Meeting Location:  Fairfax County Government Center - Conference Rooms 9/10

Late Registration starts on Monday, 6/8 at 1:00 PM

Registration CLOSES on Tuesday, 6/9 at 1:00 PM

RCHs: TBD

Topic 1: Employers and the Child Support Program: A Partnership Benefiting Children

This session will highlight the vital role employers play in the child support program and how collaboration with OCSE helps deliver consistent, timely support to families.  Participants will gain an overview of key responsibilities and learn how OCSE's electronic tools streamline communication, improve efficiency, and reduce administrative burden.
Topics include: 
*The employer's role in supporting child support enforcement efforts
*OCSE's electronic solutions designed to enhance stakeholder communication
*Electronic Income Withholding for Support Orders (e-IWO)
*Electronic National Medical Support Notices (e-NMSN)
*OCSE's Child Support Portal, including how to:
     *Report lump sum payments and employee terminations
     *Update contact and organizational information
     *Communicate directly with child support agencies and OCSE
     *Download and acknowledge Income Withholding for Support Orders (e-IWO Online)

Speaker 1: 

Sherri Grigsby is the Deputy Director of the Division of Federal Systems within the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE).  In this role, she leads program and functional strategic planning for the division, including overseeing functional analysis, cross-line-of-business collaboration, and the coordination of data access requests and agreements.

She is also a key contributor to the division's employer services line of business, working closely with stakeholders such as child support agencies, employers, payroll professional, and federal and state partners to enhance and streamline processes.

Sherri brings more than 30 years of experience in the child support program.  Prior to joining OCSE, she worked for the Commonwealth of Virginia's Division of Child Support Enforcement.

Topic 2: New Company, Old Tax Problems: How to protect yourself while navigating the existing tax problems of your new employer or client.

In this session, tax controversy attorney Russell Haynes will explain the risks of going to work for, or taking control of, an existing business with federal and state tax problems that pre-date your involvement. Both the IRS and Virginia can hold new owners and certain employees of businesses with unpaid taxes personally liable for tax debts that accrued prior to their ownership or employment. We will also cover the most critical steps to protecting the company from levy and seizure action moving forward, while positioning the company for a successful negotiation with the tax authorities over the existing tax liabilities.

Speaker 2: 

Russell Haynes is a tax attorney at Haynes Tax Law in Burke, VA.  Russ works primarily with businesses that have federal and state employment tax problems, including unfiled returns, unpaid balances, and worker classification issues, but he also assists business owners and employees with personal exposure to the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty and converted state tax assessments. Russ also handles cases for individuals with non-business-related tax problems, including unfiled returns and unpaid taxes. Russ has become an authority on the treatment of tax liabilities in bankruptcy, and teaches seminars on that subject for the Maryland State Bar Association, the University of Baltimore Law School, and various professional associations of tax practitioners. In addition to using bankruptcy to resolve individual tax problems, Russ has successfully negotiated offers in compromise and installment agreements with the federal and state tax authorities, obtained innocent spouse relief, and represented clients during IRS and state tax audits.

Russ is a graduate of the George Mason University School of Law (magna cum laude, tax concentration) and is admitted to the Virginia Supreme Court, the U.S. Tax Court, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the ABA Tax Section and the ABA Committee on Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties, the Virginia State Bar Association and VSB Taxation Section. Russ is also a QuickBooks ProAdvisor. Before attending law school and entering the practice of law, Russell was a trained musician, with a Masters degree in music performance from the Cincinnati Conservatory and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

Menu: Lunch will be provided

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