the most widely used estate planning tools. Those who work in the estate planning field-or any professional who wants to extend his or her practice into this arena-should become knowledgeable about ILITs, and how and why they are used. The purpose of this course is to provide a general understanding of trusts and how they work, with a specific focus on irrevocable life insurance trusts. Along with an exploration of ILITs, the course explains collateral issues that might arise in their creation and operation including a number of important tax-related issues.

For over 20 years, the Internal Revenue Service has made a spring announcement of its Dirty Dozen list of scams and schemes. 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. You will see that the IRS is focused on fraud associated with certain highly promoted activities (CRATs, foreign treaties, captive insurance companies, and monetized installment sales), consumer-related fraud, and activities typically engaged in by high-net-worth individuals. 

For most financial advisors, compliance is simply something you 'have to do' to satisfy regulators while providing financial advice. But in practice, regulations are put in place to protect consumers, and understanding the principles that underlie those regulations can make it easier to adhere to the requirements. In this session, Chief Financial Planning Nerd Michael Kitces is joined by compliance experts Terria Heng, Max Schatzow, and Leila Shaver to discuss what RIAs need to keep in mind as they seek to create a positive culture of compliance, develop and operate within their compliance policies and procedures, and what to watch out for to minimize the risk of audit deficiencies when compliance reviews inevitably come.

This course, Key Variables in Retirement Portfolio Analysis, provides financial professionals with a deep understanding of the factors that impact retirement portfolio sustainability and income adequacy. Participants will explore critical concepts such as asset allocation, withdrawal strategies, inflation considerations, portfolio costs, and the role of required minimum distributions (RMDs) in retirement planning. Through data-driven analysis, the course examines how different withdrawal methods'fixed-dollar, percentage-based, and RMDs'affect portfolio longevity, as well as the importance of adjusting historical returns for realistic future projections. Additionally, attendees learn how equity exposure helps combat inflation and why cost sensitivity plays a crucial role in long-term financial success. By the end of the course, professionals are equipped with the practical knowledge needed to implement low-expense retirement income strategies and optimize portfolio management for clients while meeting requirements as fiduciaries.