Here's the lowdown
The IRS has posted 15 seminars recorded at its 2026 Nationwide Tax Forum, including three 100-minute courses.
A 50-minute seminar costs $29 for one CPE credit, while a 100-minute seminar costs $58 for two credits.
Anyone can audit the courses for free, but earning credit requires an account, payment, and course completion.
The tax forum came home
Year-end CPE can turn into a scavenger hunt. The IRS just put a useful pile of courses in one place.
The 2026 Nationwide Tax Forum Online includes 15 recorded seminars from this year's live forum. Tax professionals can watch them on demand instead of traveling to an event.
The list is built around work firms will face soon. It covers IRS audits, collection cases, digital asset reporting, data breaches, retirement plans, refundable credits, and tax changes for 2026.
The price math is simple
Twelve courses run for 50 minutes. Each one costs $29 and earns one continuing professional education credit.
The other three courses run for 100 minutes. They cost $58 and offer two credits.
That makes the rate $29 per credit either way. Professionals who only want the information can audit a course for free, but an audit does not earn CPE.
The program FAQ explains the account and completion process. The online forum is registered as an approved sponsor with the IRS Tax Professional Management Office and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy.
Enrolled agents, CPAs, and Annual Filing Season Program participants are among the intended users. State boards and licenses can have their own rules, so professionals should still confirm that a course fits their requirement before paying.
Three courses are twice as long
The 100-minute sessions cover three subjects that can easily eat a firm's afternoon.
One explains what tax professionals should do after a data breach. Another looks at new business features in IRS online accounts, including refund-status emails. The third covers tax-law changes, the Saver's Match, and other updates for tax year 2026.
The shorter courses get more specific. Practitioners can choose sessions on Circular 230, alternative dispute resolution, collection timing, audit documentation, digital assets, and emerging scams.
That menu matters more than the raw course count. A firm can assign a security session to everyone, then send specialists to the courses tied to their actual work.
CPE is useful only if the lesson sticks
The seminars combine video, slides, downloadable material, and transcripts. That gives a team more ways to turn a course into a repeatable process.
A collection seminar can become a checklist. A data-breach course can prompt a tabletop exercise. A digital-assets session can become a list of client questions for organizers and intake calls.
Fifteen courses will not solve every training need. They do give firms a low-cost way to close specific gaps before filing season gets loud.
The smart move is not to chase credits at random. Pick the course that fixes a real weakness, document what changes, and make the $29 do more than fill a line on a CPE report.
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