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2022 Tax Law Conference

Name: 2022 Tax Law Conference
Start: 2022-03-03T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2022-03-04T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center

March 3, 2022 - March 4, 2022

Join the Section on Taxation for the 46^th Annual Tax Law Conference on March 3-4, 2022. This newly formatted two-day program will offer the same great content in-person and online. Programming will be held exclusively in-person on Thursday, March 3 and exclusively virtually on Friday, March 4.

Examine important tax developments and emerging policy issues in nearly 20 educational sessions featuring notable speakers from the Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department, Department of Justice, White House, and Congress. Programming will include a keynote address and awards presentations for both the Annual Writing Competition and prestigious Kenneth H. Liles Award for Distinguished Service to an eminent tax practitioner.

[Update] As of February 15, DC Mayor has terminated the vaccination requirement for event facilities. Face masks are required in the building and event spaces when not actively eating or drinking, per event venue policies.

Agenda

Session Times are Subject to Change
Sessions are posted in Eastern Time Zone

>>> CLICK HERE for a detailed agenda featuring panel descriptions and confirmed speakers!

Thursday, March 3 | Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
In-Person Participation Only – No Streaming

9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Registration & Exhibitor Hours

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Breakfast

9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Welcome Remarks

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Legislative Update: Floyd’s Panel

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Morning Break

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technologies: An Industry Perspective

12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Luncheon Program

Presentation of the Donald C. Alexander Tax Law Writing Competition
Keynote Speaker: Lily Batchelder, Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Lily Batchelder was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in September 2021 as Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Previously she was the Robert C. Kopple Family Professor of Taxation at NYU School of Law and an affiliated professor at the NYU Wagner School of Public Service. From 2014 to 2015, Batchelder served as Deputy Director of the White House National Economic Council and Deputy Assistant to the President under President Obama. There, she was responsible for tax and budget issues, including tax reform, retirement policy, and low-income benefits. From 2010 to 2014, she served as Majority Chief Tax Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, where she led Chairman Baucus’s work on tax issues, including tax reform and the fiscal cliffs.

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Global and U.S. Tax Reform Update

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Afternoon Break

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Ethics and Federal Tax Practice

5:00 – 7:00 p.m. | Reception and Presentation of the Kenneth H. Liles Award

Friday, March 4 | Online Virtual Platform
Virtual Participation Only – No In-Person Attendance

9:30 am – 10:30 am | Concurrent Educational Panels

Track 1 – Enforcement & Criminal | State of IRS: Criminal Investigation
Track 2 – Tax Accounting
Track 3 – Partnerships & Passthroughs | Partnership Debt Allocations: Balancing Administrative Convenience v. Guard Rails

11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Concurrent Educational Panels

Track 1 – Domestic Corporate | Recent Developments in Corporate Tax
Track 2 – Tax Accounting | Current Issues on the Capitalization of Transaction Costs
Track 3 – Tax Practice & Procedure | Testing Guidance under the Administrative Procedures Act

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Concurrent Educational Panels

Track 1 – Domestic Corporate | Cross-Border M&A Developments
Track 2 – Tax Practice & Procedure | Partnership Examinations Under the New Rules
Track 3 – International | Transfer Pricing: What Is On The Transfer Pricing Horizon

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Concurrent Educational Panels

Track 1 – Enforcement & Criminal | Technology’s Impact on Criminal Tax Enforcement: IRS Cybercrimes 2022
Track 2 – Tax Practice & Procedure | Remote Audit and Litigation Tools, Now and in the Future
Track 3 – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation | Hot Topics in Employee Benefits

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | Concurrent Educational Panels

Track 1 – Enforcement & Criminal | Hot Topics: IRS Enterprise Compliance Initiatives
Track 2 – International | U.S. International Tax Developments
Track 3 – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation | Hot Topics in Executive Compensation

Registration

Advance registration for this event closed on Friday, February 25, 2022
Onsite registration for Thursday, March 3 will be available at the Ronald Reagan Building

Full Conference Rates

$335 — Sustaining Member
$375 — FBA Member
$475 — Nonmember
$95 — Government/Academic
$95 — Law Student

Day One: In-Person Rates

$190 — Sustaining Member
$200 — FBA Member
$250 — Nonmember
$50 — Government/Academic
$50 — Law Student

Day Two: Virtual Rates

$225 — Sustaining Member
$250 — FBA Member
$300 — Nonmember
$50 — Government/Academic
$50 — Law Student

RSVP for Thursday’s Social Events
Both Social Events are Complimentary for Conference Registrants
RSVP by selecting “Session” during the check-out process
— RSVP: Liles Reception
— RSVP: Thursday Lunch

Accommodations: Closed captioning will be available for those attending the virtual webcasts. Please contact Caitlin Rider at crider@fedbar.org for onsite dietary or accessibility requests.

Cancellation Policy: Full registration refunds will be processed for cancellations received by Friday, February 18. Registrants may change their in-person registration to virtual at any time, and partial refunds will be issued if transfer requests are received by Friday, February 18. No-shows will be billed. Please email meetings@fedbar.org with questions and registration change requests.

CLE + CPE Education

Tracking Attendance: Credit will be tracked via an online web application (ConferenceAdit) for in-person and virtual attendees. Attendees requesting credit are required to check-in and check-out of each session. The tracking site can be accessed directly via attendee-issued link. Attendees will login with the email and zip code affiliated with their registration. Certificates will be sent via email approximately two weeks following the event.

Virtual Accreditation: Credit will be available for states that allow live webinar presentations. Attendees must attend the live panel broadcast, answer engagement polls, and track attendance via ConferenceAdit site to receive credit (see note above).

CLE Credit
Attorneys admitted to state bars having mandatory CLE requirements may receive credit for attending this conference. For 60-minute credit hour states, up to 8 hours of CLE credit is available, including 1 hours of ethics credit. For states with 50-minute credit hours, up to 9.6 hours of CLE credit is available, including 1.2 hours of ethics.

CPE Credit
The Federal Bar Association is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its web site: www.nasbaregistry.org.
Thursday, March 3 — Instructional Delivery Method: Group Live; CPE Credit Hours: 3.0; Field of Study: Tax; Prerequisite: None; Program Knowledge Level: Beginner; Advance Preparation: None.
Friday, March 3 — Instructional Delivery Method: Group Internet Based; CPE Credit Hours: 5.0; Field of Study: Tax; Prerequisite: None; Program Knowledge Level: Beginner; Advance Preparation: None.

Email Communication Policy: By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.

Recording Disclaimer: By registering for an online FBA program, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same, do not register for the event.

Photography Release: Registrants, instructors, exhibitors, and guests attending FBA meetings agree they may be photographed during the event. Photographs are the sole property of the FBA, which reserves the right to use attendees’ names and likenesses in promotional materials without providing monetary compensation.

Financial Assistance: Program registrants (both FBA members and nonmembers) who are unable to afford the registration fee may receive a 50% discount on the member rate. Qualifying attorneys include those who are unemployed or actively seeking employment. A formal letter requesting the discount must be emailed to meetings@fedbar.org. That letter needs to state the reason for the attorney’s interest in the course or activity, as well as proof of income or an explanation of the financial hardship, and it must be signed by the requesting lawyer.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact meetings@fedbar.org.

Details

Start:: March 3, 2022
End:: March 4, 2022
Event Category:: Section on Taxation

Venue

Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, US