New York and Tri-State Taxation Conference

William R. Lazor, CPA/PFS, CFF, CFE, FCPA, CSEP, CGMA is Past President of the Pennsylvania Institute of CPA's and is a director with the certified public accounting firm of Kronick Kalada Berdy & Co. PC, located in Kingston, PA. He concentrates in the area of taxation, with a particular expertise in the areas of local and multi-state taxation. Bill received his BS degree in Commerce and Finance from Wilkes University and holds CPA licenses in both Pennsylvania .and New York. Bill is a Certified Fraud Examiner and a Forensic CPA, and has also earned the designations Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) and Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) from the American Institute of CPA's and the designation Ce11ified Specialist in Estate Planning from The National Institute for Excellence in Professional Education, LLC. He practiced at the partner level for over forty years. In addition to speaking for the Pennsylvania Institute of CPA's (PICPA) and the Internal Revenue Service on matters of taxation, Bill was a member of the editorial advisory board of the Tri State Tax Letter Plus published by Harcourt Brace and has written articles on taxation for the PICPA. He has also appeared on a weekly live phone-in radio program during the tax season and the television series Money Talks produced by the PICPA. Bill is a member of the Tax Division of the American Institute of CPA's (AICPA) and is a past member of the AICPA's national governing Council. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania Institute and New York State Society ofCPA's, serving on the PICPA's State Tax Committee and is a former Chairman of the Trustees of the PICPA's Scholarship Fund. He is a board member and officer of the McCole Foundation and is past President of the parish council of Holy Rosary Church in Scranton. Bill has been quoted in both The Wall Street Journal (1/10/07) and Business Week (9/24/07). Bill is an officer/shareholder of Keystone Financial Advisors, Inc., Kingston, PA. He was registered with the National Association of Securities Dealers and the New York Stock Exchange in general securities and was registered in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a Registered Investment Advisor. He also had a license for life, health and accident insurance in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Bill was a charter member of the Association of CPA Financial Planners. In August, 2002, Bill was appointed to the PA House Joint Finance & Judiciary Special Advisory Committee on Pension Protection & Investment Fraud by the House Majority Leader. In April, 2004, Bill was appointed by the Mayor to the board of the Scranton (PA) Redevelopment Authority, was elected its Chairman, and served in that capacity for ten years. From 2005-2008, Bill served as a trustee of the Insurance Trust of the AICPA, one of the largest association insurance groups in the United States. From 2007-2009, Bill served on the Board of Directors of Whitehall Jewelers, Inc., a leading national specialty retailer of fine jewelry with approximately 300 stores in 30 states. Currently Bill is Chair of the Tax Collection Committee of Lackawanna County which administers the Earned Income Tax Collection process under Act 32. He is also Vice Chair of the Scranton-Lackawanna Health and Welfare Development Authority and Chair of the Moses Taylor Foundation. Bill is an Eagle Scout and achieved Order of the Arrow.

• Irwin Slomka focuses his practice on state and local tax controversies before administrative and judicial bodies in New York and throughout the United States. He has broad experience in tax planning for the full spectrum of corporate and pass­ through entities as well as individuals and their related business transactions. He also regularly advises and handles litigation for such industries as financial services, banking, real estate, telecommunications, retailing, and manufacturing. Irwin regularly speaks on a variety of issues concerning the taxes of New York State, New York City, and other jurisdictions before organizations such as the New York State Bar Association Tax Section, the Committee on State Taxation, the Wall Street Tax Association, the Tax Executives Institute, the Institute of International Bankers, and the Committee on Banking Institutions. He spoke before the New York State Bar Association on the state and local tax issues involving GILTl. He has authored numerous articles that have appeared in such publications as Law360, the Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives, and the Real Estate Finance Journal. He has also been the principal author of several reports issued by the New York State Bar Association Tax Section, including recent reports on draft amendments to the New York State corporate franchise tax regulations. Prior to going into private practice, Irwin served as deputy commissioner and general counsel for the New York City Department of Finance. Select Engagements • Successfully argued in 2019 before the Colorado Supreme Court on behalf of a client in a case involving the Colorado taxation of a corporate holding company with foreign subsidiaries.
  • Prevailed before the New York City Tax Appeals Tribunal in pre-empting the City of New York from forcibly combining a bank's mortgage holding subsidiary. Admissions
  • New York Memberships
  • New York State Bar Association Tax Section Education
  • Brooklyn Law School, JD
  • Queens College, BA Recognitions
  • 2022-2023, listed in The Legal 500 United States
  • 2009, 2013-2019, 2023, New York Metro "Super Lawyer" in Tax, listed in Super Lawyers
  • 2021-2023, Tax: State & Local
• New York, listed in Chambers USA Professional Activities Irwin serves as the co-chair of the New York City Taxes Committee for the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association, and is a member of the Tax Section's Executive Committee.