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Leading Transfer Pricing Experts From Ceteris To Offer Best Practice Solutions For Optimizing Risk Management And Prioritizing Compliance Objectives On Tightened Budgets

NEWS RELEASE

Contacts:
Mark Carrington
(703) 341.5880
mcarrington@bna.com

Arlington, Va. (September 10, 2009) – Current economic conditions have triggered increased transfer pricing enforcement and greater compliance demands, while at the same time corporate budgets have all but frozen. How are companies getting by? Two leading transfer pricing experts from Ceteris will explain trends, address the most common – and challenging – audit questions, and help tax directors leverage other companies’ best practices in a 90-minute BNA webinar, Wednesday, September 30, 2009, from 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm ET.

Transfer Pricing in 2009/2010: Balancing the Requirements with Your Tightened Budget, presented by Christopher Desmond and Michelle Johnson from Ceteris, will tackle the very issues that dog CFOs and Tax Directors in this challenging environment.

In 60-90 minutes, Desmond and Johnson will cover:

• Current Environment and Trends: What Should Companies Prepare for?
• Global transfer pricing environment and areas of scrutiny
• Obama tax plan and impact on transfer pricing
• IRS news, audit tactics and team expansions
• Questions Being Asked by the IRS, External Auditors, and Foreign Tax Authorities – and How Companies are Responding
• How have you implemented the new U.S. services regulations?
• What have you done to evaluate transfer pricing risks under FIN 48?
• What are the company’s key intangibles, and how are these being appropriately charged for globally?
• What countries have operations but no transfer pricing reports?
• Questions Being Asked by Companies When Facing New Challenges in 2009, and Best Practices for Addressing Them, such as:
• My transactions are now out of last year’s range due to the economy. Can I still comply with the arm’s length standard?
• What happens when a firm enters bankruptcy?
• How do I prioritize transfer pricing projects given a limited budget?
• How do I interpret FIN 48’s Recognition and Measurement steps for transfer pricing positions?
• How do I make the transfer pricing documentation process more efficient?
• My foreign controllers are telling me new services charges will be denied by local tax authorities. How can I successfully implement the new U.S. services regulations given this?

About the Speakers

Christopher Desmond has over ten years of experience advising clients on a variety of transfer pricing matters. He is one of the founding partners of Ceteris and they have been ranked in Inc. Magazine’s “500 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America” for the last two years.

Desmond has served on multiple transfer pricing teams involving expert witness testimony for cases in the US Federal Tax Courts. Prior to joining Ceteris, Christopher was a transfer pricing economist with both PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Ernst & Young LLP. Christopher has experience working with clients in the agricultural, alcohol & tobacco, consumer products, commodity trading, automotive, medical devices, healthcare, pharmaceutical, hotel, retail, food & beverages, logistics, publishing, tobacco, technology, media, consumer goods, industrial and specialty chemicals. Throughout his career, he has also led initiatives related to global transfer pricing policies and how transfer pricing impacts the US states.

Michelle Johnson is a Director with Ceteris and has significant experience advising clients on transfer pricing and valuation matters, including FIN 48 recognition and measurement analyses, Advanced Pricing Agreements, cost sharing analyses, buy-in valuations, supply chain restructuring and tangible and intangible transfer pricing documentation. Michelle has consulted with companies in a wide range of industries including financial services, technology, pharmaceuticals, retail, and many others.

Prior to joining Ceteris, Johnson was a Manager with Ernst & Young LLP where she focused primarily on intangible property valuations and supply chain restructuring initiatives. In addition, she worked as a litigation consultant for LECG LLC, a leading expert witness services firm, where she advised attorneys and Fortune 100 companies on deferred tax implications of FAS 109, the valuation of sovereign debt investments, and business valuations.

Register for this webinar and obtain further information about CLE and CPE credits, go to: http://tmstore.bna.com/Pagemanager.aspx?pageId=8639 or call 1-800-372-1033, menu Option 6, then Option 1. The fee is $249 for BNA subscribers, $299 for nonsubscribers.

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About BNA Tax & Accounting Webinars

Designed for today's busy practitioners, our webinars offer the same expertise and relevance that are the hallmark of all BNA Tax & Accounting resources. In just 60-90 minutes, practitioners gain in-depth knowledge on a current tax or accounting topic from experts in that area -- and benefit from practical applications that can be put to work immediately. Conference attendees have the opportunity to ask the speakers questions, and may be eligible to earn CLE or CPE credits - all from the convenience of their own office or conference room.

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