Annual Business Update [ABU Fbx]

Prof. John J. Connors, J.D., C.P.A., LL.M.As an accounting graduate of La Salle University in Philadelphia, Prof. Connors went on for his law degree at theUniversity of Notre Dame, graduating in 1980. After serving as an instructor in the School of BusinessAdministration, he obtained his Masters of Law in Taxation at the University of Miami Law School in Coral Gables,Florida. He then served on the graduate tax faculty at the University of Wisconsin’s School of Business inMilwaukee, WI.His professional background includes experience in income and estate tax planning, as well as individual,partnership and corporate tax return preparation and research as a senior tax consultant for Price Waterhouse inthe Philadelphia and South Bend offices. Prof. Connors also worked on expatriate and corporate tax matters asan international tax consultant for the Chrysler Corporation in London, England.Prof. Connors currently conducts a national consulting practice designed especially for tax professionals basedout of Milwaukee, WI. He also publishes a tax newsletter devoted exclusively to practitioners entitled the MonthlyTax Update. He has been the outside editor for CCH’s Federal Tax Course, and has spoken at numerous taxinstitutes, workshops and conferences around the country. And, his “Complete Guide to Depreciation, Amortization& Transfers of Property - Issues, Strategies & Answers” is sold to tax practitioners throughout the U.S., along witha brand new publication entitled “LLCs Taxed as Partnerships.”As a nationally known speaker on a variety of tax topics, Prof. Connors has consistently earned average overallratings in excess of 4.7 (i.e., on a 5.0 scale) for his knowledge and presentation skills, as well as the quality of hismaterials. In 2013, he was selected to receive the Sid Kess Award for Excellence in Continuing Education by theAmerican Institute of CPAs. And, on any item that he has presented in his materials, he is available for follow-upquestions, a factor much-appreciated by those practitioners attending his seminars.