Supporting Small Retail Business Owners
Amber Groberg CFP, MSA
July 22, 2026
Session 2
Registration: 10:50 AM
Session 2 Begins: 11:00 AM
Session 2 Concludes: 1:00 PM
Focused on practical strategies for tax professionals serving small retailers, this session will cover:
- Best practices in record keeping for small businesses to ensure compliance and ease of audit.
- Inventory management rules for businesses with under $32 million in gross receipts, including simplified accounting methods.
- Payroll compliance essentials for small retailers, from employee classification to filing and paying employment taxes.
- Common challenges faced by retail clients and how tax professionals can proactively address them.
After completing this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify best practices in recordkeeping for small retail busineses to supportt tax compliance and audit readiness.
- Apply simplified inventory accounting methods for retailers with average annual gross receipts under $32 million and apply the appropriate tax treatment.
- Reconize key payroll compliance requirements for small retailers, including proper employee classification and employment tax filing and payment obligations
- Assess common operational and tax challenges faced by small retail clients and recommend proactive strategies to address compliance risks.
- Develope proactive strategies to help small retail bushiness owners improve efficiencies, and overall financial management in taxation.
Official Registry Statement:
The National Society of Tax Professionals is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.
CTEC Disclosure Statement:
The National Society of Tax Professionals has been approved by the California Tax Education Council to offer continuing education courses that count as credit towards the annual "continuing education" requirement imposed by the State of California for CTEC Registered Tax Preparers. A listing of additional requirements to register as a tax preparer may be obtained by contacting CTEC at P.O. Box 2890, Sacramento, CA, 95812-2890, by phone toll-free at (877) 850-2832, or on the Internet at www.ctec.org.
Event Administration Policies:
In Person Event/Course Refunds, Credits or Changes
- Refunds or future education credits are available if requested up to 7 days before the event begins.
- A $25 administrative fee will be charged for all course changes, including, refunds, cancellations and future education transfers.
- Future education credits expire one year from transfer.
- Refunds are no longer available once the Course Material PDF has been emailed.
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- Executive and Charter members must provide at least seven (7) business days’ advance notice to cancel an in-person course. Failure to do so will result in a $150 no-show fee. Cancellation notice must be submitted by calling the NSTP office or emailing taxes@nstp.org; no other form of cancellation will be accepted.
Event/Course Registration
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- NSTP reserves the right to cancel any program for circumstances that are not under direct control of NSTP. If a course or program is canceled, participants will be refunded 100% of their registration fee.
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- We do not accept walk-in attendees. Payment must be received in advance of the class.
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- Only paid registrants can attend seminars. In consideration of your fellow attendees, guests will need to depart before the session begins.
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