Accounting and Tax Seminars

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Stay up to date with your profession and earn credit for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) and Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)

The Accounting and Tax Seminars brings together experts in the fields of financial accounting, audit, tax, managerial accounting, and related areas. Presentations are designed for professionals throughout greater Los Angeles. Careful selection of current material and top-quality speakers makes these seminars ideal for accountants, attorneys, auditors, and pension specialists. The program provides top-quality and affordable CPE and MCLE courses to CPAs and attorneys.

Why should you consider Cal State L.A.'s Accounting & Tax Seminar to fulfill your CPE requirements?

• We have over 30 years of experience in offering seminars in fields related to accounting and tax.
• The program coordinator is a Professor of Accounting at Cal State L.A. and is experienced and knowledgeable in the regulation requirements for the California Board of Accountancy and the State Bar.
• Our institution follows the guidelines specified in the California Board of Accountancy regulations.
• We carefully select well-qualified speakers to teach in their respective field.
• Our program fee is very affordable, and our on-campus location is convenient.
• The seminar is scheduled for three consecutive Saturdays and offered four times a year. To accommodate your busy schedule, you can sign up for half a day, one full day, or all three days.
• A prominent advisory board of CPAs and attorneys meets annually to update, review and make recommendations to the seminar.

Attorneys: These sessions have been approved for the MCLE credit by the State Bar of California for 7 hours per all-day session. Provider Number: 1574

Accountants and Auditors: These sessions satisfy 40 of the 80 hours required every two years for California (requirements vary for other states [see Rule 87 of Article 12 of California State Board of Accountancy]).

Enrolled Agents (Federal): These sessions satisfy 24 of the 72 hours required every three years (minimum of 16 per year) by the federal government.

The program meets for three consecutive Saturdays. You may sign up for half a day, a full day, or all three days. For more information, contact Alice M. Gutierrez at (323) 343-4916 or agutier@cslanet.calstatela.edu

Click here to download the Accounting and Tax brochure.

Course Schedule

ANNUAL FILING SEASON UPDATE
Course No.	C083269 (Five Saturdays, Full Series)
Units	CPE 40 Hours	MCLE 35 Hours
Dates	Saturdays, April 19 - May 17, 2008 (5 meetings)
Time	Take morning or afternoon sessions or both. Morning: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM (includes 10 minute coffee break) Afternoon: 12:30 PM - 4:00 PM (includes 10 minute coffee break)
Fees	Please Note: Half-day (morning only or afternoon only) sessions are separate and distinct for registration purposes; thus, two separate half-day sessions do not constitute one whole or all day of enrollment. Besides the seminar fee there will be a material fee for each session, day or five days. Material fees: QC 905 Five days $25; All day $5; Half-day $2.50 On or Before After Materials Fee 4/5/2008 4/5/2008 QC 905 C083269, Five Saturdays $412 $438 $25   C083269A, 4/19, All Day $103 $124 $5    Morning Session Only $75 $93 $2.50    Afternoon Session Only $75 $93 $2.50   C083269B, 4/26, All Day $103 $124 $5    Morning Session Only $75 $93 $2.50    Afternoon Session Only $75 $93 $2.50   C083269C, 5/3, All Day $103 $124 $5    Morning Session Only $75 $93 $2.50    Afternoon Session Only $75 $93 $2.50   C083269D, 5/10, All Day $103 $124 $5    Morning Session Only $75 $93 $2.50    Afternoon Session Only $75 $93 $2.50   C083269E, 5/17, All Day $103 $124 $5    Morning Session Only $75 $93 $2.50    Afternoon Session Only $75 $93 $2.50
Location	Cal State L.A. - Golden Eagle Bldg., 2nd Floor, Room 217 Click here for CSULA Campus Map
Parking Info.	Park in Lot F for nearest lot parking. Click here for CSULA Parking Information Note: Parking permit required. Parking permit dispensers only give out permits for one hour ($0.50), 2 hours ($1.00), 4 hours 30 minutes ($2.00) or all day ($6.00). Permit dispensers can be found in Lot F. Permits/passes must be displayed at all times. Questions? Call Parking Administration, (323) 343-3704.

Accounting & Tax Seminar Schedule

Course No.	C083269A
Date	Saturday, April 19, 2008
Morning	Leadership, Relationship and Success
Speaker	Steve Kaye, Ph.D. Personal Quality Inc.
Afternoon	Legal Entity and Asset Protection
Speaker	Walter Weiss, Esq., CPA Walter Weiss, A Law Corporation

Course No.	C083269B
Date	Saturday, April 26, 2008
Morning	Tax Aspects of Doing Business in China
Speakers	William Norman, Esq., Tax Partner Ord & Norman
Afternoon	Process Obsessed: Using Technology and the Web to Build a Better Process
Speakers	Jeffery Scott, Chief Technology Officer Software Anywhere

Course No.	C083269C
Date	Saturday, May 3, 2008
Morning	Accounting & Auditing Topic: Forensic Accounting Family Law and Asset Valuation
Speaker	Don Miod, CPA
Afternoon	Federal Tax Audit Case Studies -- Winery
Speaker	Daniel Ryan, District Director U.S. Treasury-Alcohol and Tobacco, Tax & Trade Bureau

Course No.	C083269D
Date	Saturday, May 10, 2008
Morning	SOX Compliance for Small Publicly Held Companies
Speaker	John Garrow, Sarbanes-Oxley Consultant Smart & Final Inc.
Afternoon	Accounting & Auditing Topic: International Accounting & Auditing Update
Speaker	Professor Rick Hayes, Ph.D. California State University, Los Angeles

Course No.	C083269E
Date	Saturday, May 17, 2008
Morning	GAAP Update
Speaker	Mark Dauberman, CPA
Afternoon	Non-Profit Organization -- Preparing and Filing New Form 990
Speaker	Lisa A. Runquist, Esq. Runquist & Zybach LLP

Advisement and Information
Contact Richard T. Lau
Associate Professor of Accounting
Office: (323) 343-2833
Fax: (323) 343-4954
E-mail: rlau@calstatela.edu

Contact Alice Gutierrez
Coordinator of Professional Development
Division of Extended Education
(323) 343-4916
E-mail: agutier@cslanet.calstatela.edu