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NCCPAP President, Neil H. Fishman, CPA, CFE, FCPA, CAMS, issues his final President’s Letter as he moves into the Past President role in November. In this letter, Neil recalls all that NCCPAP has accomplished during his two-year term with the help of his Executive Board.
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Frank A. Gallo, Managing Partner of Gallo & Company CPA’s LLP of Jericho, NY is a long-standing member of NCCPAP, a member of the Nassau/Suffolk Chapter of NCCPAP, Board Member of the Educational Foundation of the Nassau/Suffolk Chapter of NCCPAP, and Vice President of NCCPAP at the national level. Mr. Gallo will present 4 different topics at the Symposium. This is his sixth year as a Symposium presenter.
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Scott Peterson, Vice President of U.S. Tax Policy and Government Relations, at Avalara—a Seattle-based tax compliance software company that helps to manage the complexity of sales tax nexus—will be a Keynote Speaker at this year’s NCCPAP Accounting & Tax Symposium (ATS 2020), taking place on November 10, 13, 18, and Mr. Peterson, who has particular expertise in tax law relative to ‘Wayfair’, will speak from the perspective of CPAs and how they can best service their business clients.
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If you have not given serious thought to refinancing or analyzing how borrowing at low rates may benefit your broader financial situation, now is the time. Many financial rates are at historic lows due to current conditions, market instability and high demand for safety in the form of lower volatility.
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NCCPAP’s Immediate Past President and current Tax Chair, Steve Mankowski, CPA, recently attended the September 2020 IRS meeting. Topics include: IRS Highlights, Taxpayer First Office, Office of Professional Responsibility, Return Preparer Office, and Wage & Investment.
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Neil D. Katz, J.D., LL.M, CPA, Managing Partner of Katz Chwat, P.C. President and Principal Lecturer at Katz Tax Seminars, LLC in Melville, NY and a long-standing member of the National Conference of CPA Practitioners (NCCPAP), will be presenting two topics at the this year’s Annual NCCPAP Accounting & Tax Symposium (ATS 2020), taking place on November 10, 13, 18, and 19. As has been his tradition for many years, he will be presenting 1040 Update: Federal Individual Income Taxes 2020 in two session to symposium attendees. His materials will be the most current available. In addition to the SECURE Act (passed in late 2019) and the CARES Act (passed in 2020 in response to COVID-19), the Federal Government has been busy addressing issues that still linger from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. During the sessions, he will focus on preparing CPAs, EAs and attorneys for planning discussions with their clients as this fiscal year come to an end, as well as help them ready themselves and their clients for filing their 2020 individual tax returns next year.
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This year’s NCCPAP Accounting and Tax Symposium Attendees are in for quite a treat. Beanna J. Whitlock, EA, CSA is a Partner at Whitlock Tax Service in Canyon Lake, TX, Executive Director of the National Center for Professional Education (NCPE) Fellowship, former IRS Information Reporting Program Advisory Council Member, former IRS Commissioner’s Advisory Committee Member, and former IRS Director of National Public Liaison for Commissioner Mark Everson. She will be speaking on a number of topics crucially important to current events at this year’s Annual NCCPAP Accounting & Tax Symposium (ATS 2020), taking place on November 10, 13, 18, and 19.
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In this edition, the Carlsons are preparing for their second son’s upcoming wedding, when COVID-19 strikes the country and brings along a multitude of uncertainties, including state and local taxation complexities for people now working remotely.
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NCCPAP’s Neil H. Fishman, CPA, CFE, FCPA, CAMS comments on the state of this filing season with Accounting Today’s Editor-in-Chief, Daniel Hood. “Many in our profession feel that tax season normally runs through October 15th because of all of the extensions, so this year is not different in that respect; however, there are more than enough issues that need clarity and guidance.”
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James C. Bourke CPA, CITP, CFF, CGMA, and Partner/Managing Director Advisory Services at Withum, an advisory, tax, and audit firm with offices around the globe, will be a featured Keynote Speaker at this year’s Annual NCCPAP Accounting & Tax Symposium (ATS 2020), taking place on November 10, 13, 18, and 19. Mr. Bourke has been speaking at the Symposium for many years and similar to previous conferences, he will be talking about Technology’s Role in Transforming the Profession. Having overseen the firm’s technology practice, he works directly with technology entrepreneurs and is a sought-after speaker regarding how new technologies, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, apply to the accounting profession, now more than ever.