MAPA: Continuing Professional Education Course Registration

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COURSE REGISTRATION

TOUR OF THE IRS SERVICE CENTER
DISCUSSION LEADER: IRS Representatives
DATE:	June 05, 2008
LOCATION:	IRS Service Center, Andover, MA
SCHEDULE: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: Join MAPA and the Internal Revenue Service for a full day CPE at the Andover Campus. Topics will include: New standards for practitioners taking positions on tax returns and their associated penalties under IRC 6694, The new rules for consents for disclosures of tax information to third parties under Rev Proc 2008-12, An Examination Division update, A Collections Division update, A forum with employees from the IRS e-Help Desk and A Taxpayer Advocate update. As always the popular tour of the Andover Campus will be included. A feedback session is also planned, so bring your questions and concerns (no specific case-related matters, please). Lunch is included in the cost of the program, free parking on-site. Registration deadline for this event is Friday, May 30, 2008. This is a discounted seminar
CPE CREDIT HOURS: 8
REGISTRATION: Please click here for registration form.

FOUNDATION OF TRUST & ESTATE PLANNING
DISCUSSION LEADER: Vincent E. Bonazzoli, Esq.
DATE:	June 10, 2008
LOCATION:	Home Suites Inn, Waltham, MA
SCHEDULE: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: Today more and more clients are seeking answers to their estate planning needs. Accountants are now asked to become part of the estate planning team and need to know not only the basics, but also be conversant in some of the more advanced or sophisticated estate planning techniques available. Many of these basic and advanced techniques have income tax consequences and will need income tax returns filed. This course will begin with the very basics of estate planning, examine and discuss revocable and irrevocable trusts and review the “alphabet soup” of trusts (i.e. A-B Trusts, credit shelter trusts, QTIPs, Mass QTIPs, ILITs, QPRTS, CRATS, CRUTS, GRITS, GRATS, GRUTS, CLATS, CLUTS, IGTS, and grantor trusts). If time allows, we will also discuss family limited partnerships. The course will also identify some of the income tax returns that need to be filed, but the emphasis will be on estate planning and estate tax savings strategies. This will be a full day course.
CPE CREDIT HOURS: 8
REGISTRATION: Please click here for registration form.

ACCOUNTING, AUDITING & PEER REVIEW UPDATE
DISCUSSION LEADER: John A. Armstrong, CPA
DATE:	June 12, 2008
LOCATION:	Crowne Plaza, Worcester, MA
SCHEDULE: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: This Seminar will discuss the following issues in detail: Other comprehensive basis of accounting financial statements (OCBOA) Internal Management Financial Statements (SSARS 8) Peer Review Issues New FASB Pronouncements (including fair market value FASB 157 & 159), SAS’s and SSARS.
CPE CREDIT HOURS: 8
REGISTRATION: Please click here for registration form.

ETHICS
DISCUSSION LEADER: Philip R. Dardeno, CPA, MST
DATE:	June 17, 2008
LOCATION:	Hom Suites Inn, Waltham, MA
SCHEDULE: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: This four hour session on ethics is designed to address the requirements of the Board of Public Accountancy in Regulation 252 CMR 2.14, Mandatory Continuing Professional Education. Using practice examples in a discussion format, the program will explore ethical questions in the practical, everyday situations of a Public Accountant. A review of the IRS and Massachusetts DOR rules and requirements will be provided, as well as discussions about records and documentation in preparing financial statements and other financial documents.
CPE CREDIT HOURS: 4
REGISTRATION: Please click here for registration form.

TAX PLANNING FOR REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
DISCUSSION LEADER: Joseph B. Darby III, Esq.
DATE:	June 17, 2008
LOCATION:	Home Suites Inn, Waltham, MA
SCHEDULE: 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: It was estimated recently that 90% of the millionaires in the United States acquired their wealth primarily through real estate ownership. That is why you should take this course. Topics include: common methods of owning real estate (nominee trusts, Massachusetts “realty trusts”, LLCs, and S corporations); selling real estate to a related entity prior to development to realize capital gain (Bramblett transactions); strategies for structuring installment sales and seller financing; structuring of like-kind exchanges, including deferred exchanges, reverse Starker “parking lot” transactions under Rev. Proc. 2000-37, “drop and swap” transactions, and tenancies in common (Rev. Proc. 2002-22); sale of a personal residence (Code §121); tax-free replacement under Code §1033 (e.g., eminent domain, or damage or destruction); methods of depreciation and cost recovery, including the “inside” story on cost segregation studies; allocating interest on debt secured by a real estate mortgage; and mechanisms for transferring real estate as part of an estate plan, including use of family limited partnerships.
CPE CREDIT HOURS: 4
REGISTRATION: Please click here for registration form.

ACCOUNTING, AUDITING & PEER REVIEW UPDATE
DISCUSSION LEADER: Leo Moretti, CPA
DATE:	June 24, 2008
LOCATION:	John Carver Inn, Plymouth, MA
SCHEDULE: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: This Seminar will discuss the following issues in detail: 2008 Accounting and Auditing Update New FASB’s / SAS’s / SSARS Peer Review Update New Professional Standard changes effective January 1, 2009
CPE CREDIT HOURS: 8
REGISTRATION: Please click here for registration form.

Rates

Rates for Spring 2008 CPE Seminars

MAPA Members
Full Day: $195.00
Half Day: $110.00
Discounted Seminar: June 5th $125.00
3 Or more full days paid in advance $180.00/each (Discounted Event Excluded)

Non-Member of MAPA
Full Day: $215.00
Half Day: $120.00
Discounted Seminar: June 5th $150.00
3 or more full days in advance $200.00/each (Discounted Event Excluded)

Lunch included with full-day registration

Cancellations Policy: Cancellations must be received three business days prior to the seminar for a full refund. Otherwise, there will be a charge of $50.00 representing a cancellation fee. No refunds for no-show registrant. Substitutions welcomed.

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