VITA
GARY A.H. LAURSEN, J.D.,
LL.M. (Taxation), C.P.A.
FLORIDA BAR BOARD CERTIFIED
TAX LAWYER
September, 2004
YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT AT USF
1980
CURRENT RANK
Associate Professor of
Accounting and Law (Tenured in 1985).
EDUCATION
University of Miami Graduate School of Law - Master of Laws in Taxation (LL.M.), 1972.
University of Miami School
of Law - J.D., 1971.
Florida State University - B.S. in Business Administration(Major in Accounting), 1965 (Member, Beta Alpha Psi Honorary Accounting Fraternity).
St. Petersburg Jr. College -
A.A. (Liberal Arts), 1963.
Professor Laursen is considered to be properly "terminally qualified" under the AACSB Accreditation Council Policies Procedures and Standards because he holds the LLM degree, the JD degree, and the CPA certification.
PRIMARY TEACHING AREAS
Taxation and Law, including graduate courses in Tax Research and Planning, Taxation for Managers (Executive MBA, Physicians MBA, and Regular MBA), and undergraduate courses in Individual Income Taxation, Taxation of Corporations, Partnerships, and S Corporations, and Law and the Accountant.
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Gary A. H. Laursen, Florida Bar Board Certified Tax Attorney, Dunedin, Florida, 1973-present, Estate Planning & Taxation Attorney.
Graham, Carroll, Hodge & Swan, Attorneys, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 1972-1973, Estate Planning & Taxation Attorney.
Price Waterhouse, Certified Public Accountants, Miami, Florida, 1965-1970, Audit and Taxation Departments.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Professional Honors
Outstanding Undergraduate
Teaching Award for 1998-1999.
Florida Teaching Incentive
Award for 1994-1995.
The Executive M.B.A. Class
of 1995 TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD.
Served as the Chairperson of The Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants Federal Taxation Committee for 1998-99, and this committee received an award in 1999 as an Outstanding FICPA Committee.
A member of the faculty and the CPA review program which significantly contributed to the #1 ranking of USF accounting graduates with advanced degrees on the CPA exam for the period 1987-2001.
Florida Institute of CPA's, Outstanding Seminar Leader - 1994 (also received this award in 1982, 1984, and 1989).
Beta Gamma Sigma - USF 1986
Faculty Member.
Beta Alpha Psi - FSU 1965.
Professional Memberships
Florida Bar Board Certified
Tax Lawyer since 1983.
Attorney at Law (Florida)
since 1971.
Certified Public Accountant
(Florida) since 1967.
Florida Institute of CPA's
(FICPA).
Florida Bar Association.
Pinellas County Estate
Planning Council (President 1999).
Tampa Bay Estate Planning
Council (President 1990-1991).
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Publications
"Tax Law Update",
an article published in The Florida CPA Today, July, 1995.
"Disclaimer Results in
a 7.5 Million Dollar Gift Tax Liability", an article published in Res
Ipsa Loquitur, a legal publication of the Clearwater Bar Association in
February, 1995.
"Disclaimer Results in
a Taxable Gift", an article published in The Florida CPA Today,
July, 1994.
"How Do I Avoid Probate?",
an article published in the February 10, 1993, St. Petersburg Times Estate
Planning Supplement.
"Is Your Qualified
Retirement Plan an Exempt Asset in Bankruptcy?", an article published in Res
Ipsa Loquitur, a legal publication of the Clearwater Bar Association,
December, 1992.
"What is a Revocable
Living Trust?", an article published in the February 4, 1992, St.
Petersburg Times Estate Planning Supplement.
"Does the Sanctity of
Tenancy by the Entirety for Nonhomestead Real Property Still Exist?", an
article published in The Florida Bar Journal, January, 1989.
"Asset Protection
Planning and Estate Planning for Professionals", an article published in
the Proceedings of the Ninth Annual USF Income Tax Planning Seminar,
December, 1988.
"The Technical and
Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 (TAMRA) Including the Taxpayer Bill of
Rights", an article published in the Proceedings of the Ninth Annual
USF Income Tax Planning Seminar, December, 1988.
"Accountants Legal
Liability Under Florida Law", an article published in the Proceedings
of the Eighth Annual USF Income Tax Planning Seminar, December, 1987.
"Overview of the Tax
Reform Act of 1986", an article published in the Proceedings of the
Seventh Annual USF Income Tax Planning Seminar, December, 1986.
"Estate Planning
Software for Microcomputers", an article published in the Proceedings
of the Sixth Annual USF Income Tax Planning Seminar, October, 1985.
"Loss of Public
Confidence in the Tax System - Suggested Compliance Remedies", a section
of a Report on the Flat-Rate Tax Proposal for the Florida Bar
Association - Tax Section Special Committee, 1984.
"Tax Planning Software
for Microcomputers", an article published in the Proceedings of the
Fifth Annual USF Income Tax Planning Seminar, November, 1984.
"Final Regulations on
Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Issued
for Code Section 7430 - Awarding of Court Costs to the Prevailing Party in a
Civil Suit by or Against the United States", published in the Florida
Institute of Certified Public Accountants News Notes, June, 1984.
"The Income Tax
Preparer and the Proposed Regulations", an article published in the Proceedings
of the Fourth Annual USF Income Tax Planning Seminar, December, 1983.
"Revocable Living
Trusts", published in the Florida Institute of Certified Public
Accountants News Notes, October, 1983.
"CPA Law - Explanatory
Answers to Objective Questions, May 1983 CPA Exam", Bradley CPA Study
Aids, Inc., 1983.
"Estate Planning for
Owners of Closely Held Corporations", published in an article published in
the Proceedings of the 1983 FSU Accounting Conference, May, 1983.
"The Increasing
Potential Liability of the CPA for Preparation of Income Tax Returns",
published in the proceedings of the 1983 Southeast Regional Meeting of the
American Accounting Association, April, 1983.
"CPA Law - Explanatory
Answers to Objective Questions, November 1982 CPA Exam", Bradley CPA
Study Aids, Inc., 1983.
"Using the Revocable
Living Trust", Estate Planning Ideas and Techniques Service,
Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1980, Revised Second Edition 1982.
"Is the Tax Preparer in
Jeopardy under TEFRA - '82?", an article published in the Proceedings
of the Third Annual USF Income Tax Planning Seminar, December, 1982.
"CPA Law - Explanatory
Answers to Objective Questions, May 1982 CPA Exam", Bradley CPA Study
Aids, Inc., 1982.
"CPA Law - Explanatory
Answers to Objective Questions, November 1981 CPA Exam", Bradley CPA
Study Aids, Inc., 1982.
"CPA Law - Explanatory
Answers to Objective Questions, May 1976 through November 1981 CPA Exam", Bradley CPA Study Aids, Inc.,
1982.
"The Economic Recovery
Tax Act of 1981 - Estate and Gift Tax Provisions", an article published in
the Proceedings of the Second Annual USF Income Tax Planning Seminar,
December, 1981.
"Corporate Buy-Sell Agreements
in Estate Planning", published in the proceedings of the 1981 Southeast
Regional Meeting of the American Accounting Association, May, 1981.
"CPA Law -
Explanatory Answers to Objective Questions, May 1981 CPA Exam", Bradley
CPA Study Aids, Inc., 1981.
"CPA Law - Explanatory
Answers to Objective Questions, November 1980 CPA Exam", Bradley CPA
Study Aids, Inc., 1981.
"Pending Tax
Legislation", an article published in the Proceedings of the First
Annual USF Income Tax Planning Seminar, December, 1980.
"Update on Income Tax
Preparer Potential Liability", an article published in the Proceedings
of the First Annual USF Income Tax Planning Seminar, December, 1980.
"CPA Law - Explanatory
Answers to Objective Questions, November 1979 CPA Exam", Bradley CPA
Study Aids, Inc., 1979, 1980.
"CPA Law - Explanatory
Answers to Objective Questions, May 1974 through November 1978 CPA Exam", Bradley
CPA Study Aids, Inc., 1979.
Presentations
Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants
ESTATE PLANNING AND ASSET PRESERVATION FOR THE FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL, a 2 hour continuing professional education presentation at the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants Southeast Regional Accounting Show, in Orlando, Florida, June 3, 1994.
EFFECTIVE ESTATE PLANNING, an 8 hour continuing profession education course taught for the FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS held in Lakeland, Florida, October 14, 1993.
BASIC CONCEPTS IN ESTATE PLANNING, an 8 hour continuing profession education course taught for the FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS held in Tampa, Florida, 1990. Also taught in 1988, 1986, 1983, 1982, 1981.
CURRENT TECHNIQUES IN ESTATE PLANNING, a 2 hour presentation at the USF Accounting Conference, in Tampa, Florida, December, 1989.
ACCOUNTANTS LEGAL LIABILITY UNDER FLORIDA LAW, a 2 hour presentation to the West Coast Chapter of the FICPA, Tampa, Florida, February 15, 1988.
ESTATE PLANNING AFTER THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1986, a presentation made at the FICPA Annual Estate Planning Conference, Tampa, Florida, June 10, 1987.
ESTATE PLANNING FOR THE NON-TAXABLE ESTATE, a presentation made at the FICPA Annual Estate Planning Conference, Tampa, Florida, May, 1985.
ESTATE PLANNING FOR THE OWNERS OF CLOSELY HELD CORPORATIONS, a speech presented at the 1983 FSU Accounting Conference, May, 1983.
ESTATE AND GIFT TAXATION, a 16 hour continuing profession education course taught for the FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, October, 1981.
ESTATE AND GIFT TAX PROVISIONS OF THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY TAX ACT OF 1981, Fourth Annual FICPA Estate Planning Conference, Tampa, Florida, September, 1981.
REVOCABLE INTER VIVOS TRUSTS, Fourth Annual FICPA Estate Planning Conference, Tampa, Florida, September, 1981.
University of South Florida
CPA LAW REVIEW
COURSE, 1980-2003, a continuing professional education courses taught twice
yearly for the USF School of Accountancy.
Speaker at the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants University of South Florida Accounting Conference, presenting "ESTATE AND GIFT TAX UPDATE," a one hour presentation in Tampa, on October 24, 1997.
Presented a two hour speech entitled "TAXATION, ESTATE PLANNING & ASSET PROTECTION UPDATE" on April 5, 1997 for the MBA PROGRAM FOR PHYSICIANS SECOND ANNUAL ALUMNI CONFERENCE, held in Tampa, Florida.
ESTATE PLANNING AND ASSET PROTECTION FOR PROFESSIONALS, USF Leadership Class 1994-1995, in Tampa, Florida, on December 13, 1994.
ESTATE PLANNING AND ASSET PROTECTION, USF Accounting Circle Conference, in Tampa, Florida, May 20, 1994.
ESTATE PLANNING AND ASSET PROTECTION FOR PROFESSIONALS, USF Leadership Class 1992-1993, in Tampa, Florida, on April 14, 1993.
THE ACCOUNTANT'S LEGAL LIABILITY UNDER FLORIDA LAW, a continuing professional education 8 hour course taught for the USF Department of Accounting in cooperation with the Center for Continuing Education, June 21, 1991.
FEDERAL TAX LAWS, RESEARCH, AND PRACTICES, a continuing professional education 8 hour course taught for the USF Department of Accounting in cooperation with the Center for Continuing Education, December 7, 1990.
ESTATE AND GIFT TAX PLANNING UPDATE, a continuing professional education 8 hour course taught for the USF Department of Accounting in cooperation with the Center for Continuing Education, November 30, 1990.
DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, a continuing professional education 8 hour course taught for the USF Department of Accounting in cooperation with the Center for Continuing Education, June 29, 1990. Also presented June, 1988 & 1989.
ESTATE PLANNING FOR THE CPA, a continuing professional education 8 hour course taught for the USF Department of Accounting in cooperation with the Center for Continuing Education, June 8, 1990. Also presented twice/year 1984 through 1989).
DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, a continuing professional education 8 hour course taught for the USF Department of Accounting in cooperation with the Center for Continuing Education, June 23, 1989.
ASSET PROTECTION PLANNING
AND ESTATE PLANNING FOR PROFESSIONALS, presented at the Ninth Annual USF Income Tax Planning Seminar,
December, 1988.
THE TECHNICAL AND
MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE ACT OF 1988 (TAMRA) INCLUDING THE TAXPAYER BILL OF
RIGHTS, presented at the Ninth Annual USF Income Tax Planning Seminar,
December, 1988.
A SMALL PRACTITIONER'S GUIDE TO TAX RESEARCH, a continuing professional education 4 hour course taught for the USF School of Accountancy and the Center for Continuing Professional Education, November and May, 1987.
ACCOUNTANTS LEGAL LIABILITY
UNDER FLORIDA LAW, presented at the Eighth Annual USF Income Tax Planning
Seminar, December, 1987.
ESTATE PLANNING FOR THE CPA UNDER THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1986, a continuing professional education 8 hour course taught for the USF School of Accountancy and the Center for Continuing Professional Education, June, 1987.
TAX REFORM: IMPACT ON INDIVIDUAL TAXATION & FINANCIAL PLANNING, a continuing professional education 4 hour course taught for the USF School of Extended Studies and Learning Technologies, March 2 & 9, 1987.
OVERVIEW OF THE TAX REFORM
ACT OF 1986, presented at the Seventh Annual USF Income Tax Planning Seminar,
December, 1986.
THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1986 AS IT RELATES TO EXECUTIVES, a 4 hour workshop presented to graduates of the USF Executive MBA Program, November 21, 1986.
THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1986, a continuing professional education 8 hour course taught for the USF School of Accountancy and the Center for Continuing Professional Education, November 7, 1986.
ESTATE PLANNING SOFTWARE FOR
MICROCOMPUTERS, presented at the Sixth Annual USF Income Tax Planning
Seminar, October, 1985.
TAX UPDATE AND USING THE MICROCOMPUTER TO MANAGE YOUR MONEY, a 4 hour computer hands-on workshop presented to graduates of the USF Executive MBA Program, February 8, 1985.
TAX PLANNING SOFTWARE FOR
MICROCOMPUTERS, presented at the Fifth Annual USF Income Tax Planning
Seminar, November, 1984.
Appeared as a guest on "Dateline" discussing THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1984 AND FUTURE INCOME TAXATION IDEAS for the WUSF Radio Reading Service, Program aired in October, 1984.
THE INCOME TAX PREPARER AND
THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS, presented at
the Fourth Annual USF Income Tax Planning Seminar, December, 1983.
THE PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING PROFESSOR, a speech presented at USF's Beta Alpha Psi 2001 Honors Banquet, Tampa, December 3, 1982.
IS THE TAX PREPARER IN
JEOPARDY UNDER TEFRA - '82?, presented at the Third Annual USF Income Tax
Planning Seminar, December, 1982.
THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY TAX
ACT OF 1981 - ESTATE AND GIFT TAX PROVISIONS, presented at the Second Annual
USF Income Tax Planning Seminar, December, 1981.
A CASE STUDY ON CPA-ATTORNEY ETHICS, a speech presented the Beta Alpha Psi Seminar on Ethics in Business: Progression or Regression?, Tampa, Florida, April 24, 1981.
PENDING TAX LEGISLATION,
presented at the First Annual USF Income Tax Planning Seminar, December,
1980.
UPDATE ON INCOME TAX
PREPARER POTENTIAL LIABILITY, presented at the First Annual USF Income Tax
Planning Seminar, December, 1980.
WHAT TO EXPECT IN LAW SCHOOL, a speech to the USF Pre-Law Society, November 3, 1980.
In-House Continuing Professional Education for CPA
Firms
Presented "ESTATE PLANNING IN THE 90'S", a four hour Seminar presented on January 28, 1997, for NCT Group CPA'S, L.L.P., in Lakeland, Florida.
ESTATE PLANNING FOR THE FLORIDA CPA, a Four Hour Seminar Continuing Professional Education Seminar Presented on September 25, 1996, in Tampa, Florida, to the professional staff of Rex Meighen & Company, Certified Public Accountants.
Legal Liability of
Accountants, presented in 1987.
The Tax Reform Act of 1986
as it relates to CPA's, presented in 1986.
Tax Research Methods,
presented in 1983.
Purchase, Sale or Liquidation of a Corporate Business, presented in 1982.
Federal Tax Research,
presented in 1981.
Tax Planning for the Closely
Held Business, presented in 1981.
Basic Concepts in Estate
Planning, presented in 1980.
Income Taxation of Trusts
and Estates, presented in 1980.
Other Presentations
Discussion Leader and Seminar Director for the Annual Pinellas County Estate Council, Inc. Estate Planning Seminar to the public (1994 through 1999).
"Estate Planning and Asset Protection," presented to the Registered Nursing Students in the USF Course entitled DEATH AND DYING, on June 15, 1995.
"Estate Planning and Asset Protection", presented to a Professional Group of Bartow, Florida, Ophthalmologists and Optometrists in May, 1995.
ARE LIFE INSURANCE PROCEEDS PAID TO A REVOCABLE TRUST NOW SUBJECT TO CLAIMS OF PROBATE CREDITORS?, an update topic presented at the Pinellas County Estate Planning Council, Inc. in Clearwater, Florida, on February 28, 1994.
A COMPLEX ESTATE PLANNING CASE, presented with a panel of estate planners at the Pinellas County Estate Council, Inc. in Clearwater, Florida, on October 25, 1993.
ESTATE PLANNING AND ASSET PROTECTION, presented at the Second Annual M.E. Rinker, Sr. Tax Conference held at Stetson University in Deland, Florida on May 15, 1992.
ESTATE AND GIFT TAX UPDATE, presented at the Second Annual M.E. Rinker, Sr. Tax Conference held at Stetson University in Deland, Florida on May 15, 1992.
REVOCABLE TRUSTS AND ESTATE PLANNING, a speech presented on the Skycrest United Methodist Men's Program, February, 1990.
ESTATE PLANNING AND RELATED TOPICS OF LAW, three Radio show appearances on AM 760, November, 1989.
ESTATE AND ASSET PRESERVATION PLANNING IN FLORIDA for the First Florida Bank Estate Planning Potpourri-II Seminar, October, 1989.
ESTATE AND ASSET PRESERVATION PLANNING IN FLORIDA, a speech to the Pinellas County Estate Planning Council, October, 1989.
ESTATE PLANNING IN THE 1990'S, a Television appearance on the FLA LAW program, May 25, 1989
DOES THE SANCTITY OF TENANCY BY THE ENTIRETY FOR NONHOMESTEAD REAL PROPERTY STILL EXIST?, a speech presented to The Florida Bar Association, at the Super Seminar for the Real Property, Probate, and Trust Division, May 4, 1989.
WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY, a speech presented to the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Brandeis University Women's Committee, Tampa, Florida, November 15, 1988.
INCOME, GIFT, AND ESTATE TAX PLANNING FOR USAA EMPLOYEES, presented to Executives and other key Employees of USAA Property and Casualty Insurance Corporation, Tampa, Florida, October 19, 1988.
ACCOUNTING AS A CAREER, a speech presented at Clearwater High School, May 20, 1986.
USING THE REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST, a speech presented to the Polk County Estate Planning Council, Lakeland, Florida, November, 1983.
ESTATE PLANNING, a speech presented to the Tampa Chapter of the American Society of Woman Accountants, Tampa, Florida, May 14, 1983.
REVOCABLE LIVING TRUSTS, a speech presented to the Melbourne Estate Planning Council, May 10, 1983.
THE INCREASING POTENTIAL
LIABILITY OF THE CPA FOR PREPARATION OF INCOME TAX RETURNS, presented at the 1983
Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Accounting Association, April,
1983.
REVOCABLE LIVING TRUSTS AND ESTATE PLANNING, a speech presented to the public at The First Bank and Trust Company, Belleair Bluffs, Florida, April 20, 1983.
INCOME TAXATION, presented during a guest appearance on the WUSF Television Program "Carousel", March 12 and 13, 1983.
WILLS AND PROBATE, a speech presented to the public at the Skycrest United Methodist Church Legal Seminar, Clearwater, Florida, March 6, 1983.
THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE INCOME TAX, a guest appearance on the WKIS Orlando, Florida radio station, Gene Burns talk show, May, 1982.
JEWELRY AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT OF 1981, a 2 hour program presented to the Florida Jewelers Association, Saddlebrook Resort, April, 1982.
USE OF REVOCABLE LIVING TRUSTS IN ESTATE PLANNING, a speech presented to the Central Florida Estate Planning Council, March, 1982.
TAX PROPOSALS BY PRESIDENT REAGAN, a guest appearance on Channel 13 11 pm news, Tampa, Florida, interviewed by John Nicholson, July, 1981.
REVOCABLE LIVING TRUSTS, a speech presented to the public at the First National Bank & Trust Co., Belleair Bluffs, Florida, January 29, 1981.
BOOK REVIEWS
Estate Planning and Drafting, for The Journal of the
American Taxation Association, published in the Fall 1996 Issue.
Price on Estate Planning, for The Journal of the
American Taxation Association, published in the Fall 1996 Issue.
West's Federal
Taxation: 1989 Annual Edition of
Corporations, Partnerships, Estates, and Trusts, Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13,
and 14, reviewed for West Educational Publishing, August, 1988.
CPA Law Review, 6th Edition, by Thompson
and Brady, reviewed for Kent Publishing Company prior to publication, January,
1983.
SIGNIFICANT COURSE DEVELOPMENT
Professor Laursen has either originally designed or completely revised the course content of the following courses prior to teaching them: Law and the Accountant, Estate Planning, Tax Research, Advanced Corporate Taxation, Advanced Partnership Taxation, Taxation for Managers (Executive MBA Program), Taxation for Physicians (Executive MBA Program), Law for Managers (Executive MBA Program), and Estate and Gift Taxation.
Professor Laursen has been extensively involved with the development and subsequent revisions of the Master of Accountancy, Tax Track Program, from 1980 through 2000. Professor Laursen was the coordinator of the continuing effort to develop the TAXATION SPECIALIZATION as a part of the Master of Accountancy Program. The program was developed and was originally offered in the Fall of 1984.
ACADEMIC COMMITTEES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
University of South Florida
Academic Honest Committee,
1981-84.
Advisor, USF Pre-Law
Society, 1980-82.
College of Business Administration
Affirmative Action
Committee, 1997-99.
Faculty Council, 1981-83.
Student Grievance Committee,
1981-84.
Executive MBA College of
Business Committee, 1985-87.
Undergraduate Operating
Committee, 1984-85.
MBA Oral Examination
Committee, 1983-84.
Business Law Faculty
Selection Committee, 1986.
School of Accountancy
School of Accountancy
Committee A (1999-2003)
School of Accountancy Tenure
& Promotion Committee (2000-2001)
Chair of the Tax Recruiting
Search Committee (1998-99).
School of Accountancy MBA Ad
Hoc Committee (1998-99).
School of Accountancy
Curriculum Committee (1998-99).
School of Accountancy MAcc
Committee (1997-98).
Seminar Director, The Annual
USF INCOME TAX PLANNING SEMINAR (1980-1989).
Chairperson, Committee A (1986-87, 1983-84).
Member, Committee A (1997-2003, 1993-95, 1986-87, 1984-85, 1983-84, 1980-82).
Member, School of Accountancy Faculty Fund Committee(1992-1993).
Member, School of Accountancy Advisory Council, Development Committee (1992-1994).
Member, School of
Accountancy Awards Committee (1991-1992).
Member, Law Curriculum Task
Force Committee (1991-1992).
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Member, FICPA Committee on Federal Taxation, 1993-99, 1983-84, Chairperson, 1999.
Member, FICPA Committee of the USF Accounting Conference, 1997-99, Chairperson, 2000.
Chairperson, The FICPA Annual Estate Planning Conference Committee, 1986-87, 1981-82, 1979-80.
Member, USF Accounting
Conference, 1984-85.
Member, American Bar Association, Tax Section Committee on Domestic Relations Tax Problems, 1978-81, 1975-77.
Member, Florida Bar, Tax Section Special Committee on the Flat-Rate Tax Proposal, 1983-86.
Member, Florida Bar, Tax Section Individual Income Tax Advisory Committee, 1982-85.
Estate Planning and Asset
Protection.
Business Law.
Computer Applications for
Estate and Tax Planning.
COURSES TAUGHT AT USF FROM 1980 THROUGH 2003
Professor Laursen is credentialed as a Full member of the Graduate Faculty of the University of South Florida.
Graduate Courses:
TAXATION
Estate Planning
Taxation of Trusts and
Estates
Taxation for Managers
(Executive MBA Program)
Taxation for Managers
(Regular MBA Program)
Taxation for Physicians
(Executive MBA Program)
Advanced Corporate Taxation
Advanced Partnership
Taxation
Tax Research, Planning and
Procedure
LAW
Law for Managers (Executive
MBA Program)
Social, Legal, and Political
Environment of Business
Undergraduate:
TAXATION
Individual Income Taxation
LAW
Law and the Accountant
Business Law I
ACCOUNTING
Accounting Systems
Accounting Principles II