Tax Conference

19th Annual Ohio Tax Conference-The Nation's Largest Business Tax Conference

Thursday & Friday, January 28-29, 2010

Greater Columbus Convention Center, 400 North High Street (downtown Columbus), Columbus. For overnight options, see below.

Complete Agenda & Continuing Education Credits

Complete agenda with keynotes, workshops & speakers (PDF)

Continuing education credits: This conference has been approved by the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 11.25 total CLE hours. And, Ohio Certified Public Accountants may claim 16 hours of CPE credit toward re-certification for attending this program as the MEC is a registered CPE sponsor through the Accountancy Board of Ohio.

Investment: Fee includes expert instruction for continuing education credits, a comprehensive set of manuals featuring written materials and a comprehensive CD of all the sessions' written material, two luncheons, two continental breakfasts, an afternoon refreshment break and a 2010 celebration reception.

$595 per person.
Significant Savings for Organizations Sending Multiple Attendees
For 3 to 7 persons from one organization: $495 per person.
For 8 or more persons from one organization: $395 per person.
Please indicate the discounted rate in special instructions box when registering on-line.

Attend the largest & best tax conference in the nation and you’ll receive the most reliable and timely insights on all current business tax developments in Ohio. One of feature at this year’s conference will be to provide you with practical tips on what to expect and how to plan for a business tax audit. According to a recent feature in the Columbus Dispatch, the State of Ohio, under Governor Strickland, is now operating with 4918 fewer employees including 1500 fewer in the last 4 months. However, the State is expanding (and hiring) in the ‘revenue-producing’ functions such as business tax audits and tax compliance, which includes adding 100 additional revenue producing positions, including 80 tax auditors to the existing staff of 265.

Attend the 2010 Ohio Tax Conference and you’ll receive over 1,000 pages worth of written materials bound together in two main conference manuals with supplemental manuals for each breakout session. And, you’ll also be provided with a CD with all the written materials in conference manuals … a tremendous reference guide to you back on the job and easily downloadable to your laptop.

Attend the 2010 Ohio Tax Conference and you’ll leave with invaluable tax management strategies, new approaches to tax incentives, and valuable information on the enormous challenges you face as you recover from the worst economic decline in decades.

Overnight Lodging Options:

For overnight lodging adjacent to the Greater Columbus Convention Center, choose from one of five options:

1. Drury Inn & Suites Columbus Convention Center, 88 East Nationwide Blvd., Columbus (east of the Hyatt adjacent to Convention Center ) has a block of rooms for overnight lodging for the evening (s) of January 27 and/or January 28. Please call the Drury at 614.221.7008 and mention the Tax Conference to receive the $147 (single or double) rate and they will continue to accept reservations at the conference rate until the conference. (Also, they have a special 2 room-suites available). For directions: CLICK HERE

2. Crowne Plaza Hotel, 33 East Nationwide Blvd., Columbus (corner of High Street & Nationwide-adjacent to the Convention Center via skywalk) has a block of rooms for overnight lodging for the evening (s) of January 27 and/or January 28. Please call the Crowne at 800.338.4462 or 614.461.4100 and mention the Ohio Tax Conference to receive the $149 (single or double) rate before the new cut of date of 1/22/10. View directions to Crowne Plaza (PDF).

3. Hampton Inn & Suites, 501 North High Street, Columbus (right across the street from the Convention Center ... 827 inches door to door) has a block of rooms for overnight lodging for the evening (s) of January 27 and/or January 28. Please call the Hampton at 800.426.7866, 614.559.2000 and mention the group code of MEC to receive the $145 rate (standard king or standard double) before new cut off date of 1/22/10. View directions to Hampton (PDF).

4. Hyatt Regency Columbus at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, 350 North High Street, Columbus, has a limited block of rooms for overnight lodging for the evening (s) of January 27 and/or January 28. Please call the Hyatt at 614.463.1234 or 800.233.1234 and mention the Tax Conference to receive the $115 (single, double, or triple occupancy) rate and they will continue to accept reservations at the conference rate until the conference. View directions to Hyatt Regency Columbus (PDF).

5. The Courtyard by Marriott Columbus Downtown, 35 West Spring Street, Columbus, has a limited block of rooms for overnight lodging for the evening (s) of January 27 and/or January 28. For an online reservation for a king bed CLICK HERE or for 2 double beds CLICK HERE or please call the Marriott at 614.228.3200 or 800.MARRIOTT and mention the Tax Conference to receive the $115 (standard delux room) rate before new cut off date of 1/22/10. For directions: CLICK HERE