Rohrer College of Business to host IRS South Jersey Working Together Conference ***SOLD OUT***

May 17, 2010

The Internal Revenue Service and the tax practitioner community will host the third annual South Jersey Working Together Conference at Rowan University on Thursday, June 10, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

”Tax professionals won’t want to miss this event,” according to event co-host and IRS manager Brian M. Finn. “The Working Together Conference forum is structured in a way that encourages practitioners to address important tax topics and issues with IRS representatives first hand.”

The Working Together Conference is the culmination of a year-long joint effort by public and private tax professionals to develop an agenda to address the practical needs of tax practitioners.

“The conference is designed to promote relationships,not just for one day, but for every day throughout the year where the IRS and tax professional partners can come together to identify and resolve common issues and concerns,” said New Jersey’s IRS spokesperson Gregg Semanick.

The conference is open to IRS and NJ Department of Revenue employees and the practitioner community. The agenda includes presentations on Return Preparer Review, Employment Taxes, Examination Issues, Collection Issues and Taxpayers with Financial Difficulties.

This year’s keynote speaker is John Imhoff, director, Small Business/Self-Employed Division, Specialty Taxes. Imhoff’s expertise is in the area of employment, excise and estate taxes.

Participating organizations are the New Jersey Association of Public Accountants; American Association of Attorneys – Certified Public Accountants, Internal Revenue Service, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Educations, National Treasury Employees Union, New Jersey National Association of Black Accountants, New Jersey Chapter of National Association of Tax Professionals, New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, New Jersey Society of Enrolled Agents and the Rowan University Rohrer College of Business.

The conference will be held at Rowan University in Rowan Hall (the College of Engineering building off of Bowe Boulevard), 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, NJ 08028.

***THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT***

For more information, contact Filomena Mealy, IRS Senior Tax Specialist, at 856-414-6719 or via email at Filomena.Mealy@irs.gov.