(November 9, 2005. Manchester, NH.) - Susan Atlas and Peter Beach, attorneys in the law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA and Dean Kenney; were among the faculty of the 23rd Annual Tax Forum, held on Monday, November 7 at the Radisson Hotel at the Center of New Hampshire.
A continuing education seminar for CPA's and attorneys sponsored by the New Hampshire Society of Certified Public Accountants and the New Hampshire Bar Association, program topics covered: new developments regarding Circular 230; tax and estate planning implications of divorce; business succession planning - buying, selling or splitting a business; estate and gift tax preparation; deferred executive compensation tax code section 409A and recent developments in federal and state taxation.
Attorney Atlas practices in the firm's Estate Planning Group. She concentrates her practice in the fields of estate and trust administration, estate taxation, estate and gift tax returns, elder planning, probate law and the general representation of individuals and corporate fiduciaries in the administration of estates, trusts, guardianships and charitable giving.
Attorney Beach is a seasoned tax attorney with a broad background in sophisticated federal, state and international tax matters. He is a partner practicing in the firm's Corporate and Tax Departments. His practice covers a broad range of tax matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, spin-offs, tax-free reorganizations, workouts, partnerships, S corporations, limited liability companies, international taxation, state and local taxation, and tax-exempt organizations.
Dean Kenney, CPA has over thirty years of experience in helping companies develop tax strategies and specializes in tax issues facing mid-sized companies and their owners. He has an extensive background in IRS practice and procedure issues and is particularly knowledgeable in accounting methods and periods, requests for change in accounting methods, inventory issues, research and development tax credits, state and local tax issues and consolidated return issues.
Sheehan Phinney is a regional business law firm with offices in Manchester, Concord and Hanover, NH, and in Boston, MA. The firm provides a broad range of sophisticated legal services to businesses and institutions in traditional and emerging areas of the law. Its diverse client base includes local and regional organizations, as well as national and international businesses with interests in the Northeast.
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