The following are some of the highlights from the 2022 Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (WCTEO). After a two-year hiatus from in-person meetings, It was great seeing and speaking with new and old friends and colleagues practicing, teaching, and writing in the area of nonprofit and exempt organizations law and accounting. Washington Update Attorney […]
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2022 Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations
The 26th Annual Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations (WCTEO), my #1 go-to conference every year for the past 17 years, will be held at the Omni Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, December 1, and Friday, December 2. You can register for this in-person conference jointly hosted by LMU Loyola Law School and UCLA […]
WCTEO 2021 Highlights
The following are some of the highlights from the 2021 Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (WCTEO), with recognition that these just touch the surface and you’ll get so much more by attending: Lessons from Headlines Donor Advised Funds: Accelerating Charitable Efforts Act (ACE Act) – probably unlikely to be passed as a whole, but there are […]
WCTEO 2020 Highlights: Charitable Purpose in the 21st Century
The following are some of the highlights from the session on Charitable Purpose in the 21st Century at the 2020 Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (WCTEO): Historical context: Rev. Rul. 71-447: “All charitable trusts, educational or otherwise, are subject to the requirement that the purpose of the trust may not be illegal or contrary […]
2020 Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (WCTEO)
The 24th Annual Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations (WCTEO), my #1 go-to conference every year for the past 15 years, will be held virtually on Thursday, December 3, and Friday, December 4. The conference will be focused on the unique issues of these times and, in light of Zoom fatigue, will be shorter in length […]
WCTEO 2019 Highlights
The following are some of the highlights from Day One of the WCTEO 2019. Washington Update Sunita Lough (IRS, Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement and former commissioner of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities division) discussed the IRS’s shift to enforcement with better data analytics (to select the “right” cases). As an example, she […]
WCTEO 2018 Highlights
The 2018 Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (WCTEO) is currently taking place in Los Angeles. Here are some selected running highlights. Washington Updates IRS 2018-2019 Priority Guidance Plan – Implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Items 21, 34, 39, 40, 58); Exempt Organizations (pp. 16-17); General Tax Issues (Item 11) Average processing time of exemption […]
2018 Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (WCTEO)
The Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations (WCTEO), my #1 go-to conference every year for the past 13 years, will be held at the Omni Hotel in Los Angeles on Thursday, December 6, and Friday, December 7. We’re proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the WCTEO. You can register here. WCTEO 2018 Brochure (download) With a schedule that […]
2017 Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (WCTEO)
The Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations (WCTEO), my #1 go-to conference every year for the past 12 years, will be held at the historic Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles on Thursday, November 30, and Friday, December 1. NEO Law Group is proud to be a first-time Gold Sponsor of the WCTEO. With a schedule […]
2016 Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations (WCTEO)
The 20th annual Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations (WCTEO) will take place at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles this Thursday and Friday, December 1-2, 2016. The WCTEO has been my top go-to conference every year since starting NEO Law Group, and I’m particularly excited about this year, my first as a member of the planning […]