17th-Annual Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations

Loyola Law School convenef its 17th-annual Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations with a schedule that featured panels led by some of the country’s top tax-law experts. The program, which ran Thursday, Nov. 29 and Friday, Nov. 30 at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza, allowed attendees to choose from more than 15 sessions on tax developments of critical importance to charities and other nonprofit organizations. Organized in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service, the program featured an array of prominent tax-exemption experts, including Professor Ellen Aprill, a WCTEO founder and the John E. Anderson Chair in Tax Law at Loyola Law School Los Angeles. Other panelists included officials from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS, plus a variety of prominent West Coast tax lawyers.

"The WCTEO will include discussion by government officials and practitioners on donations to limited liability companies, proposed regulations easing certain private foundation operations, investment issues, and use of alternative dispute resolution by exempt organizations," said Aprill.