PRESENTER
Don Farmer, CPA
Don Farmer, CPA, is past president of Don Farmer, CPA, PA. A former tax partner with Deloitte & Touche, LLP, he resigned his position as partner and became a consultant in order to devote most of his time to writing and lecturing. Each year, Don writes and presents CPE programs across the U.S., making presentations in more than 40 states.
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J. William Harden, CPA
J. William Harden, CPA, ChFC, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Bryan School of Business and Economics at the University of North Carolina (UNC) – Greensboro, where he teaches tax courses on flow-through entities, individual and corporate tax, tax research, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practices and international tax. Prior to teaching, Bill was a senior tax accountant with an international CPA firm as well as a tax accountant for an international oilfield exploration company.
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George J. Koutelieris, CPA
George J. Koutelieris, CPA, MS-Tax, has practiced tax accounting for more than 24 years. He is the managing shareholder of the CPA firm Johnson & Shute, P.S. in Bellevue, Washington. George is a frequent lecturer for organizations providing professional education to other tax CPAs and has written and presented live courses and webinars for the last 10 years. Because of his understanding of tax law and ability to
make it understandable, George is someone other CPAs turn to when they have difficult tax questions.
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Vaughan Long, EA
Vaughan Long, EA, is the founder of both Tax Solutions Alliance — a firm specializing in IRS Tax Resolution — as well as the owner of Ally Tax & Accounting — a firm that specializes in small business taxes and accounting. He is based in Richmond, Va.
Vaughan was mentored in the world of the IRS by a former IRS Revenue Officer with whom he worked on many cases with over the years until his mentor retired in 2019. Vaughan has previously taught for the Virginia Society of CPAs (VSCPA), the Virginia Society of Enrolled Agents (VASEA), the National Association of Tax Professionals (NATP), CPA Academy, CPA Practice Advisors, and is currently in his third year as the director of the Virginia Tech Income Tax School for whom he has also taught for the past nine years.
Vaughan has been married for 25 years to his wonderful wife and has two great children — a son and a daughter.
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Vivian J. Paige, CPA
Vivian J. Paige, CPA, CGMA, MBA, MS, has extensive experience in taxation and accounting. She was a successful sole practitioner until selling most of her firm and joining the faculty of her alma mater, Old Dominion University (ODU). She is actively involved with the Virginia Society of CPAs (VSCPA), serving as a member and past chair of the Tax Advisory Committee and as a member of the VSCPA Political Action Committee Board, the ad hoc Educators' Symposium Task Force, and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Council. She authored the VSCPA Legislators' Tax Guide and presented briefings to the legislature on taxation. She is the co-author of VSCPA ethics courses and has been a presenter at several VSCPA conferences.
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David Peters, CPA
David Peters, CPA, CFP, CLU, CPCU, MST, MBA, is the founder and owner of Peters Tax Preparation & Consulting in Richmond, Va., as well as a financial advisor for Peters Financial, LLC. He has over 15 years of experience in financial services, including three years in the hedge fund industry and six years in the insurance industry. He regularly teaches courses in accounting, finance, insurance, financial planning and ethics throughout the United States.
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Greg White, CPA
Greg White, CPA, has practiced tax for more than 40 years. He is founder of the CPA firm WGN, P.S. in Seattle, Washington. Greg served as an Adjunct Professor at the Golden Gate University’s Seattle Campus over a 14-year period. He is licensed to practice in U.S. Tax Court and has argued cases before the Tax Court. He has been named a “Top 50” IRS Practitioner by CPA Magazine.
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Nick Preusch, CPA
Nick Preusch, CPA, J.D., LL.M., MSA, has a primary focus of performing tax services relating to emerging issues and complex tax transactions. He works closely with businesses and individuals to find tax efficiencies through ever-changing tax legislation.
Nick started his career with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a revenue agent, and then as an attorney at the IRS National Office in Washington, D.C., where he was the lead attorney for several significant tax ethics cases.
Nick co-authored Tax Preparer Penalties and Circular 230 Enforcement, a textbook published by Thomson Reuters. He has also been published in the AICPA’s Tax Advisor and Journal of Accountancy along with CCH’s Journal of Tax Practice and Procedure. In 2017, he was named one of the VSPCA’s Top 5 Under 35. In 2018, he was named to CPA Practice Advisor’s Top 40 Under 40. In 2018, he was part of the AICPA’s New Face of Tax ad campaign. Nick has been a member of the AICPA’s Tax Practice Responsibilities Committee, Tax Executive Committee and Professional Ethics Executive Committee.