Los Angeles Chapter Hosts Three Seminars and Annual Tax Administrators' Night.

The Los Angeles Chapter's fiscal year ended with three well-attended full-day seminars. In April, Bob Cendejas of Ernst & Young's Los Angeles office coordinated a Sales and Use Tax Seminar. On May 21, Arthur Andersen presented a Tax Controversies Seminar coordinated by Jordan P. Weiss of the firm's L.A. office. The final seminar of the year was presented in June by Baker & McKenzie. Maurice Emmer of the firm's Palo Alto office arranged to have 15 additional partners representing 14 countries address International Tax Planning and Recent Tax Developments.

Tax Administrators' Night

The Annual Meeting and Tax Administrators' Night was held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on June 16. In attendance were numerous tax officials from the Los Angeles and Southern California Districts of the IRS, a member of the California State Board of Equalization, the Chief Counsel of the Franchise Tax Board, and property tax assessors and representatives from three counties. During the evening's program, panels of tax administrators and TEI members addressed the group on a variety of tax and administrative issues, including IRS reorganization.

A new slate of officers and directors for fiscal year 1999-2000 was elected by the membership. Patrick J. Ellingsworth of Atlantic Richfield Company was elected to succeed outgoing President Randolph LeVan, Jr., of Conexant Systems Inc.

Following a reception and dinner, a highlight of the evening was the awarding of the chapter's third annual scholarships under a program adopted in 1997. The 1999 recipients of $2,500 scholarships were Betty Y. Lee of the University of Southern California and Sheryl A. Garner of Golden Gate University.