Concepts of SFAS 141R as Applied to Cooperatives

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Concepts of SFAS 141R as Applied to Cooperatives
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009
Time: 11:00 AM ET / 10:00 AM CT / 09:00 AM MT / 08:00 AM PT [Prevailing Time]
Presenter(s): Greg Taylor, CPA with D. Williams & Company, P.C.
Objective: Learn how applying FASB 141R to mergers of cooperative entities can effect financial outcome.
Field of Study: Accounting
Program Level: Intermediate
CPE Credit: 1 Credit Hour

No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course.

Course Description
Presentation will cover the concepts of FASB 141R as they apply to cooperatives. Simple examples of applying the concepts and requirements of FASB 141R to mergers of cooperative will be demonstrated.

Join in on this CLN discussion as Greg shares alternative viewpoints and ideas regarding FASB 141R and its impact on mergers between cooperatives.

Presenter Bio(s)
Greg Taylor, CPA, CVA grew up on a six hundred acre cattle and cotton farm in Crosby County, Texas. The Taylor farm remains in the family, though Greg and his twin brother chose to follow careers in accounting.

Greg is a shareholder with D. Williams & Co., P.C. in Lubbock, Texas, and oversees the firm’s assurance, litigation support and valuation services. He has extensive experience with many types of agri-business entities including all facets of the cotton and cottonseed processing industries, grain merchandising, farm supply, fertilizer production, and wholesale-retail operations.

His experience also includes banks and financial institutions and not-for-profit and governmental entities. He joined D. Williams & Co., P.C in 1989 after working with Doshier, Pickens & Francis, P.C. in Amarillo, Texas and in the Lubbock office of KPMG Peat Marwick.

Greg received his B.B.A. in finance and accounting from West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M University) in 1983 and his M.B.A. from West Texas State University in 1988.

Greg holds the CVA designation (Certified Valuation Analyst) and is a member of the NACVA. He is also a member of the Lubbock Cotton Exchange, the AICPA, TSCPA and the Texas Chapter of NSAC - which he has served as a board member and president. Greg also currently serves as the National Director from the Texas Chapter and as chairman of the Accounting and Auditing Committee of NSAC.

He has three children, Nicole 18, Jackson 6, and Mason 3. His wife, Jill, is also a CPA.

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