Prospective Students
Past Tax Events |
| 9/17/09 | Tax Career Fair
2:30-5 p.m. LLM students allowed from 4-5 p.m. 536 Mission Street 5th Floor Auditorium, Room 5310 San Francisco, CA 94105 |
| 6/4/09 | San Francisco Breakfast Panel: Business and Tax Issues in A Troubled Economy
Thursday, June 4, 2009 8AM - 10AM 536 Mission Street, Room 5310 (5th Floor) Downtown San Francisco Cost: $25; breakfast included Golden Gate University and Alvarez & Marsel Taxand are proud to present a breakfast panel discussion, "Business and Tax Issues in a Troubled Economy, on Thursday, June 4, 2009. Join this experienced panel for an engaging discussion emphasizing the management of tax risks and the use of tax efficient cash management alternatives in this uncertain time.This panel discussion is eligible for two hours of CPE/MCLE credit.This panel will be moderated by George C. Koutouras, formerly a Golden Gate Universitye MS Tax Program Adjunct Instructor and Managing Director of Alvarez & Marsal Taxand (A&M). A&M's experts, who will serve as panelists, currenlty preside over some of the nation's most notable bankruptcies, including Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Washington Mutual, and the Tribune Company, among others. Joining our panelists to provide an insider's perspective will be Darryl R. Steinberg, Managing Director and Senior Tax Counsel to Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.Alvarez & Marsal has more that 1,400 professionals in offices across the globe. Specific to tax, Alvarez & Marsal Taxand has offices in 10 cities, with 40 Managing Directors and more than 200 tax presonnel. Alvarez & Marsal Taxand is part of the Taxand Global network of affiliate tax services firms that together have more than 2,000 professionals in nearly 50 countries. To learn more about the firm please visit www.alvarezandmarsal.com. |
| 5/13/09 | Tax Executives Institute (San Francisco) Mixer
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5PM - 8PM Zebulon Restaurant & Bar 83 Natoma San Francisco, CA 94105 |
| 5/15/08 | San Francisco Technical Tax Expert Lecture Series
FAS 109 & FIN 48 Presented by: Earl R. Thomas is a nationally recognized state and local tax consultant and educator. He focuses his practice on business taxes imposed by state and local governments. Thomas' sales and use tax expertise includes all areas of multi-state sales and use taxation including transaction consulting. He has over 25 years of experience, primarily in Big 4 public accounting firms. James Goeller is a tax partner with Perry-Smith LLP in San Francisco, where he heads the Financial Institutions tax practice that audits and provides tax services to over 70 banks and has personal responsibility for supervising tax services to approximately 30 community banks ranging from community banks to super regional institutions. His experience includes work on tax compliance and consulting; estate planning and mergers and acquisitions. eligible for 1 hour CPE/MCLE |
| 11/15/07 | Tax 40th Anniversary Dinner
On this very special occasion, we will look back at our beginnings, recognize our founding leaders and faculty, thank our long-time professors, celebrate our graduates' successes, thank our supporters, encourage our 2007 students, recognize our program's strengths as they are today, and aspire to our promising future. Please join us to toast our school on Thursday, Nov. 15! Location: Carnelian Room, 555 California Street, 52nd Floor, San Francisco, CA Time: 5:30-9 pm |
| 9/20/07 | Tax Career Fair
3-5 pm (3-4 pm MS Tax Only) Room 5310 (Fifth Floor Auditorium) 536 Mission Street, San Francisco |
| 9/18/07 | San Francisco Tax Expert Lecture Series
Pension Protection Act of 2006 Presented by: Edward Frueh |
| 12/12/06 | San Francisco Technical Expert Lecture:
Stock Options Backdating: Update Presented by: Michael Vinson, Assistant Professor, Golden Gate University |
| 7/25-7/27/07 | Day Tax Orientation
9-5 pm Room 5310 (Fifth Floor Auditorium) |
| 9/22/06 | Tax Career Fair This year's annual career fair hosted by the School of Taxation was yet another great success with 34 firms from private and public industries both large and small, representing the entire Bay Area. Thank you to all the firms who participated and to the many students who attended.»2006 List of Participating Firms |
| 9/12/06 | San Francisco Technical Expert Lecture:
Hedge Funds and Taxation of Investments Presented by: Seth Blackman, Paul Kangail and Navin Sethi, Rothstein Kass |
| 5/16/06 | San Francisco Technical Expert Lecture:
FIRPTA Implications to Foreign Investors in US Real Estate Presented by: Brian Rowbotham, Rowbotham & Company LLP eligible for 1 hour CPE/MCLE |
| 1/10/06 | San Francisco Technical Expert Lecture:
Payroll Tax Implications to LLC and S Corporations Presented by: David Hardesty, Markle Stuckey Hardesty & Bott eligible for 1 hour CPE/MCLE |
| 12/13/2005 | San Francisco Technical Expert Lecture:
Hot Topics in Section 1031 Exchanges Presented by: Lou Weller, Deloitte & Touche LLP eligible for 1 hour CPE/MCLE |
| 11/17/2005 | San Francisco Technical Expert Lecture:
Tax Enforcement - Current Developments in Federal and California Audit Priorities and Defensive Tools and Techniques Featured panelists: Charles Rettig, Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez, PC Steve Sims, California Franchise Tax Board and Sheryl Stokes, IRS territory manager eligible for 1 hour CPE/MCLE |
| 11/4/2005 | Mock Interview Luncheon
Day Tax Students Luncheon with Various Firms in the Field of Taxation Friday, November 4, 2005 |
| 10/31/2005 | How to do Your Best in an Interview
Presented by: Gerald Barbo & Frederic Sroka, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Monday, October 31, 2005 |
| 10/28/2005 | San Francisco Technical Expert Lecture:
Ethics in Taxation: A Historical Overview Featured panelists: Frederic Sroka, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Joseph Walsh, Professor, School of Taxation eligible for 1 hour CPE/MCLE |
| 10/18/2005 | Selling the Image
Presented by:Jane Baczynski, Novogradac & Company LLP Tuesday, October 18, 2005 |
| 10/6/05 | San Francisco Technical Expert Lecture:
Diamond is Not Forever — The New Service Partner Regulations Featured panelist: Daniel Raiskin, Raiskin & Revitz |
| 9/16/05 | This year's annual career fair hosted by the School of Taxation was an enormous success with 31 firms from private and public industries both large and small, representing the entire Bay Area. Thank you to all the firms who participated and to the many students who attended.» 2005 List of Participating Firms |
| 9/8/05 | San Francisco Technical Expert Lecture:
Family Limited Partnerships and Valuation Issues Featured panelists: John Hartog, tax attorney and a member of California Trust & Estate Counselors (CALTEC) and Mark Vorsatz, CPA and tax attorney, founding member and CEO of Wealth and Tax Advisory Services |
| 5/20/05 | San Francisco Technical Expert Lecture:
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation and New 401(k) Developments Featured panelists: Tonie L. Bitseff, Robert K. Buchanan Jr., Alison E. Wright, Amiram J. Givon, Michael Sladky, Edward A. Frueh
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| 2/02/05 | San Francisco Technical Expert Lecture:
Tax Shelters: Their Impact on Our Society, Economy and the Tax Profession Presented by: Larry Langdon, partner and director or Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLPs Global Tax Practice and former senior IRS officialLarry Langdon is a former IRS commissioner of the large and mid-size business division and former vice president, Taxes at Hewlett Packard. Langdon is currently partner and director of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLPs Global Tax Practice. Langdon will discuss how tax shelters impact us today. |
| 12/15/04 | Seattle Technical Expert Lecture:
Analysis of the Jobs Creation Act of 2004 Featured panelists: David Coffman at Coffman Legal, PLLC; Paul Loveridge, Managing Member at Blume, Loveridge & Co., PLLC, CPAs; Gregory R. Roer, Shareholder at Roer & Co., Inc., P.S., CPAs; John J. White, Jr., Partner at Livengood, Fitzgerald & Alskog, PLLCChaired by Professor Joseph Walsh, Golden Gate University School of Taxation» Seattle informational flyer |
| 12/11/04 | Los Angeles Technical Expert Lecture:
Analysis of the Jobs Creation Act of 2004 Featured panelists: William K. Norman, Esq. of Ord & Norman; Charles P. Rettig, Esq. of Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez, P.C.; Stanley R. Smiley, Esq. of Financial Network Investment CorporationChaired by Dean Mary Canning, Golden Gate University School of Taxation» Los Angeles informational flyer |
| 12/9/04 | San Francisco Technical Expert Lecture:
Analysis of the Jobs Creation Act of 2004 Featured panelists: John Brogan, Partner at Stonefield Josephson; Walter Kolligs, Principal at Ernst & Young LLP; Jim Tod, Senior Tax Manager at Deloitte; Jim Henderson, Associate Professor Golden Gate University School of TaxationChaired by Professor Joseph Walsh, Golden Gate University School of Taxation» San Francisco informational flyer
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| 10/28/04 | The fourth in a series of technical expert lectures:
Partnership Updates Presented by Daniel Raiskin and Belan Wagner Chaired by GGU School of Taxation Professor Joe Walsh Daniel Raiskin's presentation: * New IRS ruling addresses small partnerships * New proposed regulations on partnership basis rules * New regulations for partnership basis adjustments * New revenue ruling shocks the experts * Partnership provisions in the 2004 Tax Act Joe Walsh's presentation: * Seminar Outline * Partnership Tax Update |
| 9/17/04 | Tax Career Fair:
The 2004 annual career fair hosted by the School of Taxation was a huge success with 24 firms, both large and small, representing the entire Bay Area. Thank you to all the firms who participated and to the many students who attended.» 2004 List of Participating Firms |
| 9/16/04 | The third in a series of technical expert lectures:
Recent Developments in Family Limited Partnership Litigation Presented by tax experts Kyle Martin and Joseph Stemach» September 16 Informational Flyer Kyle Martin's presentation: * FLP Cases * Estates Unit in Cincinnati 866-699-4083 Estates Unit handles extension questions as well as billing and refund issues. They cannot handle legal or other tax issues.Joe Stemach's presentation: * Estate and Gift Tax Audit Issues as Viewed by a Former Estate & Gift Tax Attorney |
| 2/25/04 | The second in a series of technical expert lectures:
California Taxation Updates» California Taxation Updates » PowerPoint Slides (pdf) |
| 1/29/04 | The first in a series of technical expert lectures:
Pass Through Entities Updates» Update: Pass-through Entities PowerPoint slides: |
