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Financial Fridays
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ABOUT THE HOSTS
Frequent guests Jason A. Thomas, CPA Partner from Fair Anderson & Langerman and
Scott Taylor, CPA, Shareholder from Piercy Bowler Taylor & Kern
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Leonard C. Wright, CPA/PFS,
Money Doctor from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
as co-hosts on this distinctive Las Vegas show for the benefit of consumers of
financial information.
(See more about the hosts below.)
1.  Provide you with the tools to share with friends, colleagues, and family about the finances of the United States.

What's at Stake ( an easy to follow 10 minute video):  
http://bcove.me/9zrc0sm8
A Citizen's Guide to the State of the Union's Finances:  http://www.pgpf.org/Special-Topics/Download-the-Citizens-Guide.aspx
Citizen's Guide to the Financial Report of the United States:  http://www.fms.treas.gov/frsummary/frsummary2011.pdf
Budget of the United States:  http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Overview
Financial Statement of the United States:  https://www.fms.treas.gov/fr/index.html


2. The inevitable changes in the capital markets and relevant insight from local, national, and international practitioners, experts, and governmental
regulators. You will also enjoy our weekly “Money Bytes” segment which will help shape perspective and pull you out of the day to day noise.

3. Dealing with the changing business landscape for employers and employees. What you can do to benefit yourself and your company if you are an
executive, employee, or the employer. Valuable tips, tricks, and traps to avoid from the top local and national experts whose reach spans globally.

4. With some sites suggesting that up to 70 percent of global market capitalization is outside of the United States, we will bring you capital markets
leaders to discuss the evolving environment that will impact us domestically and locally.

5. A targeted focus on Financial Literacy, where to go, who to see, and what resources are available. We will feature national thought leaders from
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, California Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Nevada Society of Certified Public
Accountants who will deliver information and resources that could change your life.

Financial Literacy:  
http://www.360financialliteracy.org

For 25-34 Year Olds:  http://www.feedthepig.org

6. Feature national media who break financial stories in the most prominent financial publications in America. We are pleased that Peggy Collins from
Bloomberg will be a recurring featured guest
Jason Thomas has been a Certified Public
Accountant and tax specialist for more than
20 years. Jason joined Fair, Anderson and
Langerman (FAL) in 2002 as a tax manager
and was quickly promoted.  

As a firm partner and vice president of tax
services, he oversees tax returns and
reviews as well as provides consulting
services to FAL clients in the areas of
financial analysis, tax projections and
wealth management.

Prior to joining FAL, Jason worked for 10
years at several national accounting firms,
including a four-year international
assignment on the island of Guam.  Jason
has been very successful in reducing the
effective tax cost to businesses and
individuals.  He provides federal and state
tax solutions to clients by interpreting a
broad application of the tax laws to the
targeted industries of real estate and
construction, medical and professional
practices, and other industries in the
diverse Las Vegas market.

Jason has served as treasurer, financial
advisor and tax consultant to some of the
largest non-profit charitable institutions in
Southern Nevada.  Currently, he serves on
the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Foundation Advisory Committee for
Charitable Gifts and the YMCA of Southern
Nevada Board of Directors.

Jason graduated from Boise State
University in Idaho in 1988 with a bachelor
of science in business administration with
an emphasis in accounting.  Jason is a
member and serves on the Tax Committee
of the Nevada Society of CPAs. He is also a
member of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants.

Jason can be reached at
702-870-7999
http://www.falcpa.com/About/team/jaso
n-thomas/
Scott W. Taylor’s tax practice focuses on
services for a wide range of clients
including real estate partnerships, limited
liability companies, large and small closely-
held corporations and not-for-profit
organizations.  He started with PBTK in
1992 and was made a Shareholder in
January 2005.  In addition to his tax work,
he also provides services for business
consulting, deal structuring, receivership
and litigation support services.

Industries
Real estate investment and development,
legal, healthcare, professional
development, retail, not-for-profit, family-
owned businesses and individuals

Services
Tax deal structuring planning and
consulting, business advisory services, tax
preparation, tax review and
representation before the Internal Revenue
Service

Other Experience
Grant Thornton International; Peterson,
Siler & Stevenson in Salt Lake City, Utah;
Current Treasurer for the Las Vegas Zion’s
Youth Symphony & Chorus; the former
Treasurer for the Nevada Republican Party;
Current Advisory Board member and
former Treasurer for Families and Child
Treatment of Southern Nevada (FACT);
Former Treasurer for the Boys Chorus of
Southern Nevada; Former Treasurer/co-
founder of Suzuki Association of Nevada;
Former Board member for the Foundation
for Las Vegas Business Development

Education
Bachelor of Science with Honors from
Brigham Young University; Masters in
Accounting with tax emphasis from
Brigham Young University

CPA Certifications and Permits
Nevada, Utah

Memberships
Nevada and Utah Societies and the
American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants
Leonard C. Wright holds the prestigious
Personal Financial Specialist Credential (PFS), a
financial planning credential issued only to
Certified Public Accountants.  He is also a
Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered
Financial Consultant (ChFC), and a Chartered
Life Underwriter (CLU).

Leonard has appeared on and been quoted by
various radio, television, and news outlets
across America including Channel 8 locally in
Las Vegas, Nevada. The print news outlets
include, but are not limited to Bloomberg, The
Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, USA Today,
Forbes, Time, MSNBC.com, and the Orange
County Register.  Financial Fridays continues
the rich tradition of the show he co-hosted
with Steve Wark at KMZQ.  

Leonard is a member of the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants’ Personal
Financial Planning Executive Committee and
has recently been appointed to their Financial
Literacy Commission.  Leonard is also National
Spokesperson through their Ambassador
program.

Leonard has communicated to the press the
positive impact for the investing public of
Chairman Christopher Cox’s XBRL initiative
which has been continued under the Obama
Administration. He appeared as the first non-
public retirement plan guest panelist presenting
along side the Department of Labor out of
Washington D.C. and the head of the Internal
Revenue Service Audit Division for the
Western United States.

Leonard has contributed articles to various
outlets and is a contributing author to Tips
from the Top, Targeted Advice from America’s
Top Money Minds, and provides editorial
insight for a variety of technical and consumer
oriented financial planning articles, books, and
papers.

Leonard is a member of the Nevada Society of
Certified Public Accountants.

Leonard has served the California Society of
Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA) as Chair
of the State Personal Financial Planning
Committee, Co-chair of the Investment Sub-
Committee of the Finance Committee,
Member of the State Finance Committee,
President of the Orange County/Long Beach
Chapter of CalCPA.  

For disaster preparedness guides click
http://www.360financialliteracy.
org/Topics/In-Crisis/Disaster-Preparedness-
and-Recovery?life_stage=115

To find a Personal Financial Specialist in
your neighborhood click
http://www.findapfs.com

You may find out more about
Financial Literacy at
http://www.360financialliteracy.org/
or click the link below
6100 Elton Avenue, Suite 1000,
Las Vegas, Nevada 89107
Email:
staylor@pbtk.com
Phone: 702-384-1120
Fax: 702-870-2474
http://www.pbtk.com
Leonard C. Wright, CPA/PFS, Money Doctor
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
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Scott W. Taylor,
Shareholder
Jason Thomas,
TaxPartner
Jason’s vision for serving
the Las Vegas community
is to combine the commercial
financial strengths of successful
businesses with the ethical
principles of non-profit
corporations; enabling non-profits
to become more financially
successful.
I am proud to be joined at our new
home at KLAV 1230 AM Radio
with two extraordinary experts
Jason Thomas, CPA and Scott Taylor,
CPA, each longstanding involved
members of the Las Vegas community
whose insight and perspective is both
unique and enlightening.
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