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May 12–13, 2009

Agenda

Tuesday, May 12
8:45–9:00 a.m. Opening Session

Chair's Opening Remarks — Deans Hall 2
Robert W. Friz, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
9:00–10:30 General Session Deans Hall 2

Federal Income Tax Highlights
John Rodney
, Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP
10:30–10:45 Break

10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

General Session Deans Hall 2

Topical Partnership Tax Issues Including Section 754 Elections, Exchanges of Partnership Debt for Equity and Dispositions of Partnership Interests
Tom Doran, Dechert LLP
12:15–1:00 p.m. Lunch Deans Hall 1
1:00–2:30 General Session Deans Hall 2

Pennsylvania Tax Developments
Dan Schulder, WolfBlock LLC
2:30–2:45 Break
2:45–4:00 Concurrent Sessions

Income Tax Treaties (A Look at the U.S.–Canada Protocol)
Todd Izzo, Deloitte LLP

Income Tax Issues in Paying for Long-Term Care
Martin Hagan, Law Firm of Martin J. Hagan LLC
4:00–5:15 Concurrent Sessions

Tax Issues in an Economic Downturn
Lisa Sturiale

Employee Benefit Update 2009 — Plan Amendments and Plan Audits
Mike Lloyd, Williams Coulson
Jon Grossman, Tucker Arensberg P.C.
Wednesday, May 13
8:00–9:00 a.m. General Session Deans Hall 2

Ethics
Thomas Arbogast, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
Leo Hitt, Reed Smith LLP
9:00–10:30 General Session Deans Hall 2

IRS Practice Update
Robert Brennan, CBIZ Accounting, Tax and Advisory Inc.
10:30–10:45 Break
10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. General Session Deans Hall 2

Estate and Gift Tax Update
Kathy Mandelbaum, Temple University School of Law
Doug Loviscky, Douglas C. Loviscky, LLC
12:15–1:15 p.m. Lunch Deans Hall 1
1:15–2:30

Concurrent Sessions

Review of the Basic M&A Tax Rules
Henry Snyder, K & L Gates, LLP
Ronald Aulbach, K & L Gates, LLP

Fiduciary Issues and Grantor Trusts
Elyse Rogers, Keefer Wood Allen & Rahal LLP
Bill Kirwan, St. Clair & Associates, P.C.

2:30–2:45 Break
2:45–4:00 Concurrent Sessions

S-Corporations Hot Topics
Randy Fackler, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Have You Completed Your First New Form 990? Do You Have Questions?
Morgen Cheshire, Schnader Harrison Segal Lewis, LLP

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