Continuing Education calendar set: seminars on financial reporting for tax executives, IRS audits and appeals, advanced state and local issues, and partnerships round out schedule.

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TEI will field an outstanding lineup of conferences, seminars, and courses for the year," according to Terilea J. Wielenga, the Institute's 2012-2013 Senior Vice President and Chair of the Continuing Education Committee. In addition to the Annual and Midyear Conferences in October 2012 and March 2013 --keystone events on TEI's continuing education calendar--other highlights include a seminar on advanced issues in tax accounting and financial reporting, seminars on advanced state and local tax issues and on partnerships, and the Institute's unparalleled IRS audits and appeals program. In addition, three week-long courses on federal and international issues will be offered. The Institute will also supplement its face-to-face meeting programs with a series of no-fee webinars, cosponsored with Thomson Reuters.

"The Institute fiscal year that began July I got off to a great start for continuing education," Ms. Wielenga noted, "with the International Tax Course in August oversubscribed." Anyone unable to attend the peerless course in 2012 year will be able to do so in July 2013 when it is offered again. The Canadian Tax Course held this past July was also well attended, she said, but is offered only as demand warrants.

"The program for the coming year represents an incredible value for TEI members," Ms. Wielenga said. "The Institute's programs are clearly the best educational value for continuing professional and legal education, providing the 'best of the best' practitioners as faculty members." She noted that there were no fee increases for this year's programs.

Building on nearly a decade of success in financial reporting seminars, the Institute will offer a seminar on Advanced Issues in Tax Accounting and Financial Reporting on September 20-21 at the Westin O'Hare in Chicago. The program will address the full scope of the regulatory landscape including Income Tax Disclosures and SEC FX and FD Requirements, APB 23, Revenue Recognition, Mergers and Acquisitions & Dispositions, Equity-Based Compensation, Foreign Currency Provision, Uncertain Tax Positions and Transfer Pricing, and Tax Accounting for Other Comprehensive Income.

Other mainstays of the Institute's educational programs--the popular IRS Audits and Appeals Seminar and the Federal Level 1 Tax Course--will return in April 2013. Although aimed at different stages of a tax career, the programs remain staples in the personal development of in-house tax professionals. "As with many...