On March 10, GKG Law Principal Troy Rolf and special guest speaker PwC Director Richard Farley discussed the history and all pertinent details of the IRS’s new final rule Treas. Reg. Section 1.274-14. The rule addresses the disallowance of deductions for aircraft operating expenses attributable to commuting and answers previously unanswered questions from IRC Section […]
The IRS has issued its final rule providing aircraft owners and management companies with guidance concerning the exemption from federal excise taxes for travel by aircraft owners on their own aircraft enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. In this one-hour webinar, GKG Law Principal Troy Rolf and special guests […]
GKG Law Trade & Associations Principal Katie Meyer was invited to present on IP, privacy and contractual considerations for virtual events as part of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) four-part Best Practices in Virtual Speaker Management Online Seminar Series. A full description of the event, which took place on January 28, can be found below. Because of COVID, there has […]
On January 21, GKG Law President Keith Swirsky hosted the webinar Federal & State Audit Defense. During this one-hour session, Keith provided a detailed overview of the process of preparing for, participating in, and defending a federal income tax or excise tax audit and a state sales and use tax audit of an aircraft owner/operator. The webinar […]
On Thursday, December 17, GKG Law’s Business Aviation team hosted the webinar Sales & Use Taxes on Aircraft – Latest Developments & Key Planning Tools. During this one-hour session, attendees heard an overview of specific planning opportunities that can eliminate or minimize state sales and use taxes on aircraft. He also gave an update on recent significant developments […]
GKG Law Associations Practice Leader Richard Bar was invited to serve as a panelist for the Association TRENDS Your Association, COVID-19 & The Future virtual two-day town hall event. Rich's panel, "To Sign or Not to Sign: The In Person Event Dilemma," took place on December 3 at 12:05 p.m. ET. During this session, Rich and his co-panelists discussed some of the decisions […]
On November 19, GKG Law's Keith Swirsky and Troy Rolf hosted the webinar Federal Income & Excise Tax Implications of Personal & Entertainment Use of Business Aircraft. During this one-hour session, presenters discussed the federal income and excise tax issues that arise due to personal and entertainment use of business aircraft, such as income inclusion rules, excise […]
GKG Law's Rich Bar served as a featured speaker at the Institute for Credentialing Excellence's (ICE) 2020 ICE Virtual Exchange on November 10. Rich and his co-presenters, American Board for Certification In Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Executive Director Catherine Carter and National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators Director of Operations Joel Oliva, discussed Assessing and Managing the Inherent Risks to Your […]
GKG Law's Rich Bar served as an instructor for a U.S. Transactions Corp. webinar on November 5. Rich's webinar, Association/Nonprofit Board of Directors: Governance, Risk Management & Training, was targeted to CEOs, COOs and CFOs. Attendees learned how to better equip board members and directors for success in their roles; how to ensure the board continuously works […]
GKG Law Principal Katie Meyer was invited to present on the legal risks of social media as part of an American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) four-part Essentials for Non-lawyers Online Seminar Series. Katie's webinar took place on Ocober 30, 2020. A full description can be found below. Whether through a forum, blog, Facebook page, or YouTube […]