Instructor
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.
Instructor
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.
Instructor
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.
Instructor
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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