Samuel C. DiSalvo, Tax Director, Freed Maxick CPAs, P.C. to Speak at the Knowledge Group’s ASC 740: Income Tax Accounting for 2015 Live Webcast

New York, NY, May 17, 2014 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Samuel C. DiSalvo, Tax Director, Freed Maxick CPAs, P.C. will speak at the Knowledge Group’s webcast entitled: “ASC 740: Income Tax Accounting for 2015.” This event is scheduled for December 2, 2014 from 12:00pm – 2:00pm (ET).

For further details, please visit: hhttp://theknowledgegroup.org/event_name/asc-740-income-tax-accounting-for-2014-live-webcast/

About Samuel C. DiSalvo

Samuel C. DiSalvo is a Director with Freed Maxick’s Tax Practice. Prior to joining the Firm, Sam spent over 25 years in the accounting profession with both Big Four firms and private industry. During this time, he gained significant experience with mergers and acquisitions, corporate taxes and compliance, and financial statement tax accounting.

Sam is responsible for providing day-to-day tax advisory services, coordinating, and supervising the preparation of the corporate income tax returns, and reviewing the annual and quarterly provisions for income taxes for both publicly held and privately held corporations. Sam concentrates his practice on joint venture tax matters, merger and acquisition issues, and corporate taxes as well as ASC 740 issues such as purchase accounting, valuation allowances, and international issues. He also has significant experience in identifying tax opportunities in connection with the due diligence reviews of companies’ prior year tax returns.

About Freed Maxick CPAs, P.C.

Freed Maxick CPAs, P.C. is one of the largest accounting and consulting firms in Upstate New York and a Top 100 largest CPA firm in the United States. Serving SEC companies, closely held businesses, governmental and not-for-profit clients across New York as well as nationally and internationally, Freed Maxick mobilizes high-performance professionals to guide client growth, compliance, and innovation. They specialize in the healthcare, manufacturing, real estate, banking, agribusiness and private equity sectors and have more than 280 professional and administrative personnel, with offices in Buffalo, Batavia, Rochester and Syracuse, New York. Freed Maxick’s Tax Practice is the largest of any accounting firm in Upstate New York with over 110 personnel, including 12 tax directors. Freed has built a significant SEC Practice through years of experience in auditing a wide variety of companies and has extensive knowledge in handling public and private capital transactions.

Event Synopsis:

In this two-hour Live webcast, a panel of distinguished professionals and thought leaders will help Finance Executives, CPAs, Attorneys, Enrolled Agents, Tax Practitioners, and other related professionals understand the important aspects of this significant topic. They will provide an in-depth discussion of the significant issues related to tax accounting rules and latest developments in ASC 740. Speakers will also offer best practices in developing and implementing an effective income tax accounting strategies.

Key topics include:

− An overview of ASC 740: Income tax accounting
− Review issues/considerations on significant areas including valuation allowances, business combinations and uncertain tax positions
− Guidelines and best practices
− Latest tax accounting and regulatory developments and a lot more.

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

The Knowledge Group, LLC 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: http://theknowledgegroup.org/