Background
Schwendener, Junior, Benjamin O. was born in 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Schwendener, Junior, Benjamin O. was born in 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Columbia University; University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts, 1950. Bachelor of Laws, 1953).
Worked at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn (Detroit, Michigan) specializing in Taxation, Estate Planning, Business Planning. Admitted to the bar, 1953, Michigan. Member: Michigan Revenue Commissioner's Technical Advisory Committee, 1971-1972.
Tax Council, 1970-1974. Author: Schwendener, 1650 TM, "Michigan Single Business Tax" (A form of Value Added Tax), October 1994, Tax Management, Inc., a subsidiary of Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. "Preemption and State Taxation of Accrued Employer Contributions to ERISA Employer Benefit Plans," State Tax Notes, February 6, 1995.
"Modification of Grandfather Trust May Cause a Loss of the GSTT Exemption," with David R. Brinks, 49, Tax Notes, December 24, 1990. "The Jurisdictional Scope of the Michigan SBT: A Update," with Alan M. Valade, 7 Interstate Tax Report, No. 12, (1989); "The Michigan Single Business Tax: Throwback Sales and Public Law 86-272," with Alan M. Valade, Interstate Tax Report, No.
10 (1989); "The Nexus Standard Under Michigan's Single Business Tax Act and Throwback Sales," with Alan M. Valade, 41 Mich. Certified Public Accountants 54 (1989). Contributor, Michigan Tax Practice and Procedures Manual, University of Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1978, 1983.
Adjunct Lecturer, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan "State and Local Tax Seminar," Winter Term 1994, 1995. Chairman, W.B. and Candace Thoman Foundation, 1983. Member: American Bar Association (Chairman, Subcommittee on Administrative Procedures, State and Local Tax Committee, Tax Section, 1974-1976.
Chairman, Subcommittee on Estate Planning for S Corporations, 1989, Tax Section). State Bar of Michigan (Chairman, Sub Committee on Technical Revision of Michigan Income Tax Act, 1968-1969. Vice Chairman, 1971-1972 and Chairman, 1972-1973, Tax Section).
(Lansing, Michigan Office).
Member: Michigan Revenue Commissioner's Technical Advisory Committee, 1971-1972. Tax Council, 1970-1974.