| Legal CPE Sessions: LLCs and Advanced Pricing Agreements | ||
| Christopher Kelley, KPMG Senior Manager specializes in the federal taxation of partnerships. Prior to joining KPMG’s Washington National Tax Practice, he worked in the Office of Chief Counsel at the Internal Revenue Service, where he worked extensively on regulations and rulings regarding the taxation of partnerships and S corporations. | Lee Kelley is a KPMG Senior Manager in the Washington National Tax Practice. She specializes in the federal taxation of corporations and their shareholders. Prior to joining KPMG, Lee worked in the Office of Chief Counsel at the Internal Revenue Service, where she worked extensively on regulations and private letter rulings regarding the taxation of corporations and their shareholders. |
Alan Alford, KPMG Manager, New York, has consulted on transfer pricing and other economic analyses for clients seeking APA rulings with U.S. and foreign tax authorities. This includes bilateral APAs between the US and Japan in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining KPMG, Alford taught and conducted research in the area of international finance for several universities worldwide. |
| Technology CPE Sessions | ||
John Phillips (UConn) demonstrated how UConn’s graduate tax classes are taught online. Check out UConn's online MSA program. See/hear John talk about his online course. (Realplayer is required.) |
Richard Newmark (University of Northern Colorado) demonstrated technology tools he uses in classroom teaching, including an online tax research library and discussion forums to create teams for tax return assignments. Check out his class and download Newmark's paper, which has been accepted by the Tax Advisor (permission granted to post), "This Is Not Your Father's Introductory Tax Course." | Steve Thompson (Florida Gulf Coast), the ATA webmaster, demonstrated how he uses Flash; client-side technology (e.g., Javascripting and HTML); and server-side technology (e.g., Active Server Pages) to make a distance-learning classroom as close as possible to a "direct-delivery" classroom. |