CLEs on Taxation and Estate Planning

The University of Texas Law School CLE is holding its 62^nd Annual Taxation Conference on December 3-4, 2014 and the 2014 Stanley M. Johanson Estate Planning Workshop on December 5, 2014. Both conferences will be held in Austin, Texas at the Radisson Hotel and Suites.  Here is why you should attend:

The 62nd Annual Taxation Conference features an impressive slate of topics with regionally and nationally renowned speakers covering current trends, updates in tax regulation and policy, and much more.

• Nina Olson, the National Taxpayer Advocate, analyzes the implications of reduced budgets and how they will affect taxpayers. Ms. Olsen is named to 2014’s “The 100 Most Influential People in Tax and Accounting” by Accounting Today
• Gain insight on how the Appeals Judicial Approach and Culture (AJAC) Project is changing the IRS Office of Appeals process and what to keep in mind as the process evolves
• C. Wells Hall, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Charlotte, NC, Laura Howell-Smith, Deloitte Tax LLP, Washington, DC, and Adrienne M. Mikolashek, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC (Invited), discuss the new 3.8% tax on net investment income under Section 1411
• Hear perspectives from practitioners and a key government official on the effects of the new proposed regulations on partnership liability allocations
• Learn about the sweeping legislative reforms made to the Texas franchise tax

The tradition continues—Professor Stanley M. Johanson’s popular one-day Estate Planning Workshop offers timely topics, lively discussion and practical advice.

• Professor Johanson’s Recent Developments Affecting Estate Planning provides the most current updates and “hot” estate planning topics
• Stephen R. Akers, Bessemer Trust, Dallas, TX, presents Estate Planning for Married Couples with Estates of $2M to $10M
• Learn cutting-edge tricks and tips to maximize basis while still giving effect to your client’s estate planning goals from Mickey R. Davis, Davis & Willms, PLLC, Houston, TX
• Charles M. Meadows Jr., Meadows, Collier, Reed, Cousins, Crouch & Ungerman, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, provides insight on handling the ‘sensitive’ estate planning examination
• Estate Planning Workshop brings together all Workshop faculty to address practical and ethical concerns faced by practitioners, and to discuss the hot-button issues stemming from recent cases, rulings and regulation