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Active futures traders can save tax money by claiming “trader tax status” (business treatment) on their tax returns; it’s still not too late for 2006. Learn all about these trader tax breaks & how to qualify for trader tax status.

Join Robert Green and learn the key tax differences between trading futures, securities, and forex.  IRC 1256, IRC 475 and IRC 988 are different but dueling regulations.  Robert will also cover the differences between retail and proprietary trading and help you decide which is best for you.

Sponsored by Advantage Futures.

About the Speaker
Robert A. Green, CPA, is CEO and founder of Green & Company CPAs, LLC (GreenTraderTax.com), a virtual tax and accounting firm catering to traders and investment management businesses; Green & Company Inc., a publishing company; and GTT Alliance for Traders, an advocacy alliance for traders. He is a leading authority on trader tax and hedge funds. Mr. Green writes the monthly "Business of Trading" section for Active Trader magazine, and the main trader tax content for SFO magazine. He is also the author of The Tax Guide for Traders (McGraw-Hill 2004) and the annual GreenTrader tax return examples guides. Mr. Green is frequently interviewed and has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, Barron's, Fidelity Investments and CyberTrader newsletters, and many other media. Mr. Green has also appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg Television, Forbes.com Video Network, and several radio shows. He is the main tax speaker at the International TradersExpo, Forex TradingExpo and other trade shows.

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