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| DATE: | MONDAY, January 09, 2011 Dinner Meeting 
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PLEASE NOTE – NEW DAY, TIME & LOCATION!!
TYSONS CORNER MARRIOTT 
8028 Leesburg Pike, Tysons Corner [Direction] PARKING: Park in the hotel parking lot. Bring your parking ticket to our registration table and we will stamp it for you. (no charge for parking.) | ||||||||||
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| COST: | The cost for the dinner and 5 hours of CPE is included in your annual membership dues. The cost for non-members is $75 for dinner and CPE. Dinner will be a Chicken/salmon combination dish. If you prefer the vegetarian dish (wild mushroom ravioli,) please mark this on your registration. If you RSVP and do not attend, there will be a $25 no show charge for members and $50 for non-members as the chapter must pay for missed meals. If you must cancel your reservation, please do so by COB Wed., Jan. 4, or you will be charged. | ||||||||||
| RSVP: | Reserve for the Dinner via our website at http://www.northernchaptervscpa.com/events-next-meeting.asp before COB, Wednesday, Jan. 4. Registration will close after that date. | ||||||||||
| DINNER SPEAKER: | JEFF KULIK, Senior Vice President, Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Inc., will speak about “Retirement Income Planning,” – How you can plan for your income to last your lifetime. Jeff is a 25 year veteran of the industry. He joined Fidelity in 1997 and is responsible for sale of Fidelity mutual fund products through financial institiutions, financial planners, insurance firms, and wirehouse firms in the Mid-Atlantic region. | ||||||||||
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FORUM A - 2:30 - 6:50 p.m. (5 CPE) IRS/TRI-STATE TAX UPDATE
Despite the stalemate on the Hill, Congress did manage to pass a few tax bills in 2011 containing important provisions you need to know. Adding to the mix, the failure of the Supercommitte to enact a deficit reduction plan has left many popular tax provisions set to expire at the end of 2011 and tax planning in limbo. Preparers face an increasingly uncompromising IRS with preparer penalties regarded as a revenue raiser. The States too have been more aggressive in their attempts to raise revenues.
On January 9th, come to the annual IRS /Tri-State Tax Update at the Tyson’s Corner Marriott, to learn what you need to know for the coming tax season and beyond. We will have presentations by representatives from the IRS (Herbert Mills), DC, MD (Chris Kolb), VA (Felecia Jones) and our own Sean O’Connell will provide an update on “what to be mindful of for tax preparation for the 2011 returns”. Beginning at 2:30 we will provide 5 hours of CPE. We will be posting the presenter’s power points on the web site as we receive them. Be sure to download the handouts before the meeting. This event is always a sellout so be sure to register early!! Sponsored by the Tax Committee. | |||||||||||
| COMMITTEE MEETINGS: |
ADDITIONAL CPE OPPORTUNITIES
NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMITTEE – Joan Renner, Chair, joanrenner@rennercpa.com. 703-535-1200. Join fellow not-for-profit professionals for bi-monthly educational meetings exploring challenging topics important to nonprofits and those who serve them. Earn 1 hour CPE credit. At our September meeting we heard a valuable presentation on “Horizon Issues for Auditors” by Constantin Doumas and Terry Fraser from LarsonAllen. Coffee sponsor was Renner and Company, CPA, P.C. Join us January 11, 2012 for a presentation on two IT topics chosen by our committee: “Search Engine Optimization—What is it? What do I need to know without spending an arm and a leg?” and “Social Media—Why you should be doing it” Our speaker is George Valenzuela, President of Intelligent Evolution, Inc. Coffee and networking at 8:00 am, program begins at 8:30am. LOCATION: National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) , 1731 King Street, Suite 100, Alexandria, VA 22314. Rsvp for head count, joanrenner@rennercpa.com. Walk-ins welcome. MANAGEMENT OF AN ACCOUNTING PRACTICE - Bob Baldassari, Chair, rbaldassari@mcb-cpa.com 703-218-3600 and Matt Dwyer, Co-Chair, mdwyer@mcb-cpa.com 703-218-3600. Our mission is to share knowledge, thoughts and ideas on how to best manage a small accounting practice. The MAP Committee will meet at Matthews, Carter & Boyce, 11320 Random Hills Road., Suite 600, Fairfax, VA 22030 on Thursday, January 19, 2012, from 11 - 1 pm. Please send any discussion topics you may have. Lunch will be served. Please contact Beth Ladyko at email address below, if you have any dietary restrictions. DUE TO THE FACT THAT OUR CONFERENCE ROOM CAN ONLY HOLD 12 PEOPLE, THE FIRST TWELVE RESPONDENTS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND. Please contact Beth Ladyko at bladyko@mcb-cpa.com to reserve a seat. In the past the MAP Committee has discussed: How to acquire a practice, how to promote staff to the next level, recruiting staff, choosing health care insurance for your firm, how to stay organized during tax season, how to go “paperless”, the Cloud, and many other current issues. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING Offering Bi-Monthly Meetings - The Government Contracting Committee has three committee leads, William Maxwell, williamomaxwell@yahoo.com, Brian Bender, bbender@scandh.com, and Gary Brooks, gary@gdbrooks.com. The Committee held its bi-monthly meeting for December in conjunction with the December 13th Chapter meeting. Sajeev Malaveetil and Andrew Stowe from the firm Argy, Wiltse, & Robinson, P.C. provided a 2011 Federal Contracting Regulatory Update. The session, attended by 36 people, was an overview of key regulatory and audit oversight changes that have occurred in 2011 and a glimpse of potential changes to come. Our February meeting will be on February 14th, at 8:30am in Tysons Corner. Our speaker will be Rich Wilkinson , Watkins Meegan LLC, formerly of Deltek. The topic will be a new automated sampling initiative that the Fairfax Branch Office of DCAA is initiating. More details to follow in the Feb. newsletter. If you want to be added to the committee distribution list, please email gccncvscpa@gmail.com. For more information on any of our events, please contact Gary Brooks at (703) 507-1072 or use the gccncvscpa@gmail.com address. | ||||||||||
