About The Instructor
As an accounting graduate of La Salle University in Philadelphia, Prof. Connors went on for his law degree at the University of Notre Dame, graduating in 1980. After serving as an instructor in the School of Business Administration, he obtained his Masters of Law in Taxation at the University
of Miami Law School in Coral Gables, Florida. He then served on the graduate tax faculty at the University of Wisconsin’s School of Business in Milwaukee, WI.
His professional background includes over 48 years of experience in income and estate tax planning, as well as individual, partnership and corporate tax return preparation and research as a senior tax consultant for Price Waterhouse in the Philadelphia and South Bend offices. Prof. Connors also worked on expatriate and corporate tax matters as an international tax consultant for the Chrysler Corporation in London, England.
Prof. Connors currently conducts a national consulting practice designed especially for tax professionals based out of Milwaukee, WI. He also publishes a tax newsletter devoted exclusively to practitioners over the last 30 years entitled the Monthly Tax Update. He has been the outside editor for CCH’s Federal Tax Course, and has spoken at numerous tax institutes, workshops and conferences around the country. And, his “Complete Guide to Depreciation, Amortization & Transfers of Property - Issues, Strategies & Answers” is sold to tax practitioners throughout the U.S., along with annual tax guides entitled “LLCs Taxed as Partnerships,” “Taxation of Real Estate Investments,” and “Choice of Entity.”
As a nationally known speaker on a variety of tax topics, Prof. Connors has consistently earned average overall ratings in excess of 4.7 (i.e., on a 5.0 scale) for his knowledge and presentation skills, as well as the quality of his materials. In 2013, he was selected to receive the Sid Kess Award for Excellence in Continuing Education by the American Institute of CPAs. And, on any item that he has presented in his materials, he is available for follow-up questions, a factor much-appreciated by those practitioners attending his seminars.