2018 High Tech Tax Institute

November 5 and 6, 2018

Crowne Plaza Cabana
4290 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 

Agenda [pdf]

Monday, November 5th

Time Topic Presenter(s)

7:30-8:20 AM

Registration and Refreshments

 

8:20-8:30 AM

Welcome

  • Chris Therrien (Sr. Director - Global Tax Accounting & Compliance, VMWare; President - TEI Santa Clara Valley Chapter)
  • Annette Nellen (MST Program Director, San José State University)

8:30-10 AM

International High Technology U.S. Tax Current Developments [pdf]

  •  Jim Fuller, Partner - Fenwick & West LLP 

10-10:20 AM

Break

 

10:20 AM-12 PM

Decisions, Decisions – Capital Structures after TCJA [pdf]

  • Nate Giesselman, Partner – Skadden, Arps LLP
  • Adam Halpern, Partner - Fenwick & West LLP  
  • Kirsten Malm, Principal – EY
  • John G. Ryan, Partner - Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 

12-12:40 PM

Lunch

 

12:40-1:30 PM

Luncheon Speaker

  • Ray Beeman, Principal - Washington Council Ernst & Young – Washington DC Update

1:35-3:15 PM

BREAKOUT A

Say Goodbye? Executive Comp & Fringe Benefits Planning:  [pdf]

  • Anne G. Batter, Partner – Baker & McKenzie LLP
  • Jennifer George, Partner - PwC
  • Rick Berge, Executive Director - EY 

BREAKOUT B

Don’t Get Beat by the BEAT [pdf]

  • Robert Bachmann, Director – Duff & Phelps
  • Yaron Katz, Partner – KPMG
  • Frank Mugabi, Partner – DLA Piper  

3:15-3:30 PM

Break

 

3:30-5:15 PM

BREAKOUT C

Locating Intangibles – Generating and Using FDII [pdf]

  • Sanjay Agarwal, Partner – MGO LLP 
  • Lisa Felix, Director – Armanino LLP 
  • Ken Harvey, Partner – Moss Adams 
  • Allan Smith, Partner – Grant Thornton LLP 

BREAKOUT D

Can Software or AI Help Deal with the TCJA? [pdf]

  • Justin Femmer, Partner - PwC 
  • Channing Flynn, Partner – EY 

Tuesday, November 6th

Time Topic Presenter(s)

7:30-8:15 AM

Registration and Refreshments

 

8:15-9:15 AM

Accounting for Income Taxes [pdf]

  • Rachel Breen, Partner – EY  
  • Jesus Ochoa, Partner – PwC
  • Thomas Sites, Managing Director – KPMG
  • JJ Schneider, Partner – Grant Thornton LLP
  • Matt Walton, Partner – Deloitte 

9:15-10:30 AM

BREAKOUT E

Getting Credit – Generating and Using Foreign Tax Credits after the TCJA [pdf]

  • Dustin Coscarart, Sr. Manager – Deloitte
  • Gabe Gartner, Partner - PwC
  • James Guthrie, Principal – CliftonLarsonAllen LLP

BREAKOUT F

Cryptocurrency, ICO and Whatever Else is New [pdf]

  • David Forst, Partner – Fenwick & West LLP
  • Rob Massey, Partner - Deloitte
  • Dawn Rhea, Director – Moss Adams LLP
  • Brian Rowbotham, Partner - Crowe Horwath LLP 

10:30-10:45 AM

Break

 

10:45 AM-12 PM

BREAKOUT G

Transfer Pricing Transformations [pdf]

  • Nghi Huynh, Partner – Armanino LLP
  • Darren Lo, Director – Moss Adams LLP
  • Kevin McCraken, Partner - PwC
  • Wade Owen, Director – Duff & Phelps  

BREAKOUT H

Keep Your Head in the Clouds [pdf]

  • Bart Bassett, Partner – Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 
  • Taylor Reid, Partner – Baker & McKenzie LLP 

12-12:40 PM

Lunch

 

12:40-1:25 PM

Luncheon Speaker

  • Grace Perez-Navarro, Deputy Director - OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration – OECD Update

1:30-3 PM

BREAKOUT I

M&A Meets the TCJA – Who Wins? [pdf]

  • Jill Harding, Partner – Alvarez & Marsal Taxand  
  • Melanie Krygier, Partner – Grant Thornton LLP 
  • Eileen Marshall, Partner – Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 

BREAKOUT J

Digital Presence and the EU [pdf]

  • Alison Maxwell, Partner – DLA Piper 
  • Ben Shreck, Tax Counsel – Tax Executives Institute
  • Gary Sprague, Partner – Baker & McKenzie LLP
  • Mike Wittig, VP of Global Tax – Netflix, Inc.  

3-3:15 PM

Break

 

3:15-4:30 PM

Federal Tax Controversy – New Approaches [pdf]

  • Nora Beltran, Dir. of Field Oper.—Southwest (Acting) - IRS
  • C. Cabell Chinnis, Partner – Mayer Brown LLP
  • Paul J. Curtis, Acting Director-Western - IRS
  • Robert J Kovacev, Partner – Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
  • Heather Maloy, U.S. Tax Controversy Leader - EY
  • Christopher P. Murphy, Counsel - Skadden, Arps LLP
  • Jean Pawlow, Partner – Latham & Watkins LLP
  • Eric Slack, WCPA Director of Field Operations–West – IRS
  • Gloria Sullivan, Enterprise Activities Practice Area Dir. - IRS

4:30-5:30 PM

Domestic and Multistate Update [pdf]

  • Brian Rose, Partner – Deloitte   
  • John Paek, Partner – Baker & McKenzie LLP