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Come prepared to ask our
highly experienced team your tax & management questions!
Back to Basics
covers current tax law in the unique style and gusto of its
famous teaching team.
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William Bogart MPS, EA
Bill has a BBA from St. Bonaventure
University and an MPS from Alfred University. He is enrolled to
practice before the IRS. Bill has been a small business and tax
consultant for the past 16 years. He was an instructor for the
Penn State Professional Tax Institutes from 1992 to 2000.
Contact:
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John J. Defassio, CPA
John has a BS in Business
Administration with concentration in accounting. He had held
various positions in accounting from 1972 until 1990 when he
opened his own CPA practice in Bath, PA. John supplies his clients
a full range of accounting services, in addition to preparing over
300 income tax returns per year, with years of experience in farm
income taxes.
He is also the sect./treas. of Chapman Borough and
volunteers his time to the Military Assistance Program sponsored
by the PICPA and the Lehigh Valley Military Affairs Council. He
was an instructor for the Penn State Professional Tax Institutes
for 10 years until 2000.
Contact:
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Robert P. Hager, CPA
Bob has a BS in Accounting from
Bloomsburg State University. He was an IRS Field Agent for 6
years. For the past 15 years he has been a principal in the firm
of Lindsay & Hager, PC. His practice is primarily in income and
estate taxes. He was an instructor for the Penn State Professional
Tax Institutes until 2000 and has spoken to various business
associations and local law firms.
Contact:
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Joseph Lubash, MBA, EA
Joe has a BA from Penn State
University and an MBA from University of Hartford. He is also
enrolled to practice before the IRS. He has been preparing taxes
professionally since 1992 for the firm of Ventresca Associates.
Joe was an instructor for the Penn State Professional Tax
Institutes in 2000.
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Angelo Ventresca, Jr., MS, EA
Angelo has a BS from LaSalle
University and an MS from Drexel University. He has over 46 years
of experience in tax preparation. In 1978 Angelo founded Ventresca
Associates which prepares 2,000 tax returns per year for
individuals and small business owners. He is also enrolled to
practice before the IRS and was an instructor for the Penn State
Professional Tax Institutes from 1993 to 2000.
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Julie E.
Steinbacher, ESQ.
Julie is an attorney with a BS in
Gerontology. A significant portion of her practice at Steinbacher
Law Firm is Elder Law. Her areas of practice include Wills, Power
of Attorneys, Trusts, Estates, Medicare/Medicaid, Nursing Home
Law, Disability Law and Enforcement Litigation. Prior to becoming
an attorney she was employed by AARP and as a social worker at
Valley View Nursing Facility. She has been a speaker for Penn
State Tax Institutes and Tax Week, PICPA-Pennsylvania Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, National Association of Tax
Practitioners- PA Chapter, and Pennsylvania Society of Public
Accountants.
Contact:
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Gaetano J Capone, MS, CPA
BS from Pennsylvania State University, MS of Taxation from Widner
University. Have been employed by the IRS for the last 34 years.
Presently assigned as a Revenue Agent in the Large and Midsize
Business Unit auditing mainly corporate tax return with assets in
excess of $250 million out of the Wilkes-Barre office. Also
serving as an instructor teaching all phases of Revenue Agent and
computer training within the service. Have taught accounting and
tax courses as and adjunct professor for several of the colleges
within the Wilkes-Barre area.
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