Southwest Tax Conference Agenda
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
7:30 - 8:00 A.M. - Registration/Breakfast
8:00 - 9:30 A.M. - IRS Enforcement Priorities - Current Developments in the Tax Trenches
- Charles P. Rettig, Esq.,Member, Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez, P.C
9:45 - 11:15 A.M. - IRS Panel - Updates Important to Practitioners
- Chris Footit, Senior Stakeholder Liaison, IRS
- John Kirk, Special Agent TIGTA
- Debbie Thompson, Exam Territory Manager IRS
- Bob Carey, Territory Manager, Las Vegas collection Division, IRS
11:15 - 12:15 P.M. - Money Laundering- Title 31
- Paul Camacho, Special Agent in Charge - Criminal Investigation, IRS
12:15 - 1:45 P.M. - Buffet Lunch Reception - Sponsor Networking Time
1:45 - 2:45 P.M. - Click! ...You've got Nexus!
- Richard Vallari, Owner, Southwest Sales Tax Solutions, LLC
3:00 - 4:30 P.M. - Circular 230
- Arthur J. (Kip) Dellinger, Jr. CPA, Senior Tax Partner, Kallman and Company LLP
4:30 - 5:30 P.M. - Panel - Issues Nevada Firms are Facing Today (optional free 1 hour of CPE)
- Michael D. Bosma, Managing Shareholder, The Bosma Group, P.C.
- Dennis K. Meservy,
Sole Practitioner, Dennis K. Meservy, CPA
- Kirk D. Kaplan,
Owner, Kaplan & Associates, Prof., LLC
- Jeffrey T. Wax ,
Principal, Tax Controversy Services, Deloitte Tax LLP
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
7:30 - 8:00 A.M. - Registration/Breakfast
- Brian Fralick, Senior Manager - Tax Services, Grant Thornton LLP
- Keith Pierce, Partner, Grant Thornton LLP
- Jason Thomas,
Tax Partner, Fair, Anderson & Langerman
10:15 - 11:15 A.M. - Green Energy
- Marc L. Schultz, Partner, Snell & Wilmer
11:15 - 12:15 P.M. - Retirement Planning/Defined Benfits Plan
- William J. Kropkof, President, Kropkof Pension Services
12:15 - 1:20 P.M. - Local Economy Update
- Robert Lang, PhD
Professor and Director of the Brookings Mountain West,UNLV
1:30 - 3:00 P.M. - Employee Stock Ownership
- John A. Kober, Partner, Morgan Lewis
- John R. Maxfield, P.C.,Partner, Holland and Hart
3:30 - 5:00 P.M. - Estate Taxes
- Bart Mowry, Esq. / CPA, Maupin, Cox & Legoy
- Nicole Vance, Wells Fargo