July 2001

Revamped Tax Code Takes Front Seat at Tax Planning for Individuals Conferences

Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported that there have been 7,000 changes to the federal tax code since 1986, averaging about 385 a year. The recent passing of President Bush’s $1.3 trillion tax plan resulted in 441 alterations to the tax code.

Those changes will top the list of subjects to be covered during the Foundation for Accounting Education’s Tax Planning for Individuals conferences in East Syracuse and Manhattan this summer. The conferences will also cover updates on the New York state tax code, tax planning for stock options, and recent developments in deferred compensation, among other topics.

Speakers will include Joseph W. Bencivenga, a senior tax manager with O’Connor, Davies, Munns & Dobbins, LLP; Laurence Keiser, a tax planning litigation specialist with Stern, Keiser, Panken & Wohl LLP; Mark S. Klein, a New York state tax specialist and partner with Hodgson, Russ LLP; Gerald A. Marks, an attorney, author, lecturer, and adjunct professor of law specializing in wealth preservation, asset protection, and family business succession; and Lee Snow, an adjunct professor of taxation at the Pace University Graduate School of Business and partner at Krass & Lund, P.C., where he heads the trusts and estates department.