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PAST PRESENTATIONS |
December,
2004 |
U.C.
Berkeley ~ International Taxation Class
Once
again, Brian Rowbotham, a U.C. Berkeley Alumni was invited
to be a guest lecturer. Senior Tax Manager, Inna
Merzheritsky was present. It was for students of
several undergraduate and graduate courses at the Haas
School of Business. The coordinating professor was
Alan Cerf. |
November,
2004 |
San
Francisco State University
The
College of Business extended an invitation for Brian to
speak about international tax and entrepreneurship. |
November,
2004 |
American
Jobs Creation Act of 2004
The
partners at Rowbotham & Company were speakers at a Tax
Executives Institute luncheon. |
November,
2004 |
British
American Business Council
International
Tax for nonresidents and U.K. nationals. Brian
Rowbotham and Kent Lawson gave a presentation in
conjunction with Peter LaBoskey, a parner at
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati law firm. |
April,
2004 |
Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002
After
Enron, the provisions of the Act became a topic of
interest for the business industry, start up companies,
venture capital firms and angel investors. Mark
Kelly, audit partner made the presentation. |
March,
2004 |
California Voluntary Compliance Initiative
Tax
Amnesty. Tax managers, Bo-Kyung Kim and Kent
Lawson gave a presentation in conjunction with Richard
Lipton of Baker-MacKenzie. |
October,
2003 |
British-American
Chamber of Commerce
Brian
Rowbotham invited as a guest speaker and gave a
presentation on U.S. & International Tax Planning
issues for British citizens residing in the United States
at a monthly meeting. |
May,
2003 |
VC
Angel RoundtableA Cross Border Transaction Presentation
was given at one of the group's monthly meetings held in Palo Alto, CA.
The presenters were Brian Rowbotham, managing partner & Scott
Wentz, tax partner. |
April,
2003 |
Rowbotham
& Company Salutes the U.S. Arm Forces
At
the April 30, 2003 Major League Baseball game when our
local team, the San Francisco Giants hosted Chicago
Cubs,
Rowbotham & Company invited four members of the U.S.
Arm Forces to join them in their luxury box that evening. There was a scoreboard announcement welcoming our guest of
honor at the opening of the
game. |
| December,
2002 |
2002
U.C.
Berkeley Undergraduate Lecture
(California CPA Education Foundation)
Brian Rowbotham
and Scott Wentz were
co-guest lecturers for two of Professor Alan Cerf's
taxation courses. |
| September,
2001 |
2001
Rowbotham & Company Celebrates Ten Years
In
September, we
achieved our 10-year milestone and wanted to thank our
clients and friends for their continued support. Due
to the recent terrorist activities, we turned our 10-year
celebration into a fundraiser for the New York Fire
Department Disaster Relief Fund. Many of our clients
and business colleagues attended and made generous
contributions that totaled over $12,000. Mario Treviņo,
the Chief of the San Francisco Fire Department, was on
hand to thank everyone for their support and also to talk
about the events in New York from the fire departments'
perspective.
Everyone who attended our celebration, contributed, and
signed a
large
card which was sent along with the contributions to
New York. |
| May,
2001 |
2001
U.C.
Berkeley Undergraduate Lecture
(California CPA Education Foundation)
Brian Rowbotham
and Inna Merzheritsky were
co-guest lecturers for two of Professor Alan Cerf's
intermediate accounting course in "Complications and
Accounting Issues of International Taxation". |
| November,
1999 |
1999
International Tax Conference
(California CPA Education Foundation)
This
November, Brian Rowbotham co-chaired the 1999
International Tax Conference and give a talk on Internet
taxation. Brian acted as co-chair of last year's
International Tax Conference. |
| October
1999 |
U.C.
Berkeley Graduate Lecture
Brian
Yacker and Brian Rowbotham gave a guest lecture for a
graduate tax course in "International High Technology
Taxation". |
| October
20-21,
1999 |
Offshore
Bytes I.T.
Brian
Rowbotham spoke at this I.T. conference on "U.S.
Aspects of getting the e-commerce business offshore - exit
taxes". |
| October
14, 1999 |
Tax,
Immigration and Estate Planning for Foreign Nationals and
Dual Citizens
(Australian
Chamber of Commerce Seminar)
Brian
Rowbotham was a panelist at this conference, discussing a
wide range of topics including: Minimizing U.S. Income and
Estate Tax, U.S. Wills and U.S. Offshore Trusts. |
| September
21, 1999 |
"Meet
the Firms" Reception
(San Francisco State University Beta Alpha Psi)
Brian
Yacker, Harriet Leung and Shirley Li participated in this
university event at the SFSU Seven Hills Conference
Center. |
| September
21, 1999 |
U.C.
Berkeley Career Fair
Our
team members (also alumni) took part in this career fair
at Cal. |
| June
22 1999 |
KQED
Night
(KQED
TV9: Public Broadcasting Station)
Our
firm was delighted to join in a special pledge night for
KQED's presentation of "Spirit: A Journey in Dance,
Drum and Song" and "The Bee Gees Concert".
Rowbotham continued its financial and employee support,
answering phones and taking pledges along side members of
The World Affairs Council of Northern California, another
organization the firm actively supports in the local
community. We helped raise over $75,000 that evening. |
| May
1999 |
Introduction
to International Tax Issues
(University
of California at Berkeley, Haas School of Business)
Brian Yacker and
Brian Rowbotham were guest lecturers for an undergraduate
tax class at U.C. Berkeley. They have been invited back to
Business School in the fall to lecture the graduate tax
class on international tax and business planning. |
| April
1999 |
Tech
99: The AICPA Computer & Technology Conference
Eng
Kuan Khoo and Brian Yacker attended this conference in
Denver, keeping the firm abreast of new technologies. |
| April
1999 |
International
Tax Presentation
(San
Francisco State University, Beta Alpha Psi)
Brian
Yacker gives the students at SFSU an introduction to the
world of international tax. |
| February
1999 |
Perspectives
in Global Economy
(Haas
School of Business, University of California at Berkeley) Our
team members are always looking for ways to support local
schools and universities. Last fall, Brian Rowbotham and
Brian Yacker were guest lecturers for an undergraduate
course at U.C. Berkeley, sharing their perspectives on
today's rapidly changing global economy with students. |
| December
1998 |
World
Affairs Council of Northern California
Presentation
to the Council: Economic Update on Indian Economy. |
| November
1998 |
India
Economic Summit
(World
Economic Forum)
Rowbotham
& Company provides tax and business services to
Internet companies both here and internationally. We were
very pleased to participate in the recent World Economic
Forum and Confederation of India Industry India
Economic Summit in New Delhi this past November. Read
more about our presence at this international event.
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