Identification: COR1808
This session will focus on the impact of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act on entity selection for income tax purposes. Discussion overview of the changes to pass-through entities and C-Corporations as well as an analysis of both tax and non-tax advantages/disadvantages of entity choice.
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Identification: COR1809
This session will provide the audience with an update of current developments in Cyber security and what leading organizations are doing to reduce the risk associated with the ever changing threat landscape.
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Identification: COR1811
C Corporation, S Corporation or Partnership (including LLCs): the choices remain but the analysis is vastly different. In this session, we will look at what has changed and how it affects choice of entity decision.
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Identification: COR1812
This session will provide a window into the basics of a construction project and will move into the importance of a good bid, contemporaneous documentation after award and a methodology for getting paid in the event of project delays or other unforeseen circumstances giving rise to a claim.
The learning objective of this seminar is to facilitate an understanding of the basics of a construction project from understanding the duties of the parties, the methods of establishing the values by which a contractor is paid, and the tools provided for in the Contract Documents by which a methodology for presenting claims in the event unforeseen circumstances and delays are encountered.
Identification: COR1813
This session will provide valuable benchmarking tools and analysis as well as key analytical procedures used to analyze a contractor's financial statements and financial position.
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Identification: COR1814
Tax Accounting Methods and their related Method Changes are always Key Issues for the IRS. Proper tax accounting methods and continuing IRS changes to their method change procedures are at the front and center of all IRS audits. Tax accounting methods and changes have certainly had heightened awareness and importance to tax practitioners over the past few years. The IRS continues to focus its audit eyes on whether taxpayers are employing the proper tax accounting methods and has adopted the required tax accounting methods where dictated. Beyond required method changes, tax practitioners should also adapt client tax methods to the ones that provide the best possible deferrals. All industries have to comply with tax method change basics, i.e. the rules and procedures. Construction is an industry that has very specialized tax method alternatives that are confusing and prone to mistakes in their employment. 2018 a big watershed year due to the $25M and under new tax law. Contractors under that threshold can employ cash or the CCM. The keys are how to analyze what method(s) would be best and how to make that transition from the current regular and long-term accounting methods employed. Understanding method changes takes knowledge of what is allowed and permitted compared to what is not, methodology to accomplish such, in addition to knowing those tax methods that provide the greatest potential tax deferrals.
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Identification: COR1815
This panel discussion will examine the way in which construction companies are making IT investment decisions today, monitoring IT spending, and setting expectations relative to ROI.
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Identification: COR1816
Identification: COR1817
This presentation will cover the new section 199A business income deduction and its potential applicability for your business.
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Identification: COR1818
Hear directly from Engineering & Construction CFO's and Controllers about the process they have followed in evaluating the effects of the new revenue recognition standard, and how they have worked with their auditors to ensure a smooth transition.
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