Inspired Perspectives | Quarterly Legislative Update

Course Description:
Join us for our quarterly tax legislative update that will cover recent developments in proposed and enacted tax legislation. Staying up to date on areas affecting your situation is essential and can allow you to better plan for changes that may be coming. Our National Tax Office team will update you on the latest from Capitol Hill with a focus on how changes may affect you and your organization.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the tax legislative landscape. 
• Examine pending regulations and IRS guidance.  
• Analyze how these changes could impact organizations and individuals.  
• Identify possible action steps and planning opportunities. 

Presenters:
Mel Schwarz, JD, CPA, Director of Legislative Affairs | Eide Bailly
Mel has over 38 years of experience specializing in legislative affairs, including development and implementation of tax legislation at the national level. He spent six years on the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation and has served as the chairman of the Tax Legislation Committee of the AICPA. He spends his time at the capitol meeting with legislators, listening in on updates impacting tax processes and procedures, and providing timely updates and education on issues and opportunities impacting clients. He is a sought-after speaker for many AICPA, TEI and FEI conferences.

Jay Heflin, Assistant Legislative Director | Eide Bailly
Jay brings more than two decades of legislative experience to his job as Assistant Director of Tax Legislative Affairs in Eide Bailly’s Washington D.C. office. In his current position, Jay provides political intelligence and tax legislative guidance to the firm on the progress of tax legislation on Capitol Hill. Prior to joining the firm, he was a director at the tax lobbying shop Federal Policy Group, LLC, where he tracked tax legislation in Congress and participated in lobbying efforts to amend tax legislation. Before joining the Federal Policy Group, he was a Congressional reporter for several news organizations where his beat was tax policy. Prior to becoming a reporter, Jay worked as an accountant where he prepared several tax returns. He graduated from Butler University with a B.S. in Accounting.

CPE Information
CPE Credit: 1
Field of Study: Taxes
Level of Knowledge: Overview
Delivery Method: Group-Internet Based

Additional Information: This is a Group-Internet Based Webinar. No prerequisites or advanced preparation required. For information regarding a complaint and/or program cancellation policies, please contact Amy DeGeorge.