This course is a time-saving tool that will help you get ready to file Forms 1042/1042-S. Recent changes in the law have made Forms 1042/1042-S filing requirements ever more complex. The cost to your organization can be significant if your team does not have the proper knowledge to handle these matters.
In this course, Laura Tshilumba will guide you into identifying some of the more common problems related to documenting, validating, and reporting payee information using IRS Forms 1042/1042-S, while offering solutions and best practices for addressing related reporting issues.
You will learn best practices for validating forms W-8 and 8233 and avoiding reporting and withholding errors. We’ll review how to handle W-8 payee requests for treaty benefits, reduced withholding, and related 1042-S reporting. You cannot afford to miss this course if you prepare, review, and/or file Form 1042 for your organization or clients.
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Laura M. Tshilumba, CPA
Director, International Tax
lauratshilumbacpa@gmail.com
Laura is the leader of the international tax practice at HLB Gross Collins. As a CPA with close to two decades of expertise in U.S. international taxation, Laura takes the hassle out of filing U.S. tax returns for American expatriates. She also helps American expatriates and dual U.S. citizens rectify their past due U.S. tax returns with the least amount of pain and on the most favorable terms with the IRS.
Serving clients throughout the world, Laura is committed to helping her clients maximize tax savings strategies in the U.S., while also implementing an aligned global structure for clients with multi-national operations in several industries including but not limited to consumer products, manufacturing, distribution, and technology.
An educator at heart, Laura is a presenter of NASBA-certified CPE courses on international tax matters -helping tax professionals connect the dots between the tax law and IRS tax forms.
In her pursuit of becoming a healthy accountant who mentally, spiritually, and physically thrives busy season after busy season, Laura became a certified health mindset coach and a certified integrative health nutrition coach. In 2021, she started her health and wellness business where she coaches executive women and women entrepreneurs to manage their stress levels and prevent burnout from high-pressure work and business environments, by implementing authentic self-care regimens that translate to high performance, greater visibility, leadership opportunities, and increased financial net worth. She also coaches high-achieving women into living in their now body, while improving on their wellness without sacrificing their mental health or their favorite cultural foods.