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State Tax Issues for Service Businesses
A Live Audio Seminar from CCH
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 1 PM Eastern; Noon Central; 11 AM Mountain; 10 AM Pacific
Register Today for Only $249 Per Site and Have an Unlimited Number of Users Participate!
Invite Colleagues, Customers, Prospects and Business Referral Sources to Join You!
Learn about the Unique State Tax Issues and Challenges for Businesses Providing Services
In recent years, the growth of the service sector in our economy, combined with the expansion of both sales tax and income tax bases has imposed an increasing burden on multistate businesses providing services. This tax-saving and time-saving two-hour audio seminar on March 24th will focus upon the unique state tax issues encountered by service businesses and suggest compliance and planning strategies for dealing with various situations. In a straightforward and easy-to-understand manner, noted state tax experts, educators and authors, John C. Healy, M.S.T., CPA and Bruce Nelson, M.A., CPA will help you navigate the key state tax issues and challenges faced by this huge business sector.
Professionals in public practice and in industry will benefit from this presentation and will gain a practical understanding of this important area. The presentation time will include opportunities for you to ask questions directly to Mr. Healy and Mr. Nelson via phone or e-mail.
Program Topics
Healy and Nelson will discuss many important state tax issues for businesses providing services, including:
- Creating nexus for sales and use and income tax purposes
- Solicitation for sellers of services vs. tangible personal property
- The impact of agents or third-parties performing services on behalf of principal or other taxpayer
- Use tax issues for repairers of tangible personal property
- Apportionment issues for provides of personal services
- Applicability of Public Law 86-272 to service businesses
- Determining the “essence of the transaction” for proper application of sales tax
Learning Objectives
- Gain a practical understanding of the key unique state tax issues for service businesses
- Know which activities create nexus for service businesses
- Identify steps to take and opportunities to pursue to reduce state tax liabilities for service businesses
Who Should Attend
Service business tax and accounting staff responsible for state tax compliance and planning; public practice CPAs, EAs, tax attorneys and other business and financial advisors working with business clients on state tax compliance and planning
Register today for this insightful program on Tuesday, March 24 at 1 PM Eastern, Noon Central; 11 AM Mountain; 10 AM Pacific.
SPECIAL BONUS—each registered site will also get a free issue of CCH’s Multistate Corporate Tax Course (2009 Edition)
About the Speakers:
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John C. Healy, M.S.T., CPA
John C. Healy, M.S.T., CPA, is a senior lecturer in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business' Online Graduate Certificate in State and Local Taxation; Managing Director of the Deloitte Multistate Tax Center at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business; and co-author of CCH's Multistate Corporate Tax Guide.
John has more than 30 years of state and local tax experience and has held SALT management positions at Miller Brewing Company and General Electric Medical Systems. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Marquette University and a Master of Science degree in taxation from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is also a certified public accountant.
John has published numerous articles in professional tax journals and is a past recipient of IPT's Literary Award. He is also the author of CCH’s Surviving a Sales and Use Tax Audit and co-author of CCH’s Sales and Use Tax Answer Book. John has served as an instructor in a variety of continuing professional education and university tax courses.
He is a member of the AICPA and Wisconsin Institute of CPAs and is past chair of the WICPA Wisconsin Taxation Committee. |
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Bruce Nelson, M.A., CPA
Bruce Nelson, M.A., CPA, is a Senior Tax Manager with the CPA firm, Erhardt, Keefe, Steiner and Hottman in Fort Collins, Colorado. Mr. Nelson was most recently with Silverstein & Pomerantz LLP, a boutique law firm focused on state and local tax services. He also previously served as the Manager of Tax Policy for the State of Colorado Department of Revenue, as well as a Senior Manager in Denver's Ernst & Young LLP office for several years where he supervised the state and local tax group.
Mr. Nelson specializes in audit defense and controversy work and in advising clients in state and local tax planning in both sales tax and multistate corporate income tax. He has worked with clients in various industries, including manufacturing, retail, computer technology and software, entertainment, mining, and services.
Mr. Nelson is a frequent speaker at professional meetings and teaches continuing education classes in state and local tax for the University of Denver's Graduate Tax Program, the Colorado Society of CPAs, and the AICPA. He is also on the adjunct faculty for Regis University, where he teaches courses in individual, partnership, and corporate taxation.
Mr. Nelson has published more than 30 tax articles in a variety of professional periodicals. He is a regular columnist for CCH's Journal of State Taxation and a co-author of CCH's Sales and Use Tax Answer Book. He is a member of the AICPA and the Colorado Society of CPAs, where he has served on the Society's State Tax Committee. |
How the Audio Seminar Works
CCH’s live audio seminars require nothing more than a telephone connection. For the single per-site fee, you can have an unlimited number of listeners at your site participate, get up to speed and in-the-know on important topics, and get special bonus publications included with the seminar. Handout materials are provided in PDF format that you can download and copy for all those who will participate in the seminar at your location.
Practice Development Tip! Invite colleagues, business referral sources, clients and prospects to your office to listen in and participate on this seminar with you. They’ll appreciate your invitation to hear directly about this important topic.
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Earn CPE Credit
- Two hours of CPE credit are available for an additional $25 per person wishing to receive a CPE certificate for their participation
- Course Level: Intermediate
- NASBA Field of Study: Taxes
- Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of state taxation
- Learn More About CCH's NASBA Registration
Special Bonus
Firms registering for this audio seminar will receive as a bonus the following publication:
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If you are unable to attend this upcoming event and would like to order a recording—or if you would like to order recordings of past CCH Audio Seminars, please visit the CCH Audio Seminar Archive Library today.
Pricing:
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Site License: $249 – Registration includes one telephone connection at one location, one master set of handouts (with permission to make additional copies for the participants at your location), an unlimited number of people in one listening room can participate, and one seminar bonus publication per registered site. ($25 CPE fee additional for each person wishing to receive a CPE certificate for their participation.)
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CD Recording: $249 – The CD includes an audio recording of the event and handout materials in PDF format. Includes copy of seminar bonus publication with purchase. Available one week after the live audio seminar event. (Note: CPE credit is not available for the CD version of the presentation.)
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Site License and CD Recording Package: $349 – This specially-priced package provides you with the Site License access to the live audio seminar event AND the CD Recording.
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