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The goodwill of a business can never be exchanged for the goodwill of another business. Goodwill is not like kind property. Treasury Regulation 1.1031(a)-2(c)(2) makes that crystal clear, providing:

 The goodwill or going concern value of a business is not of a like kind to the goodwill or going concern value of another business.

You re invited white bannerI would like to invite you to the 15th Annual Oregon Tax Institute scheduled for June 4 & 5 in Portland, Oregon, at the downtown Embassy Suites Hotel.  The OTI has grown from a local tax forum into a preeminent tax institute for both tax attorneys and CPAs.  Our topic coverage and faculty this year are fabulous and each one of our speakers is a nationally recognized expert in tax law.  This year’s OTI will be on par with the best tax institutes in the country.      

I hope you will join us, and I encourage you to sign up for OTI immediately. It’s not too late! Also, please feel free to share this information with your colleagues. Click here to register.

Seminar Description:

The 15th Annual Tax Institute offers an outstanding faculty on hot topics for tax practitioners. Federal income tax developments will be covered in depth, and you will hear about significant national and Oregon SALT developments. Learn the latest about partnership workouts, FATCA compliance issues, sophisticated choice of entity planning, and acquisitions of privately-held companies by private equity firms. Finally, we will have a discussion about ethical issues facing tax practitioners.

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Larry J. Brant
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Larry J. Brant is a Shareholder and the Chair of the Tax & Benefits practice group at Foster Garvey, a law firm based out of the Pacific Northwest, with offices in Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Washington, D.C.; New York, New York, Spokane, Washington; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Beijing, China. Mr. Brant is licensed to practice in Oregon and Washington. His practice focuses on tax, tax controversy and transactions. Mr. Brant is a past Chair of the Oregon State Bar Taxation Section. He was the long-term Chair of the Oregon Tax Institute, and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Portland Tax Forum. Mr. Brant has served as an adjunct professor, teaching corporate taxation, at Northwestern School of Law, Lewis and Clark College. He is an Expert Contributor to Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Catalyst. Mr. Brant is a Fellow in the American College of Tax Counsel. He publishes articles on numerous income tax issues, including Taxation of S Corporations, Reasonable Compensation, Circular 230, Worker Classification, IRC § 1031 Exchanges, Choice of Entity, Entity Tax Classification, and State and Local Taxation. Mr. Brant is a frequent lecturer at local, regional and national tax and business conferences for CPAs and attorneys. He was the 2015 Recipient of the Oregon State Bar Tax Section Award of Merit.

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