GREGORY A. CARNES is the Raburn Eminent Scholar of Accounting at the University of North Alabama. He served as Dean of Sanders College of Business and Technology for 11 years. With a passion for education and taxation, he has dedicated his career to teaching accounting students and guiding them toward successful careers. Specializing in tax, he has taught for over 25 years in CPA review programs and professional tax seminars. In addition to his teaching, he is an accomplished author of tax textbooks and over 30 academic articles. SUZANNE YOUNGBERG joined the faculty at Northern Illinois University as a full-time member in 2000 and is currently teaching in the accounting graduate and undergraduate programs. Prior to NIU, she worked for five years in the tax department of a medium-sized public accounting firm and then maintained her own tax practice for 30 years specializing in Individual and small business compliance and strategic tax planning. Suzanne received her Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from NIU and her Master of Science in Taxation from DePaul University.