Continuing education program set for 2008-2009: seminars on partnerships, financial reporting, IRS audits & appeals, and international tax planning round out calendar.

Tax Executives Institute has announced the Institute's schedule of educational events for 2008-2009. The conferences, seminars, and courses for the year will feature top-notch speakers and up-to-the-minute technical topics, according to Neil D. Traubenberg of the Denver Chapter, who will serve as the 2008-2009 chair of TEI's Continuing Education Committee.

In addition to the three-day fall and spring conferences, the schedule includes two seminars on financial reporting--an introductory course and a more advanced program--as well as a partnership taxation seminar and a program focused on advanced international tax planning.

"We are also investigating whether to add a day on international tax audits to our perennial IRS audits and appeals program," Mr. Traubenberg stated. These programs will complement TEI's week-long courses on federal, state and local, and international issues. The Institute will continue supplementing its schedule with distance-learning opportunities on late-breaking, time-sensitive developments.

"Year after year, TEI's programs represent an incredible value," the committee chair said. "Others may try to compete, but TEI does it better and for less money." Noting that there will be no fee increases in the programs for the year, Mr. Traubenberg called the educational programs "an incredible bargain" for members and their staffs.

Building on the success of past programs, the Institute will again offer a seminar on Financial Reporting for Tax Executives on November 13-14 at the Westin Casuarina in Las Vegas. "This year's core program will be supplemented with a two-day introductory course, a so-called bootcamp, on December 2-3 in Washington, D.C.," Mr. Traubenberg explained. The program will afford participants an opportunity to learn or review the basic "how-to" of accounting for income taxes under FAS 109. He cautioned that history suggests that both programs--as well as TEI's weeklong courses--may well sell out, and he urged interested members to register early.

Another mainstay of the Institute's educational programs, the popular audits and appeals program, will return in May 2008. "We are working with the committees to determine whether a full-day on international tax audits can be added to the program," he stated.

Vincent Alicandri (who will serve as TEI's 2008-2009 President) said the Annual Conference program, which will be held in...