About Us

Jason Dinesen is an entrepreneur, tax professional and instructor. He has a diverse background that includes working as a radio station news director for six years after graduating from college. He went on to become an accountant and started his firm in 2009 with 3 clients. He now works with over 200 clients. In 2012 Jason started teaching continuing education courses, as a co-presenter at an all-day, in-person seminar on Form 1099 at a hotel conference room. As the years have gone on, Jason has switched to webinars and now teaches webinars almost daily To audiences that range from accountants and tax professionals to office managers, HR professionals and CFOs, and audiences that range from one person to one-thousand. 

In addition to teaching, Jason is a part-time announcer for Radio Iowa and the Minnesota News Network, and is looking to expand his voiceover work.

Jason is a native of Iowa but currently is living in Portugal due to a family move -- his is still working for both his firm and presenting, just from a different location. He and his wife have 2 kids, 2 dogs and a cats. Jason is a lifelong Iowa Hawkeye fan and, when he lived in Iowa, had  season tickets to Hawkeye football. He likes listening to Gordon Lightfoot and often just puts Lightfoot music on shuffle and lets it play all day as he‘s working.

Topics I currently present on:

Business Topics

• Form 1099-NEC and other 1099 forms (generally 1 or 2 hours; can mold the exact content to fit your needs)
• Schedule C (2 hours)
• Form W-4 and other payroll updates (1 hour)
• Choice of business entity (2 hours)
• Reasonable compensation issues of S-corporations (1 hour)
• Shareholder and partner basis, Form 7203,(1 hour) can also be an individual topic as these are things that affect personal tax returns too
• Effectively handling CP-2100 letters (a 1099 topic) (1 hour)
• Depreciation tax strategies (1 hour)
• Contractor vs. employee (1 hour)
• Employee retention credit (1 or 2 hour)

Individual Tax Topics

• Child tax credit  (1 hour)
• Earned income credit (1 hour)
• Claiming dependents on a tax return (1 hour)
• Education tax benefits (1 or 2 hours)
• Itemized deductions (1 hour or 2 hours)
• Home office deduction (1 hour)
• Community property (1 hour)
• Form 2441 (daycare credit) (1 hour)
• Inflation Reduction Act (1 hour) (can also be a business topic)
• Electric vehicles credit (an offshoot of the Inflation Reduction Act webinar) (1 hour)
• Virtual currency (1 hour)

Specialized

• Ethics for tax professionals (2 hours)
• California CTEC 5-hour course (5 hours)
• Annual federal tax refresher (AFTR) for the AFSP (6 hours)

Miscellaneous

• Other specialized topics by request
• More to come!