AICPA Federal Real Estate Tax Conference

With a line-up of stellar speakers, you’ll receive the most relevant and up-to-date real estate and partnership taxation information.

Hot topics include:

• Year in Review  - in-depth discussion of recent legislation, cases and rulings as they affect real estate transactions, as well as partnerships and limited liability companies and their members.
• Capitalize or Expense – the new proposed regulations under Section 263(a).
• Hear directly from the top tax policy official about the latest legislative and administrative developments
• Real estate is once again in a down cycle and the lending environment has never been more difficult - what you need to know about debt workouts

Speakers include:

• Bob Cmkovich - PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,Washington, DC
• John Finkelstein, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, Washington, DC
• Robert Gottlieb, Venable LLP, Washington, DC
• Howard Levine, Roberts & Holland, LLP, Washington, DC
• Mary Ann Mancini, Bryan Cave LLP, Washington, DC
• George Manousos, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Washington, DC
• Brian O’Connor, Partner, Venable LLP, Washington, DC
• Steve Owen, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, Baltimore, MD
• Andrew Potts, Nixon Peabody LLP, Washington, DC
• Steve Renna, National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers, Washington, DC
• Blake Rubin, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, Washington, DC
• Robert Schachat, Real Estate Group, Ernst & Young LLP, Washington, DC
• David Schon, Nixon Peabody LLP, Washington, DC
• Eric Solomon, Deputy Assistant Secretary – Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Treasury, Washington, DC
• Jim Sowell, KPMG, Washington, DC
• Stefan F. Tucker, Partner, Venable LLP, Washington, DC
• Paul H. Wilner, Tax Partner, Grossberg Company LLP, Bethesda, MD
• Andrea Whiteway, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, Washington, DC

• 7:15am - 4:30pm - Registration and Message Center Open
• 7:15am - 8:15am - Continental Breakfast
• 8:15am - 8:30am - Welcome Remarks
• 8:30am - 9:45am - The Year in Review
• 9:45am - 10:00am - Break
• 10:00am - 11:00am - Estate Planning for Real Estate Entrepreneurs
• 11:00am - 12:00pm - Series LLC's
• 12:00pm - 12:30pm - Hot Topics in Like-Kind Exchanges
• 12:30pm - 1:45pm - Lunch with Speaker Steve Renna, National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers, Washington, DC
• 1:45pm -2:15pm - New Proposed Regulations on Tax Preparer Standards
• 2:15pm -3:15pm - Tax Planning for Debt Workouts Under Section 108
• 3:15pm - 3:30pm - Break
• 3:30pm -4:00pm - Debt Character and Allocations under Sections 752 and 1001
• 4:00pm -4:50pm - Proposed Section 263(a) Regulations - Capitalization VS Expensing of Expenditures
• 4:50pm - 6:00pm - Reception

• 7:15am - 4:30pm - Registration and Message Center Open
• 7:15am - 8:15am - Continental Breakfast
• 8:15am - 8:30am - Announcements
• 8:30am -9:45am - Back to Basics on Partnership Allocations, Section 704 (b) rules
• 9:45am - 10:00am - Break
• 10:00am - 11:00am - Practical Issues in Partnership Compensatory and Non-Compensatory Options
• 11:00am - 12:00pm - Capital Gain Planning
• 12:00pm - 1:15pm - Lunch with Speaker Eric Solomon, Deputy Assistant Secretary - Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Treasury, Washington, DC
• 1:15pm - 1:45pm - At Risk & Deficit Restoration Agreements - Where are we now after Hubert?
• 1:45pm - 2:30pm - Tax Treatment of Loan Defeasance Costs
• 2:30pm - 2:45pm - Break
• 2:45pm - 4:00pm - Low Income Housing and Restoration Tax Credits
• 4:00pm - Conference Adjourns

Grand Hyatt Washington
1000 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Hotel Phone: (202) 582-1234
Hotel Cutoff Date: November 1, 2008
Hotel Room Rate: $209 single/double
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