New Orleans, Louisiana
September 18-20, 2008
Location:
Royal Sonesta Hotel
300 Bourbon St
New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 586-0300 or 800-SONESTA
Thursday, September 18, 2008
8:00 a.m.
Registration, Continental Breakfast & Visit With Exhibitors
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Optional (4 CPE Hours) Accounting and Auditing Update (CL4AUAA)
Presented by: Joseph A. Sanford, President, Sanford & Company, PA, Fort Smith, AR
12:00 Noon
Lunch on Own
1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Optional (4 CPE Hours) Real World Business Ethics for Tax
Practitioners: How Will You React? (CL4TXRWBE), Presented by:
Joseph A. Sanford, President, Sanford & Company, PA, Fort Smith, AR
5:00 p.m.
Beverage Reception
7:00 p.m.
Dinner at Galatoire’s Restaurant as a group (Jacket required for men)
Friday, September 19, 2008
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Optional Student Education Fund Scholarship Breakfast
8:00 a.m.
Registration, Continental Breakfast & Visit With Exhibitors
8:30 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
Collection of State and Local Use Taxes & Implementation of Stream- line Sales Tax Agreement, Presented By: John Theis, Assistant Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Little Rock, AR
9:20 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Mobility Update– Looking Forward to 2008-2009, Co-Presented By: Sheri Bango Cavaney, Vice President, Practice Mobility and State Regulatory & Legislative Affairs, AICPA, Washington, D.C., and Ken Bishop, Chairman, National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, CPA Mobility Task Force
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Update on the Profession, Presented By: Jimmy L. Williamson, Past AICPA Chair, and Senior Associate and Shareholder, MDA Professional Group, PC, Albertville, AL
12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m.
Awards Luncheon
2:30 p.m.
Optional Group Tour of City of New Orleans and Longue Vue House & Gardens
Evening Dinner on own
Saturday, September 20, 2008
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Past Presidents’ Breakfast
8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Annual Business Meeting
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Officers and Directors Meeting
12:00 noon
Annual Convention Concludes
Hotel Information
Royal Sonesta Hotel
300 Bourbon St
New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 586-0300 or 800-SONESTA
For overnight hotel accommodations, please contact the Royal Sonesta Hotel direct at 1-800-SONESTA, or at (504) 586-0300. Ask for the Arkansas Society of CPAs’ discount room rate. The deadline for discounted room rates is August 16, 2008. Discounted room rates are: Deluxe Double or Single $139.