The ABA Tax Section is co-sponsoring a teleconference and webcast today on The New Stewardship: Nonprofits Under Scrutiny Brace for Reform from 1:30–3:00 pm EST:
Tax exempt organizations are under intense review concerning their transparency, governance and accountability. This program addresses initiatives and legislative changes affecting all tax exempt organizations and should be of great concern to mid-sized and smaller entities engaged in health care, housing, and education. The program will also explore problems faced by animalrelated entities engaged in rescue and rehabilitation, humane education and the care and maintenance of animals. The subject is of vital importance for all corporate counsel, compliance personnel, outside counsel, government attorneys and accountants who represent or act on behalf of these important organizations. Join our expert faculty and learn:
- Charitable governance reforms pending before the Senate Finance Committee
- The recommendations outlined in the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector’s report
- The IRS FY2006 Exempt Organizations Implementing Guidelines
- California’s new Nonprofit Integrity Act and other important state statutes
- Suggested Counter-terrorism measures for tax exempt organizations
- Best Practices for nonprofits
Faculty:
- Robert Fontenrose, Senior Tax Law Specialist, Exempt Organizations Division, IRS (Washington, D.C.)
- Belinda J. Johns, Senior Assistant Attorney General, California Attorney General’s Office (San Francisco, CA)
- Michael I. Sanders, Powell Goldstein (Washington, D.C.)
- Edwin J. Sayres, President, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (New York, NY)
- Terry Knowles, Registrar of Charitable Trusts, New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office (Concord, NH)
- Moderator: Gilda I. Mariani, Chief, Money Laundering & Tax Crimes Unit, New York County District Attorney’s Office (New York, NY)
