Background
Olsen, Alfred J. was born on October 5, 1940 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
Olsen, Alfred J. was born on October 5, 1940 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
University of Arizona (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). Arizona State University (Master of Science, Accounting, 1964). Northwestern University (Juris Doctor, 1966).
Worked at Olsen-Smith, Limited. Admitted to the bar, 1966, Arizona and Illinois. 1970, United States. Tax Court and United States.
Supreme Court.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi. Sigma Nu International (Regent, 1986-1988).
Certified Public Accountant: Illinois, 1968. Arizona, 1974. Publications: Company-Author: "Installment Sale Planning," The Practical Tax Lawyer, Winter, 1997.
"Valuing Interests in Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships," October, 1995.
ALI American Bar Association Estate Planning Course Materials Journal. Author: "Community Property and the Non-Participant Spouse: What are the Rules?" The Practical Tax Lawyer, Summer, 1989. "Structuring Trusts and Estates after Tax Reform," The Practical Tax Lawyer, Spring, 1987.
"Farmers Prepaid Feed Expenses," 25 The Tax Lawyer 537-50, 1972.
"How 1978 Tax Laws Will Affect Farmers and Ranchers Harvest of Tax Benefits," 51 The Journal of Taxation 46, 1979. "Minority Discounts for Community Property Interests," Major Tax Planning, University of Southern California Institute on Federal Taxation, 1981.
"Special Use Valuation Less Restrictive, More Beneficial After Changes by the 1981 Acting," 55 The Journal of Taxation 232, 1981. Company-Reporter: "The Economic Recovery Tax Acting of 1981." Central Arizona Estate Planning Council President, 1972-1973.
Board of Advisors: The Practical Real Estate Lawyer.
American Language Institute -American Bar Association Estate Planning. Journal of Agricultural Taxation and Law. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Who"s Who in America and Who"s Who in the World.
Member: State Bar of Arizona (Section of Taxation Chairman, 1977-1978.
Chairman, Board of Legal Specialization, Tax Advisory Commission, 1990-1992). American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section.
Chairman, Committees on: Agriculture, 1976-1978 and Continuing Legal Education, 1971-1982). International Academy of Estate and Trust Law (Academician, 2nd Executive Council).
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants. American Association of Attorneys-Certified Public Accountants. Offshore Institute; American Law Institute (Chairman, Tax Planning for Agriculture, 1971-1982).
Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
American College of Tax Counsel. (Certified Specialist, Tax Law, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization).
Olsen-Smith, Limited. is a firm of Certified Tax Specialists established in 1969 with a legal practice encompassing federal and state taxation, domestic and international estate planning, wealth preservation planning, probate and trust administration, trusts, charitable trusts and foundations, business and retirement benefit planning, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, tax controversy and litigation, and agricultural and real estate transactions.
Author: "Community Property and the Non-Participant Spouse: What are the Rules?" The Practical Tax Lawyer, Summer, 1989. "Structuring Trusts and Estates after Tax Reform," The Practical Tax Lawyer, Spring, 1987. "Farmers Prepaid Feed Expenses," 25 The Tax Lawyer 537-50, 1972.
"How 1978 Tax Laws Will Affect Farmers and Ranchers Harvest of Tax Benefits," 51 The Journal of Taxation 46, 1979. "Minority Discounts for Community Property Interests," Major Tax Planning, USC Institute on Federal Taxation, 1981. "Special Use Valuation Less Restrictive, More Beneficial After Changes by the 1981 Act," 55 The Journal of Taxation 232, 1981.
Co-Reporter: "The Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981." Central Arizona Estate Planning Council President, 1972-1973. Board of Advisors: The Practical Real Estate Lawyer. ALI-American Bar Association Estate Planning.
Journal of Agricultural Taxation and Law. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. Co-Author: "Installment Sale Planning," The Practical Tax Lawyer, Winter, 1997.
"Valuing Interests in Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships," October, 1995. ALI American Bar Association Estate Planning Course Materials Journal. Author: "Community Property and the Non-Participant Spouse: What are the Rules?" The Practical Tax Lawyer, Summer, 1989.
"Structuring Trusts and Estates after Tax Reform," The Practical Tax Lawyer, Spring, 1987. "Farmers Prepaid Feed Expenses," 25 The Tax Lawyer 537-50, 1972. "How 1978 Tax Laws Will Affect Farmers and Ranchers Harvest of Tax Benefits," 51 The Journal of Taxation 46, 1979.
"Minority Discounts for Community Property Interests," Major Tax Planning, USC Institute on Federal Taxation, 1981. "Special Use Valuation Less Restrictive, More Beneficial After Changes by the 1981 Act," 55 The Journal of Taxation 232, 1981. Co-Reporter: "The Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981." Central Arizona Estate Planning Council President, 1972-1973.
Board of Advisors: The Practical Real Estate Lawyer. ALI-American Bar Association Estate Planning. Journal of Agricultural Taxation and Law.
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.
Member: State Bar of Arizona (Section of Taxation Chairman, 1977-1978. Chairman, Board of Legal Specialization, Tax Advisory Commission, 1990-1992). American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section.
Chairman, Committees on: Agriculture, 1976-1978 and Continuing Legal Education, 1971-1982).
International Academy of Estate and Trust Law (Academician, 2nd Executive Council). American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants. American Association of Attorneys-Certified Public Accountants.
Offshore Institute; American Law Institute (Chairman, Tax Planning for Agriculture, 1971-1982).
Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. American College of Tax Counsel. (Certified Specialist, Tax Law, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization).