Taxes during Covid-19 - June 17
Date and Time
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM CDT
Wednesday, June 17
11:45 sign in
12 - 1 pm presentation
Location
Webex Virtual Event
(Link will be sent prior to event)
Fees/Admission
Free!
Contact Information
Paul Bendel
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Description
Who CARES about taxes? Everybody - what your business needs to know about taxes today
Speakers: Abbey Garber and Lee Meyercord, Thompson Knight
Business owners and managers are facing numerous challenges as the state of Texas reopens the economy as a result of Covid-19. Congress and the IRS have taken a number of steps to help businesses during this challenging time, including tax breaks intended to provide businesses with liquidity, deferred filing deadlines, and modified enforcement efforts. Make sure you are aware of the tax benefits that may be available to your company and your tax filing obligations with this presentation by top tax attorneys from Thompson & Knight. About the Speakers:
Abbey Garber focuses his practice on tax litigation and providing advice in connection with applying tax laws to individuals, estates, corporations, and partnerships. Serving more than 30 years in the Office of Chief Counsel at the Internal Revenue Service, he tried cases of all sizes in Tax Court, earning significant favorable opinions in fraud, tax shelter, and many other cases; received a full Tax Court opinion in an attorneys? fees case; and prosecuted criminal tax cases in United States District Court as a Special Assistant United States Attorney. Abbey served as the Southwest Area Team Leader in Chief Counsel, charged with ensuring collaboration and cooperation across operating divisions in a nine-state area.
Lee Meyercord focuses her practice on federal, state, and local taxation of corporations, partnerships, individuals, and nonprofit organizations. She provides clients with tax planning advice on mergers and acquisitions, the operation and dispositions of partnerships and limited liability companies, and private equity transactions, and represents taxpayers in IRS audits, appeals, and federal income tax litigation. Lee also counsels clients on the organization, operation, and termination of nonprofit corporations and trusts, and obtaining and maintaining exemptions for these organizations from federal income, state franchise, sales and use, and local ad valorem taxes.Lee is Board Certified in Tax Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
