With the announcement of the 2025 Nationwide Tax Forum Online on November 4, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provided tax professionals with easy access to a comprehensive series of continuing education seminars that were recorded during this year's in-person IRS Nationwide Tax Forum events.
For a small fee of $29 per credit, practitioners can obtain certified CPE credits while staying current on changes to tax laws, ethics, digital asset compliance, and technological advancements. Important updates for tax year 2025, regulatory guidance, and crucial subjects for practice management and taxpayer assistance are all covered in the seminar catalog.
Pioneering Digital Tax Education Access with 2025 Nationwide Tax Forum Online
Nationwide Tax Forum Online was created in response to the growing need for remote, flexible learning that is being fueled by the financial services industry's rapid digitization. A 50-minute recorded seminar combines interactive video presentations with downloadable materials, full transcripts for accessibility, and streamed PowerPoint slides.
From anywhere in the nation, tax professionals can take these courses for free or choose to pay for continuing education credit to fulfill their licensing and renewal requirements.
All practitioners who register or log in on the IRS Nationwide Tax Forum Online website are eligible to use the platform, including CPAs, enrolled agents, tax attorneys, and participants in the Annual Filing Season Program. The FAQs tab contains detailed instructions for creating an account.
What’s New: 2025 Nationwide Tax Forum Online Seminars
This year’s update introduces 15 new seminars tailored to the evolving needs and challenges faced by tax preparers and compliance specialists:
- Building a Sustainable Practice Through Ethics
- Distributions from Retirement Plans and IRAs: A Crash Course
- How to Help Taxpayers Avoid Abusive Promotions and Return Preparers
- Introduction to OPR and Circular 230
- Law and Audit – The Due Diligence Process
- New IRS Features for Faster, Easier Business Transactions
- Plenary Session: Tax Law Changes for 2025
- Retirement Plans Basics 101 for Practitioners
- Accurate Credit Return Preparation Guide for Tax Professionals
- Taxable Digital Asset Transactions: 1099-DA Impact on 2025
- Using IRS Digital Tools and Communications Options
- Partnerships and Nonresident Alien Withholding: Sections 1446(a), 1446(f)
- Avoiding Processing Delays and Streamlining Return Filing
- Efficient Resolution of Unpaid Tax Debts
- Disaster Reporting Best Practices – Maximizing Resources from A to Z.
Each course addresses practical, regulatory, or technology-based challenges relevant for 2025’s compliance environment, with special attention to emerging trends in digital assets, ethics, and business efficiency.
Value for Tax Professionals: Accreditation and Networking
The IRS Return Preparer Office and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) have both certified the IRS Nationwide Tax Forum Online as a continuing education provider. Up to 18 continuing education credits are available to attendees of the in-person or online forum, supporting the annual and triennial requirements for professionals with credentials. Additionally, participants gain from: National networking with thousands of tax professionals
- Real-time access to IRS subject matter experts
- Information about the most recent developments in tax law, digital asset reporting, and compliance
- Possibilities for individualized help with practitioner credentials via the Digital Account Services Room.
Insights into the Continuing Education Curriculum
The IRS regularly updates its seminar lineup to take into account practitioner input, regulatory changes, and industry trends. The 2025 focus consists of:
Regulatory Compliance and Ethics
Seminars focus on applying Circular 230, managing clients ethically, and best practices for upholding professional integrity, which is essential for avoiding malpractice, fraud, or audit risk.
Taxation of Digital Assets
Due to the increasing popularity of cryptocurrencies and new regulatory reporting requirements, such as Form 1099-DA, the IRS has developed special workshops to assist practitioners in accurately understanding, tracking, and reporting transactions involving digital assets for 2025 returns.
IRS Tools and Technological Development
Practitioners learn how to expedite client interactions, filing, and case management through courses on digital IRS services, online accounts, and communication platforms. IRS employees give online and forum demonstrations of the newest features.
Reporting and Complying with Disasters
In response to frequent natural disasters, practitioners can navigate relief programs, maximize resources for impacted clients, and provide advice on complex compliance scenarios by attending focused sessions on disaster reporting best practices.
Paying Off Debts and Increasing Filing Accuracy
Professionals are guided by interactive sessions on how to settle outstanding tax debts, prevent typical filing delays, and apply due diligence with clients' compliance assured.
Registration, Discounts, and Cost Strategies
At its live events, the IRS provides partner and early-bird discounts:
- Early registration fee: $265 per person (by June 10).
- After deadlines, standard rate: $319
- $399 for on-site registration
- Online seminar CE credits are worth $29 per hour.
Additional savings are available through partner associations (ABA, AICPA, NAEA, NATP, NSA, and NSTP) using unique codes.
Optimizing Value
A calculated cost-cutting measure is early registration. Professionals can maximize exposure and CE opportunities while controlling costs by attending several events or combining in-person and online courses. The Forum Online offers free networking and resource downloads.
IRS Modernization and the Future of Professional Tax Education
The IRS's dedication to digital modernization, nationwide reach, and useful compliance assistance is demonstrated by the growth of Tax Forum Online. Among the main objectives are:
- Preparing experts to handle intricate tax situations, such as compliance with digital assets and cryptocurrency
- Using legal expertise and state-of-the-art digital tools to improve practitioner skills
- Encouraging due diligence, ethics, and audit avoidance
- Establishing instant access to IRS assistance
- Cutting down on processing delays for returns, and combating the emergence of digital tax fraud.
With feedback from senior IRS employees and outside subject matter experts, each annual tax forum creates seminars that are specific to anticipated industry challenges.
Preparing for Tax Season 2026: Practitioner Action Steps
Tax professionals should:
- Register early for the IRS Nationwide Tax Forum or its online extension
- Examine and sign up for classes on disaster recovery, ethics, and digital assets.
- To manage credentials and resolve client cases, make use of IRS Digital Account Services.
- Get advice from IRS and partner experts by downloading important resources.
- Maintain your certifications and complete your CPE requirements.
- Keep tabs on your continuing professional educational credits.
By combining virtual seminars and in-person events, tax preparers are able to balance keeping up to date, honestly engaging their clients while also enhancing the reputation and credibility of the U.S. tax preparer community.
Helpful Links
- IRS Reinstates $20,000 and 200-Transaction Reporting Threshold for Form 1099-K
- IRS Offers Penalty Relief for Remittance Tax Deposits
- IRS Extends Feedback Period for Form 6765 in 2025
Contact The Fino Partners for the latest news, IRS regulations, and tailored solutions for accountants, CPAs and financial service professionals in the USA.
