The second session of the ISBA 2006/2007 Federal Tax Conference will be conducted Friday, March 9, in the Hilton Hotel, Springfield, by the Federal Taxation Section. (MCLE accredited 6.5 hours, and 0.5 PMCLE hours applied for)

Section council vice chair and newsletter co-editor Sarah Delano Pavlik of the Delano Law Offices, Springfield, is the moderator. The program follows.

9 a.m. – Individual Income Tax Update, with Richard M. Colombik of Richard M. Colombik & Associates, Itasca.

9:50 a.m. – Ethical Guidelines for Tax Pro----fessionals Under Circulars 230 and 470, and Tax Gap Information, with J. B. Bilbrey, special agent for tax administration of the Internal Revenue Service, and Katie Beard, senior tax specialist for Internal Revenue Service taxpayer education and communication.

10:40 a.m. – Estate, Gift and Generation Skipping Update, with section council member Joseph P. O'Keefe of Mathis, Marifian, Richter & Grandy, Belleville.

11:20 a.m. – Review of 2006 Tax Legislation, with section council member William F. Marutzky of Chicago.

12:15 p.m. – Questions and answers.

12:30 p.m. Luncheon break.

1:30 p.m. – Corporate and Partnership Update, with Kelli E. Madigan of Mathis, Marifian, Richter & Grandy, Belleville.

2:20 p.m. – Tax Aspects of Litigation, with section council member George E. Marifian of Mathis, Marifian, Richter & Grandy, Belleville.

3:25 p.m. – New Procedures in Offers in Compromise and Collection, with section council member William M. Gasa of Winfield.

4:30 p.m. – Recent Developments Regarding Retirement and Welfare Benefit Plans, with Karen Brandon of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, Chicago.