2012 ANNUAL INCOME TAX SEMINAR
Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA
Presented by: The Income and Other Taxes Committee along with the State and Local Tax Committee, the Corporate and Pass-Through Entities Committee, and the Tax Procedures and Litigation Committee of the Taxation Section of the State Bar of California. Sponsored by: Whittier Law SchoolCo-sponsored by: California Society of Certified Public Accountants (Los Angeles Chapter, Orange County-Long Beach Chapter, San Diego Chapter, Inland Empire Chapter) and California Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants
Date of program: Friday, June 22, 2012
Time of program: 8:30 am – 5:05 pm Location of program: Whittier Law School - 3333 Harbor Boulevard, Costa Mesa, CA
MCLE: 7.5 hours of MCLE and tax specialization credit for attorneys (including 1 hour of ethics) 9 hours of CPE for CPAs; 9 hours of continuing education credit for enrolled agents
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. - 8:35 a.m. Introduction/Opening Remarks
8:35 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. International Tax Enforcement and Expanded Reporting Obligations (Including FATCA, FBAR, and the 2012 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program)
Wayne R. Johnson, Wayne R. Johnson & Associates, Los Angeles, CA
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. California Sales and Use Tax Basics (Including the Taxation of Internet Sales)
Bradley Heller, Tax Counsel at California State Board of Equalization
12:00 p.m. - 12:25 p.m. Lunch
12:25 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. Ethics Course: A Primer on Circular 230 – Regulation and Practice Before the IRS (Including New Rules and Recent Developments at the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR))
Professor Michael Lang, Chapman University School of Law, Orange, CA
1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Tax Opportunities and Pitfalls Involving Cancellation of Debt (Including Real Estate Workouts, Short Sales, Foreclosures, and Other Cancellation of Indebtedness Considerations, etc.)
Layton L. Pace, Attorney at Law, Manhattan Beach, CA
Jeffrey Fields, CPA, Windes & McClaughry, Irvine, CA
3:25 p.m. - 5:05 p.m. 2012 Income Tax Update (Including New Laws, Interesting Tax Court Opinions, etc.)
Stuart A. Simon, BuchalterNemer, Los Angeles, CA
Geoffrey A. Weg, Valensi Rose, PLC, Los Angeles, CA
Registration Information
$100 Pre-paid registration
$120 On-site registration (space available basis)
$75 Pre-paid registration for current law students
$50 Written materials
Deadlines:
Your form and check payable to The State Bar of California, or credit card information must be received by June 15, 2012.
Register Online:
Go to http://taxation.calbar.ca.gov/
Mail to: Program Registrations, The State Bar of California, 180 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Make checks payable to The State Bar of California.
Or Fax to: Program Registrations at 415-538-2368. Credit card information is mandatory.