Should you attend TEI's Conference in New Orleans? The answer gives new meaning to "The Big Easy".

New Orleans is a city of nicknames. Among them are the following--The Crescent City. The City that Care Forgot. The City of the Chefs. The City of Mystery. Sin City. Saint City. The Cradle of Jazz. And, of course, the Big Easy.

While the Internal Revenue Code had defied the word "easy" for decades, it does have a reputation for categorizing taxpayers as either saints or sinners. And it has earned a lot of nicknames, too: Lawyers and Accountants Relief Act. Disgrace to the Human Race. And several more that are too rude to use in polite company.

Put the City of New Orleans together with the tax law--and with Tax Executives Institute's 60 years of service to the tax profession--and what do you have? The ideal situation for the third week of October when TEI will hold its 59th Annual Conference where the Mississippi meets the Gulf of Mexico.

Full details of the technical sessions--and the keynote speakers--are set forth on the following pages. From the still-pending (and mammoth) tax bill to the new Schedule M-3, from FAS 109 to tax shelter developments, from permanent establishments and...