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1 Wednesday, September 14, :30 a.m. CES Exam Registration Outside Cobalt Room 8:00 10:30 a.m. CES Exam Cobalt Room 8:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. FEA Board of Directors Strategic Planning Session - Sterling AB 8:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m Boot Camp Silver Room C. Anthony Phillips, CPA, MBA, MBT, President, Downstream Exchange Company This intense four-hour immersion into the requirements of IRC Section 1031, the Treasury Regulations and the role of a Qualified Intermediary (QI) is designed for professionals who have just entered (or perhaps recently returned) to the QI industry and are in need of a comprehensive review. 12:30 4:30 p.m. FEA Registration Desk Open Monte Carlo Ballroom 3/4 Foyer 12:30 4:30 p.m. Exhibitor Set-Up Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 4:15 4:55 p.m. New Member/First Time Attendee Orientation - Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 5:00 6:30 p.m. FEA Board of Directors Welcome Reception for Attendees with Exhibitors Monte Carlo Ballroom 5 7:00 9:00 p.m. Optional Activity: Blue Man Group (Bus loading at 6:30 p.m.) Page 1 of 6

2 Thursday, September 15, :30 7:15 a.m. Exhibits Set Up Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 7:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. FEA Registration Desk Open Monte Carlo Ballroom 3/4 Foyer 7:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Exhibits Open Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 7:00 8:00 a.m. (1hr) FEA Networking Breakfast with Exhibitors Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 8:00 8:30 a.m. (30min) Welcome and Opening Remarks Monte Carlo Ballroom 2/3 Margo McDonnell, CES, FEA President, President & CEO, 1031 Corp. 8:30 9:20 a.m. (50min) View from the Hill Monte Carlo Ballroom 2/3 David E. Franasiak, Esq., Williams & Jensen Dave will give his annual update on the state of affairs in Washington, DC, including an overview of his expectations regarding the prospects for tax reform after the Presidential election. 9:20 9:45 a.m. (25min) Networking Break with Exhibitors - Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 9:45 10:35 a.m. (50min) FEA Government Affairs Committee Update Monte Carlo Ballroom 2/3 Brent Abrahm, CEO, Accruit, LLC.; Suzanne Goldstein Baker, Esq., CES, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, IPX 1031 ; Max Hansen, J.D. CES, President, American Equity Exchange, Inc. Our Government Affairs Committee Co-Chairs will give a comprehensive update on the many activities the committee has engaged in since we last met. 10:35 11:00 a.m. (25min) Networking Break with Exhibitors - Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 11:00 a.m. 11:50 p.m. (50min) Protecting Against Cyber Fraud Monte Carlo Ballroom 2/3 Todd Martin, Texas Capital Bank Our speaker will discuss the current cyber fraud/cyber-crime activities targeting banks and their clients. He will also review what companies can do to protect themselves. Page 2 of 6

3 11:50 12:50 p.m. (1hr) Lunch & Annual Meeting Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 FEA 2016 Annual Business and Membership Meeting Margo McDonnell, CES, FEA President, President & CEO 1031 Corp.; Stephen C. Chacon, CPA, CES, FEA Incoming President, Vice President, Exchange Service Operations, Accruit, LLC; Lynn Harkin, FEA Executive Director 12:50-1:00 p.m. (10min) Visit with Exhibitors Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 1:00 1:50 p.m. (50min) Foreign Investor: What You Need to Know for 1031 and FIRPTA Purposes Monte Carlo Ballroom 2/3 Stephen A. Wayner, Esq., CES, President, Liberty 1031, LLC Transactions subject to FIRPTA are complex and can potentially expose a QI to withholding obligations. This session will help you understand how to protect your business and yourself when dealing with FIRPTA withholding. 1:50 2:00 p.m. (10min) Networking Break with Exhibitors Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 2:00 2:50 p.m. (50min) Reverse Exchanges Nuts and Bolts Monte Carlo Ballroom 2/3 Mary Cunningham, CES, President & CEO, Chicago Deferred Exchange Company What is the best entity structure to choose when creating an EAT to serve in a reverse exchange? How do you deal with transactions where a taxpayer wants to improve parked replacement property prior to selling relinquished property? These and other details of reverse transactions will be explored. 2:50 3:00 p.m. (10min) Networking Break with Exhibitors Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 3:00 3:50 p.m. (50min) California Real Estate Withholding for QIs Monte Carlo Ballroom 2/3 Sonia Caramazza, California Franchise Tax Board; Linda Castles, California Franchise Tax Board; Ciro Immordino, California Franchise Tax Board; Our speaker will discuss some of the most common issues QIs encounter when dealing with the FTB s withholding regime under IRC Section Page 3 of 6

4 3:50 4:00 p.m. (10min) Networking Break with Exhibitors Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 4:00 4:50 p.m. (50min) Economic Update Monte Carlo Ballroom 2/3 Paul Single, Managing Director Taxable Fixed Income, City National Bank Paul will discuss the current state of the economy, his expectations on job growth, interest rates and the state of the commercial real estate market. 6:00 7:30 p.m. Networking Reception The Plaza Sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. Page 4 of 6

5 Friday, September 16, :30 a.m. 3:05 p.m. FEA Registration Desk Open Monte Carlo Ballroom 3/4 Foyer 7:30 a.m. 2:20 p.m. Exhibits Open Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 7:30 8:30 a.m. (1hr) FEA Networking Breakfast with Exhibitors Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 8:30 9:20 a.m. (50min) Red Flags for QI Companies Looking to Sell their Businesses; Using Due Diligence to Protect Clients from Becoming Part of a Fraud Scheme Monte Carlo Ballroom 2/3 Gerard A. McHale, Jr. CPA, McHale, Caruso, Scullion & Knox, Certified Public Accountants; Michael S. Devorkin, J.D., S.B., Partner, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP This session will analyze how due diligence can protect businesses and professionals from fraudsters who seek to acquire them or use them to aid a fraud scheme. We will explore the red flags for management and professionals and consequences in the bankruptcy system. 9:20 9:40 a.m.(20min) Networking Break with Exhibitors Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 9:40 10:30 a.m. (50min) State Issues Affecting 1031 Exchanges Monte Carlo Ballroom 2/3 Michael Anderson, CES, President, Exchange Services, LLC; Julie Baird, Vice President, First American Exchange Company Our speakers will discuss state specific considerations for IRC Section 1031 transactions including: exchanges made out of the state of the Taxpayer s domicile, withholding regimes in various states and reverse exchange transfer tax issues. 10:30 10:50 a.m. (20min) Networking Break with Exhibitors Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 10:50 11:40 a.m. (50min) Exchanges of Agricultural Property & Equipment, Conservations Easements, Water Rights and Other Assets a Macro View Monte Carlo Ballroom 2/3 Dave A. Brown, CES, Esq., Iowa Property Exchange; Max Hansen, CES, Esq., American Equity Exchange Agricultural exchanges are extraordinarily important to farmers and ranchers and are a catalyst for economic activity. Dave and Max will give an overview of how these types of transactions are typically structured and what kinds of issues Taxpayers face. Page 5 of 6

6 11:40 a.m. 12:40 p.m. (1hr) Lunch & CES Address Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 President s Message / Incoming President s Address / CES Address Margo McDonnell, CES, FEA President, President & CEO 1031 Corp.; Stephen C. Chacon, CPA, CES, FEA Incoming President, Vice President, Exchange Service Operations, Accruit, LLC; CES Certification Committee Report 12:40 1:00 p.m. (20min) Visit with Exhibitors Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 1:00 1:50 p.m. (50min) Replacement Property Solutions Panel Monte Carlo Ballroom 2/3 Tom Georges, Stan Johnson Company; Jessica Healy, Syndicated Equities; David Wieland, CEO and Founder, Realized Holdings, LLC; Michael Packman, CEO, PNI Capital Partners; Aaron Wessner, Managing Director, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. DST, TIC, NNN, Fee, Multi-owner? What are the options Taxpayers have when considering replacement property solutions? Our panel of experts will discuss pros and cons of various strategies. 1:50 2:10 p.m. (20min) Networking Break with Exhibitors Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 2:20 3:00 p.m. Exhibit Tear Down Monte Carlo Ballroom 4 2:10 3:00 p.m. (50min) Annual Tax Update Monte Carlo Ballroom 2/3 Mary Foster, Esq., CES, 1031 Services, Inc. A discussion of tax cases and rulings from the past year. 3:00 3:05 p.m. Closing Comments Monte Carlo Ballroom 2/3 Stephen C. Chacon, CPA, CES, FEA President, Vice President, Exchange Service Operations, Accruit, LLC Page 6 of 6

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