Newton "Bud" Buckner, III, CPA
Tax Partner
Certified Public Accountant, Connecticut

Professional Experience

• More than 31 years of experience in public accounting
  
• Joined Whittlesey & Hadley in 1978; named partner in 1988
  
• Practice concentration in corporate and individual taxation, with special emphasis on transactional matters, such as business entity restructuring, business purchases and sales, and estate, retirement and succession planning
  
• Specializes in aviation taxation for corporate aircraft
  

University and Continuing Professional Education

• Master’s degree in Taxation, University of Hartford
  
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI
  
• Bachelor’s degree in Law Enforcement, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI
  
• Speaker and author on variety of tax related subjects, such as real estate taxation, passive activity rules, and personal service organizations

Activities, Awards, and Memberships

• Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Tax Division and Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants (CSCPA)
  
• Various leadership positions, CSCPA, including former Chairman, Continuing Professional Education Committee; Strategic Planning, Nominating and Professional Ethics Committees; Chairman, Federal Tax Forum; Chairman, various ad hoc committees; Member
  
• Trustee and former Chairman of the CSCPA Education Trust Fund
  
• Member, National Business Aircraft Association
  
• Member, Evening Star Lodge No. 101; Past Master and Trustee
  
• Chairman, Committee on Legal Matters, Grand Lodge of Connecticut A.F. & A.M.
  
• Former President, Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants (CSCPA)
  
• Former Chairman, PKF International Continuing Education Committee
  
• Former President, Rotary Club of Hartford
  

Contact Information

bbuckner@whcpa.com
860.524.4471 (v)
860.247.8071 (f)