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80th Annual Convention & Leadership Conference

June 13-16, 2010
The Chattanooga Hotel
& Convention Center


Exhibitor/Sponsorship Information

The Annual Convention & Leadership Conference is a unique event that combines educational session with opportunities for networking in a fun-filled environment. Speak face-to-face with the decision-makers and heads of firms and companies at this annual event. Specific exhibit and sponsorship opportunities are linked below.

Exhibitors/Sponsorships
Silent Auction
Golf Hole Sponsors

Breakfast Sponsor

Golf Tournament Sponsors

Hospitality Suite Sponsor

Lunch on Tuesday, Convention Bags & Koozies Sponsor
Exhibitors
ADP
Bedford Cost Segregation
Financial Counseling & Administration
PICA Group Services, Inc.
Taxworks
XMi High Growth Development Fund

Golf Hole Sponsors
Barto, Hoss & Company, P.C.   Joseph Decosimo & Company, PLLC
Cannon & Company   KraftCPAs PLLC
The Chattanooga Chapter of The Tennessee Society of CPAs   Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain, PC
Dent K. Burk Associates, P.C.   Miller & Martin PLLC
Hazlett, Lewis & Bieter, PLLC   Reynolds, Bone & Griesbeck PLLC
Henderson Hutcherson & McCullough   Whisenant, Stewart, Watrous & Associates, PLLC
HORNE LLP      

Hotel Information

Reservations can be made by calling 1-800/619-0018. You can also reserve your hotel room online at www.chattanooganhotel.com.


Schedule at a Glance

Sunday, June 13
1 - 5 p.m. Hospitality Suite
Sponsored by Joseph Decosimo & Co., PLLC, CPAs
1 - 6 p.m. Registration & Exhibit Viewing
6 - 8 p.m. Opening Reception
8 - 11 p.m. Hospitality Suite
Sponsored by Joseph Decosimo & Co., PLLC, CPAs

Monday, June 14
7:30 - 9:30 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
8 - 9:30 a.m. Guest Breakfast
Hospitality Suite
7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Registration & Exhibit Viewing
8 - 8:05 a.m. Opening Remarks
8:05 - 8:55 a.m. How Volkswagen Came to Chattanooga
Claude Ramsey, Hamilton County Mayor, Chattanooga, Tenn.
8:55 - 9:15 a.m. Networking Break & Exhibit Viewing
9:15 - 10:05 a.m. TSCPA Council Meeting
9:15 - 10:05 a.m. The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be: Adjusting to a “New” Normal
Christopher Hopkins, Vice President Investments, Barnett & Company, Chattanooga, Tenn.
10:15 - 11:55 a.m. Choice of Business Entity - 2010
John D. Houston, CPA, Founder and Owner, Chattanooga, Tenn.
11:55 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Lunch
12 - 5:30 p.m. Optional Tour - Chattanooga Excursion
12 - 5:30 p.m. Optional Golf Tournament
Black Creek Golf Course
12:55 - 2:35 p.m. Internal Controls: Guiding Risk Assessments and Enhancing Audit Efficiency
Pamela S. Mantone, CPA, CFF, CITP, CFF, FCPA Assurance Manager, Joseph Decosimo and Co., PLLC, Chattanooga, Tenn.
2:35 - 2:50 p.m. Networking Break & Exhibit Viewing
2:50 - 4:30 p.m. Professional Ethics
Perry G. Moore, CPA, Assistant Director, Graduate Business Programs, Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tenn.

Dinner on your own
8 - 11 p.m. Hospitality Suite
Sponsored by Joseph Decosimo & Co., PLLC, CPAs

Tuesday, June 15
7:30 - 8 a.m. Member Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m. Registration & Exhibit Viewing
8 - 9:30 a.m. Guest Breakfast
Hospitality Suite
8 - 9:40 a.m. 2010 Federal Tax Update
Walter H. Nunnallee, Tax Professor, North Carolina Central University, Durham, N.C.
9:40 - 10 a.m. Networking Break & Exhibit Viewing
10 - 10:50 a.m. FINRA’S New Series 79 License and Its Implications on CPAs
D. Michael Costello, CPA, ABV, CFF, ASA, CFE, Principal, Joseph Decosimo & Co., PLLC, CPAs, Chattanooga, Tenn.
11 - 11:50 a.m. Meaningful Financial Analysis
Brent McDade, ASA, CBA, BVAL, Managing Director, Decosimo Advisory Services, Chattanooga, Tenn.
11:55 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lunch
Sponsored by First Tennessee
12:30 - 2:10 p.m.

Professional Issues Update

Gregory J. Anton, CPA, Founding Partner, Anton Collins Mitchell LLP, Denver, Colo.

2:10 - 2:25 p.m. Networking Break & Exhibit Viewing
2:25 - 4:15 p.m. Committee Breakouts
2:25 - 3:15 p.m. Preserving the Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow: Income & Estate Tax Planning for IRA Distributions
Sal Geraci, CPA, JD, CFP, Wealth Manager, HHM Wealth Advisors, LLC, Chattanooga, Tenn.
3:25 - 4:15 p.m. State Tax Update
John B. Burns, Shareholder, Baker Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Nashville, Tenn.
6 - 6:30 p.m. Reception
6:30 - 9 p.m. Annual Banquet
9 - 11 p.m. Hospitality Suite
Sponsored by Joseph Decosimo & Co., PLLC, CPAs

Wednesday, June 16
8 - 10:30 a.m. TSCPA Board of Directors and Chapter Leadership Meeting


4 Easy Ways to Register

By Internet
Online Registration

By Fax
615/309-8054 or 615/377-3904

By Mail
Mail completed registration form and payment to:
Educational & Memorial Foundation of TSCPA
201 Powell Place, Brentwood, TN 37027
For Partial Registration Form, click here.

By Phone
1-800/762-0272 or 615/377-3825


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Phone: 615/377-3825 • Fax: 615/377-3904
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