The 14th Annual International Tax Conference, sponsored by the George W. Daverio School of Accountancy and the Institute for Global Business at The University of Akron, is designed to update practitioners in the accounting, legal, business and governmental sectors. Prominent tax specialists will discuss new developments, tax savings ideas, current issues, and changes in the laws applying to international business taxation.
Doubletree Hotel Cleveland South
6200 Quarry Lane
Independence, OH 44131
(Rockside Road E. at Interstate 77)
(216) 447-1300
The tentative schedule is as follows:
| 8:00-8:20 a.m. | Registration and continental breakfast |
| 8:20-8:30 a.m. | Welcome from The University of Akron Alvin H. Lieberman, Coordinator of Taxation Studies Dr. Thomas G. Calderon, Chair, School of Accountancy Dr. Ravi Krovi, Dean, College of Business Administration |
| 8:30-9:30 a.m. | Foreign Tax Law Update - Eric Rosenfeld, CPA, PricewaterhouseCoopers Partner - Guillaume Glon, J.D., CPA, PricewaterhouseCoopers Partner |
| 9:30-10:15 a.m. | Tax Accounting Hot Topics - Dean Pontius, CPA, PricewaterhouseCoopers Partner - Alan Higgins, CPA, Ernst & Young Partner |
| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | break |
| 10:30-11:15 a.m. | Section 987 – Michael Olecki, CPA, PricewaterhouseCoopers Partner Michael Mou, CPA, PricewaterhouseCoopers Partner |
| 11.15-12.15 p.m. | M&A Tax Update – Bradley Thompson, CPA, PricewaterhouseCoopers Director |
| 12:15-1:45 p.m. | Buffet Lunch Lunch Presenter: U.S. Legislative Update – Michael Danilack, PricewaterhouseCoopers Partner and Former Chief Counsel, IRS |
| 1:45-2:45 p.m. | International Tax Compliance and Reporting Update: Dave Joranko, J.D., CPA, Ernst & Young Partner |
| 2:45-3:45 p.m. | BEPS and State Aid – Michael Urse, J.D., CPA, PricewaterhouseCoopers Partner Matthew Wallace, CPA, PricewaterhouseCoopers Partner |
| 3:45-4:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks and Questions |
The George W. Daverio School of Accountancy
The Institute for Global Business
The College of Business Administration
The University of Akron
Phone: (330) 972-7588
Fax: (330) 972-8597
Alvin H. Lieberman
Brandon Roytberg
Matthew D. Wallace
Erik Rosenfeld
Il-woon Kim
The International Tax Conference is an outreach event of the Masters of Taxation Program at The University of Akron, the premier MTax Program of Ohio. Visit the website at http://mtax.uakron.edu
