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Timothy P. Speiss, Partner and Chairman, Personal Wealth Advisors, EisnerAmper LLP to Speak at KC’s 2010 Tax Relief Act: A 2011 Update Live Webcast

New York, NY, June 30, 2011 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Timothy P. Speiss, MST CPA PFS IAR, Partner and Chairman, Personal Wealth Advisors, EisnerAmper LLP will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ webcast entitled: “2010 Tax Relief Act: A 2011 Update Live Webcast.” This event is scheduled for August 24, 2011 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM (ET). (For further details, please visit: http://www.knowledgecongress.org/event_2011_Tax_Relief_Act.html)

Event Synopsis:

The "Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010,” known as "2010 Tax Relief Act" or "Act," was signed into law on December 17, 2010. This law provides important guidance and extensions of various favorable tax cuts both for individuals and businesses.

Some of the key areas addressed in this webcast are:

- Overview of Importance Provisions
- Tax Rates, Exceptions, Reductions and Extensions
- AMT Patch
- Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Tax Provisions
- Impact for Estate Planning for 2011 and 2012
- The Two-Year Extension of Bush-Era Tax Cuts Up-Close
- Tax Breaks and Incentives for Individuals and Businesses
- Other Provisions

Industry participants and watchers should pay close attention to these provisions as they may give way to potentially unique planning opportunities for them and their businesses in the coming years.

The Knowledge Group is assembling a panel of distinguished experts and key regulators to explore the issues and concerns surrounding these changes and to provide valuable information, analysis and insights that will help industry experts make sense of it all.

About Timothy P. Speiss

Timothy Speiss is the Partner-in-Charge of the firm’s Personal Wealth Advisors Group and Vice President of EisnerAmper Wealth Planning LLC. He chairs the firm’s Technology Committee and Legislation Monitoring Group, and serves on the firm’s Tax Practice Policy Committee and community service group EisnerAmperCares. Tim has nearly 30 years of experience in providing comprehensive tax planning and related investment, compensation, and financial planning services to senior executives and board members of Fortune 100 publicly held companies, Forbes 400 families, and privately held businesses and owners including celebrities and owners of professional sports teams. Prior to joining EisnerAmper, he was a partner with a Big Four firm and served as Partner-in Charge of their New York Metro and Northeast Area Private Client Advisory Practice.

Tim is a frequent speaker and author on topics of tax and financial planning, executive compensation, charitable giving, and related matters. He has lectured in various university graduate programs and regularly provides commentary on tax and investment and legislative matters to television, radio, and print media. Tim is also the Editor-in-Chief of the periodical EisnerAmper LLP Personal Wealth Advisors Technical Update For Financial Advisors.

Tim was a staff assistant to a former U.S. Congressman and has attended U.S. Treasury hearings on various matters of federal taxation. He is a member of the United States Foreign Policy Association (U.S. FPA), has been cited as an Outstanding New York Businessperson by a U.S. Senate Subcommittee, and is the founder of the Timothy Speiss Endowed Fund For the Promotion of United Nations Responsible Global Business Principles at Widener University. Tim serves on the boards of, and regularly advises, numerous charitable and educational organizations and capital campaign initiatives. His involvement includes the Trustee, Finance and Development Committees of the Harlem Academy; Board Chair (Manhattan) of the Abingdon Theatre Company; Corporate Development Committee of the Alliance for Lupus Research; and Chair of the Bishop McDevitt High School President’s Advisory Board. Tim graduated from Widener University with a B.S. in Business and M.S. in Taxation.

About EisnerAmper LLP

EisnerAmper is one of the premier accounting, tax and business advisory firms in the United States and the leading regional firm in the Northeast. EisnerAmper provides a wide array of services to a diverse client base including financial institutions, publicly traded and privately held companies and high net worth individuals and family groups.

For more information about Timothy Speiss and EisnerAmper LLP, please visit: www.eisneramper.com

About The Knowledge Group, LLC/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series

The Knowledge Congress was established with the mission to produce unbiased, objective, and educational live webinars that examine industry trends and regulatory changes from a variety of different perspectives. The goal is to deliver a unique multilevel analysis of an important issue affecting business in a highly focused format. To contact or register to an event, please visit: www.knowledgecongress.org.

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