Taxation Section in California

California's statewide tax bar association is the Taxation Section which boasts about 3,000 members. Members are professionals such as accountants, financial planners, pension and trust administrators, actuaries, tax executives, federal, state and local tax administrators, educators, tax specialists and law students. This section permits other states’ attorneys as well as non-attorneys to be associate members. Throughout California, this taxation section has various local committees. Young Tax Lawyers Committees was set up for tax practitioners who are building experience and have fewer than10 years of practice experience.

Taxation Section

Incentives

The Taxation section in California offers incentives to their associate members like subscription to California tax lawyer publications, reduced price on education programs offered by Taxation Section, networking with other taxation officials and government officials in California. Apart from those, they can also serve as committee officers, help in policy and legislation making, deliver lectures at various taxation forums and gain experience by working on cases related to California tax law problems.

Education

The Taxation Section offers many educational programs which range from current issues related to taxation to technicalities and nuances of tax issues. These programs are conducted in State Bar Annual Meetings, Annual Section Education Institute, Annual Meeting of the California Tax Bars and other such forums. Also, the Taxation Section offers opportunities for associate members to interact with government officials. This is possible as it offers a platform for them to present their papers on substantive and procedural tax issues to officials from Internal Revenue Service, the US Treasury Department, US Congressional committees and the Tax Court.

Federal and California government personnel act as advisors and take part in various activities conducted by the Taxation Section. Tax attorneys can become members of the Taxation section by just filling out the form and paying nominal fees for the State Bar of California Members and Associate Members.

Other Facets

Tax attorneys in California need to be capable of dealing with the IRS and other taxing authorities like the California State Board of Equalization (SBE), the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) and the California Employment Development Department (EDD). Taxpayers usually have problems with the tax audit by the IRS, a California sales tax audit by the State Board of Equalization or a payroll tax issue with the Employment Development Department. California has a host of good and tax lawyers who can take care of tax planning. They can counsel their clients on how to reduce taxes and avoid tax issues.

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